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Cyberneticpunk Concept: Robot Grasping the Globe in Dark Ambiance. world technology security system and business industry concepts. machine learning

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News
Date
September 13, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs), Work

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Benj Edwards, Chris Rufo, Hallucination, Sneha Khedkar, Torsten Sløk}

And Sci Fi Thought AI Was Going To… Take Over?

_{Here are some non-hype news briefs from the world of the supposed AI takeover that could help us separate fact from fiction} _{News
September 13, 2025

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Large Language Models (LLMs), Work}

From recent news: ● “AI Adoption Rate Trending Down for Large Companies” Down? The US Census Bureau conducts a biweekly survey of 1.2 million firms, and one question is whether a business has used AI tools such as machine learning, natural language processing, virtual agents or voice recognition to help produce goods or services in the past two weeks. Recent data by firm size shows that AI adoption has been declining among companies with more than 250 employees, see chart below. Torsten Sløk, Apollo Chief Economist, September 7, 2025 Apollo is a coaching firm for investors. Currently, unemployment is up but it’s still more likely to be due to traditional issues than “A hot bot got my slot!” However, some Read More ›

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Erik J. Larson
Date
September 9, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), Science

Tagged
Artificial intelligence limits, Featured, Science (limts of knowledge)}

Artificial Intelligence, Science and the Limits of Knowledge

_{In Part 3, I show that AI, like science, has limits. It depends on narrowing a problem: making it specific, discarding most possibilities, sealing it inside a representation and specification} _{Erik J. Larson
September 9, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), Science}

Here’s the problem with artificial general intelligence: asking how to make systems “general” is asking how to remove the very constraints that made them work. Read More ›

Woman approaches giant digital face futuristic technology

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Erik J. Larson
Date
September 5, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
AI construction, AI fundamental limits, Eric J. Larson, Featured, Narrow AI, Wide AI}

Wide AI, While Still Just Automation, Is a Genuine Advance

_{Part 2: Truly general intelligence is still a mystery. In fact, it’s more mysterious now than it was in 2016} _{Erik J. Larson
September 5, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Even when we get a quantum leap forward, it quickly signals that it too is a dead end for the bolder ambitions of true AGI. Read More ›

A cute vintage robot holding a bouquet of flowers. steampunk illustration. illustration. Vintage Robot. Illustration

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Gary Smith
Date
September 3, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
ChatGPT, Featured, Illustration, Sam Altman}

GPT 5.0 Doesn’t Understand But Is Eager to Please

_{Over a number of tries, it couldn’t get the labels on an illustration right because it does not understand what the words mean and how they relate to the image} _{Gary Smith
September 3, 2025

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Large Language Models (LLMs)}

The test also shows GPT 5.0’s inclination to praise a user’s acuity, whether the user’s comment is correct or incorrect, intelligent of dumb. Read More ›

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News
Date
September 3, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs), Medicine and Health, Relationships

Tagged
ChatGPT, Copilot, David Klinghoffer, John West, Mustafa Suleyman, Stein-Erik Soelberg}

In Connecticut, the Horrors of AI Descend with Full Force

_{AI as “friends” and “confidants”? David Klinghoffer warns that this way of talking and thinking needs to be recognized as encouraging delusion} _{News
September 3, 2025

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Large Language Models (LLMs), Medicine and Health, Relationships}

As John West writes, "essentially OpenAI is using its technology as a replacement for human counselors and advisors." Read More ›

Ai chatbot with educational icons connected to a person using a laptop

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Gary Smith
Date
August 25, 2025

Categorized
Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
ChatGPT 5.0, Featured, GPT 5.0, Sam Altman}

What Kind of a “PhD-level Expert” Is ChatGPT 5.0? I Tested It.

