CategoryArtificial Intelligence
Why Are Robots Built To Look Like Humans?
It’s not because that’s the most efficient way to design them for high tech work
AI Increased the Market Cap of the Magnificent Seven by $10 Trillion. Will it last?
AI is here to stay, just not in these insanely high share prices
When an Advanced AI Faces Off Against a Five-Year-Old…
Many problems don't turn on complex reasoning but on knowing how the world works
Researcher: AI Can’t Be Conscious Because It Is Not Alive
Consciousness is not computation. Without the ability to experience events from one phase to the next (sentience), we could not really be conscious
When materialist assumptions about the mind begin to sound dated…
A 2017 profile of Roger Penrose and his consciousness theory was penned before slow changes and major tumults rocked the discipline — and it shows
Computer Science Prof: The Turing Test Was Not About Intelligence
The aim was to pretend intelligence, to fool people. That makes a big difference when we ask whether computers can become intelligent
Programmer: Chatbots Are a Dead End. Time for a New Contest!
François Chollet is offering $1.1m in prize money for the next step on the road to computers that think like people
Asked at Wired: Is AI Destined to Always Screw Up Sometimes?
As the market reels: If you would never tell anyone to eat rocks, your desk job is probably safe from this generation of AI
Our Tech Use Crosses the Line When We Trust It Too Much
Don't be like Michael Scott and let AI drive your car into a lake
Programmer: AI could certainly become conscious
From Casper Wilstrup's perspective, we can't demonstrate that anything is NOT conscious so creating conscious AI is simply a matter of using the scientific method
Why the Artificial Intelligence Bubble May Be About To Burst
For one thing, Space Odyssey’s HAL and Prometheus’s David aren’t really happening, for good reasons
Is Big Tech’s AI Starting To Run Out of “Other People’s Money”?
People are beginning to wonder if all the AI hype is really going to pay off in substantial improvements
Science Journals Are Coming to Terms With AI’s Limits
There is risk in relying on chatbots for writing shortcuts. It is somewhat like relying on the town gossip for information. The tale might be true but…
AI: The Future of Friendship?
Odd visions of dystopia keep popping up in real life in our current social moment.Odd visions of dystopia keep popping up in real life in our current social moment. An upcoming device simply called “friend” is now being advertised. Per the product description, the “friend” is a Bluetooth disk that hangs around a person’s neck and “listens” to the user. It then has the capacity to make conversation by “texting” you at random times of the day, like a human friend might do. The website includes a “frequently asked questions” portion, which is where you can discover what the product is and what it can do. Here’s a bizarre response to the question: “what does ‘always listening’ mean”: When connected via bluetooth, your friend is always listening and forming their own internal thoughts. We Read More ›
AI health coaching: Risk vs. benefit
As health care analyst Katie Suleta points out, familiar problems like bias and hallucination could impact the health advice the AI coach gives
Social Media Cutting Into Your Sanity? Try the Great Unplug
Video producer Adam Nieri looks at the pros and cons of a post-AI world and recommends structured timeouts to regain perspective
Musk Wants to Use AI to Understand the Universe. Will it Work?
Could AI ever aid our quest to fully understand the universe?Jordan Peterson and Elon Musk sat down this week for an extensive conversation ranging from technology, AI, politics, and even religion and questions of the metaphysical. These two prominent figures are active on Musk’s X, and frequently call out infringements on free speech and other authoritarian measures they see as a danger. In one interesting point in the interview, Musk described how he diverged in his views from his friend Larry Page on AI safety. Page evidently believes that we will “upload our minds to the computer,” to which Peterson said, “There’s not much difference between that and the death of humanity.” Musk nonetheless is the developer of his own AI system and believes that AI can aid humanity’s perennial Read More ›
Tech Hype Watch: Do Chatbots Really Understand Things?
Well-known author Robert Wright believes they do but he misunderstands how computers work
We Shouldn’t Let AI Steal Art and Entertainment
This is an opportunity for artists and writers to create excellent work that champions the uniqueness of human creativityIt’s no secret that new forms of AI threaten the integrity of the arts and entertainment industry. Actors might be deep faked. Artists’ original work can be scraped by word prompts, and writers could be “replaced” by large language models that only seem to be getting more adept at copycatting human language. One of the reasons it’s tempting for Hollywood producers to use AI seems to go beyond simply cutting costs. It makes sense massive companies want to capitalize on a tool that will get them unpaid labor. But in a way, entertainment, including books and movies, have become apportioned to popular demand. Which means they tend to be more formulaic and geared towards marketability instead of genuine quality. I Read More ›