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3d white room with opened door. Brick wall

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Erik J. Larson
Date
November 28, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Colligo, Erik Larson, Microsoft, Sam Altman}

Is ChatGPT a Dead End?

_{There is still no known path to Artificial General Intelligence, including ChatGPT.} _{Erik J. Larson
November 28, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

I have friends and colleagues who’ve gone almost religious about LLMs and conversational systems like ChatGPT. They tell me it’s true AGI. I disagree. Read More ›

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Erik J. Larson
Date
November 22, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, Arts and Culture, Colligo, Mission Impossible, Movies and TV, Silicon Valley, Substack}

What Mission Impossible Tells Us About AI Mythology

_{If you’re looking for an intelligent take on existential risk and superintelligent AI, the latest Mission Impossible movie is not for you.} _{Erik J. Larson
November 22, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

If you’re looking for an intelligent take on existential risk and superintelligent AI, the latest Mission Impossible movie is not for you. Read More ›

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and modern computer technologies concepts. Business, Technology, Internet and network concept.

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Erik J. Larson
Date
November 17, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Computers, internet, ontology, Statistics, web}

Why ChatGPT Is Killing Off Traditional AI

_{We're living in another AI "winter"} _{Erik J. Larson
November 17, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Since it doesn’t know anything in the first place, there’s no way to talk it into sanity once it goes insane. Read More ›

History of science, concept. Isaac Newton with Apple in hand

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Erik J. Larson
Date
November 13, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, Isaac Newton, The Economist}

Don’t Expect AI to Revolutionize Science

_{Data science is a downstream phenomenon. Thinking isn't.} _{Erik J. Larson
November 13, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

We need to start asking tough questions about what happened to the role of human thinking and insight in the discovery of how the world, and we, work. Read More ›

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Erik J. Larson
Date
October 30, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence}

How Can We Make Genuine Progress on AI?

_{True progress on AI means moving beyond induction and data analysis. Researchers must start taking the “commonsense knowledge problem” seriously.} _{Erik J. Larson
October 30, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

True progress on AI — let alone human progress — means moving beyond induction and data analysis, an approach that is now over a decade old and saturating. Read More ›