_{The responses to my three prompts made clear that GPT 5.0, far from being the expert that CEO Sam Altman claims, can’t address the meanings of words or concepts} _{Gary Smith
August 25, 2025

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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

In an era where politicians, celebrities, and businesses can get away with blatant untruths with little or no consequence, will the same be true of LLMs? Read More ›

Table games of chance, including tic tac toe, are set up in large size to entertain the party guests

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Gary Smith
Date
August 22, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs), Work

Tagged
ChatGPT-5, GPT 5.0, Rotated Tic-Tac-Toe Test, Sam Altman and AGI}

ChatGPT-5 Tries Out “Rotated” Tic-Tac-Toe. You Be the Judge…

_{They say that dogs tend to resemble their owners. Chat GPT very much resembles Sam Altman — always confident, often wrong} _{Gary Smith
August 22, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs), Work}

It’s no mystery why LLMs aren’t intelligent in any meaningful way. The real mystery is why so many otherwise intelligent people still take the claims seriously. Read More ›

Robot Therapist AI Mental Healthcare Concept Future Psychology Support Empathy Technology Listening Session

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News
Date
August 20, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs), Psychology, Relationships

Tagged
AI and values, AI bubble, AI therapists, Chris Rufo, Gary Marcus, Geoffrey Hinton, J. David Creswell, Maggie Harrison Dupré, My Boyfriend Is AI (Reddit), Sam Altman}

AI Is Impacting Our Culture — But Not As We Were Told To Expect

_{Okay, your boss is not a robot. Your doctor is not a chatbot. But here are some things that are actually happening that we might not have expected} _{News
August 20, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs), Psychology, Relationships}

One change is that Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT-5, seems to be acknowledging that the AI bubble might soon burst. Read More ›

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News
Date
August 15, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Casey Newton, GPT-5, Michael Rovatsos, Sam Altman}

Science Site: Is the AI Gold Rush Over? Has AI Just Plateaued?

_{The GPT-5 chatbot rollout has been so messy that serious questions are beginning to float above the seemingly automated hype} _{News
August 15, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

If this is a tech Gold Rush, based on recent news, we might be better off selling shovels than investing in the gold. Read More ›

robot writing in book for large language model and artificial intelligence chatbot concept

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Richard W. Stevens
Date
August 12, 2025

Categorized
Education, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Copilot, Copilot and error correction, Featured, Fugitive Slave Act}

Students Beware: AI Copilot Admits Errors But Won’t Correct Them

_{Parents and teachers must beware when students treat AI research as accurate; I myself was misled while writing this article!} _{Richard W. Stevens
August 12, 2025

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Education, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

But here’s the punchline: I was wrong on an important point and Copilot let me stay wrong! Read More ›

Android robot navigating through a cyber digital world, pointing its finger towards a glowing computer coding interface.luminous glow of digital technology, an android engages in the art of computer.

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Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith
Date
August 4, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs), Work

Tagged
AI predictions, Featured, LLM vs. human brain, LLMs replacing coders, Messiness score, Model Evaluation & Threat Research (METR)}

AI Is a Long Way From Replacing Software Coders

_{Despite C-suite claims, they are not likely to take our jobs any time soon because they do not understand what words mean and how words relate to the physical world} _{Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith
August 4, 2025

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Large Language Models (LLMs), Work}

LLMs excel at simple coding tasks but are still too unreliable to use without extensive human supervision on complex tasks where mistakes are expensive. Read More ›

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News
Date
August 1, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Chinese Room experiment, Computationalism, James F. Ross (1931‒2010), John Searle, Pat Flynn, Roderick Chisholm (1916‒1919), Selmer Bringsjord, Triangle concept}

How Studying AI Helped a Prof See Why the Mind is Non-Physical

_{A computer science professor shows, using logic, how you must be more than mere matter} _{News
August 1, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), Philosophy of Mind}

Chatbots process enormous amounts of data and produce convincing outputs but, he says, they do not grasp the meaning of the concepts they manipulate. Read More ›

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Erik J. Larson
Date
July 31, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Politics

Tagged
Artificial intelligence (games vs. history), Artificial intelligence (puzzles vs. mysteries), Cold War (1947‒1991), Featured}

AI’s Not “The Answer” In Our World of Mysteries, Not Puzzles

_{A focus on AI encourages us to see problems that are really mysteries as puzzles, which makes addressing them much harder} _{Erik J. Larson
July 31, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Politics}

Humans are terrible at crunching data but remarkably good at seeing clues. That’s why we still outmatch our machines in domains where meaning matters. Read More ›

Education, kid learning and training with AI, knowledge and technology concept. Robot hologram in graduation hat showing while child using digital tablet with finger touch on screen, homework school.

