The Dutch experiment with psychiatric euthanasia, particularly in youth, can no longer be described as cautious, balanced, or exemplary.
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Fritz goes in the first day and sees one of the seven switches down and the rest up. He dutifully flips one of the switches.
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AI belongs to this world of necessity and it is bound by the inputs we give it: code, training data, prompts. It has no imagination.
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As long as the aliens’ technology is advanced beyond humanity’s comprehension, then there’s no real way to pick apart how they turned the gas planet into a star.
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A retired psychotherapist from Arizona who spent some 40 years working in hospitals and prisons with schizophrenic patients, was quite disturbed when his analysis of some patients pointed to the supernatural.
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Who gave consciousness and creativity to whoever or whatever is responsible for simulating us, and who simulated our simulator?
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The tech giant just bought a viral social media site, but there’s a catch. The site, which went viral, is for bots. The site is called Moltbook, and consists entirely of AI bots talking to each other, seemingly on their own. You can imagine why it went viral. Osmond Chia reports for BBC: The deal will move Moltbook’s team into Meta’s Superintelligence Labs and bring “new ways for AI agents to work for people and businesses”, Meta said. The Reddit-like site started as an experiment in January for AI-powered programs to have their own conversations – and even gossip about their human owners – on Moltbook’s forums. Many in the technology industry have been captivated by the computer-led dialogue on Read More ›
Problem: If we get one more prisoner, we have to start doubling up cells which is no good.
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People can be agnostic on many things, such as historical events, like the authenticity of the moon landings, who shot JFK, or even the existence of the external world.
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If the robot figures out that he isn’t returning to Earth with the crew, he might object to the plan and decide to continue the mission himself, just like he’d done with Bowman’s crew.
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First, we must remind ourselves that “data is not the plural of anecdote.”
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The descent of the larynx and the hyoid is among the anatomical traits appealing to research on flexibility and complexity in vocal communication.
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The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation examined the unique risks of chatbots harming children. In many ways, this study confirms the obvious.
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For Berkeley, God is the basis for improving one’s life, not damaging it, and a common-sense view of life is the best path to achieving such a goal.
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The other two switches turn outside lights off and on. Wide Clyde can’t see outside, so he can’t determine which switches control the lights.
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When Chandra finds the hidden order, he also finds Floyd’s message, which Bowman had discovered after turning off HAL
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Julie Jargon wrote an interesting piece for The Wall Street Journal about teen attitudes towards AI and found that their view of it isn’t so optimistic as many might assume.
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Whatever the AI pros and cons for or against human flourishing, never forget that the universe has a moral order.
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What makes life worth living does not require unique medical expertise that only a physician can provide. It is an issue of religious faith, philosophy, morality, and personal belief.
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Computer vision systems already detect nudity and sexual activity. A malicious agent could sort victims in seconds.
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