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Jeffrey Funk
Date
July 30, 2025

Categorized
Education, Large Language Models (LLMs)

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Enshittification, Featured, LLMs and science research, LLMs in education, Slopaganda}

AI in Education: Is the System Being Gamed — or the Student?

_{AI makes it easier to game the system, but many users are also being gamed} _{Jeffrey Funk
July 30, 2025

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Education, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Users, whose output is used to train the AI systems, will pay higher electricity costs on account of them while experts eventually earn top salaries. Read More ›

White chatbot robot leading robots group on dark bluish reddish background 3D rendering

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 29, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Computer Security, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
ChatGPT and humans in the loop, Eugenio Darbesio, Featured}

An Evil Chatbot Clones Itself… Sci-fi or Real Life Threat?

_{ChatGPT was asked to explain how this might be done. The results were revealing} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 29, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Computer Security, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

It’s not impossible but, given technical issues and security protocols, it is much more difficult than the chatbot's database seemed to be informed about. Read More ›

A phone screen shows a scary AI with glowing red eyes. The AI looks like a cyborg, and its eyes are full of malicious intent. This image the danger of bad AI, like a virus taking over your phone.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 28, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Alexander Meinke et al., Chatbots as scheming, ChatGPT, Geoffrey Hinton on LLMs}

Can Chatbots Really Scheme Against Us? Some Researchers Say Yes

_{When an industry pro tested ChatGPT, it seemed like the system has faced this question a few times before and has been tweaked and edited well} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 28, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)}

So CAN a chatbot really scheme? No, but the problem posed is a familiar one: We sometimes see what we need to believe. Read More ›

AI chatbot assisting doctor health care and medical support. artificial intelligence in medicine and robotic chat customer services. futuristic concept in smart healthcare system.

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News
Date
July 25, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs), Medicine and Health

Tagged
Medical ethics dilemmas, Robert J. Marks}

Chatbots Flunk at Resolving Medical Ethics Dilemmas

_{Surprisingly, despite evident limitations, they are being used in ethics tutorials in medical schools} _{News
July 25, 2025

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Large Language Models (LLMs), Medicine and Health}

The researchers discovered a limitation when they tweaked some standard puzzlers and - never short of an answer - bots didn’t pick up on the change. Read More ›

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Gary Smith
Date
July 22, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs), Science

Tagged
Jeff Hammerbacher, LLMs and social inequality, LLMs in education, Sci Foo unconference}

Sci Foo Unconference: Horseshoe Crabs, Alchemy and (Of Course) AI

_{It’s called an “unconference” because attendees do not present papers in pre-organized sessions; they propose topics at the venue and those with most interest are selected} _{Gary Smith
July 22, 2025

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Large Language Models (LLMs), Science}

Many Sci Foo attendees were excited by LLMs in education but I fear that — when the way they are used is considered — they will increase social inequality. Read More ›

Human Interacting with AI (Artificial Intelligence) Brain

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News
Date
July 17, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs), Peer Review

Tagged
Charles Blue, Chatbots use detection, Dmitry Kobak et al.}

Scientist Sleuths Detect Significant Use of AI in Journal Papers

_{The researchers found that, after chatbots (LLMs) became available, writing styles shifted from content words to more “stylistic and flowery” word choices} _{News
July 17, 2025

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Large Language Models (LLMs), Peer Review}

Kobak et al. worry about LLMs’ tendency to make up references, provide inaccurate summaries and make false but convincing-sounding claims. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 12, 2025

Categorized
Ethics, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Andrew Orlowski, Andriy Burkov, David Strom, Grok, Kelsey Piper, MechaHitler, Philip Klein, SkyNet}

Grok as Hitler II?: What Really Happened and What It Means

_{The long-postponed reckoning about what chatbots can and can’t really do is sure coming on fast} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 12, 2025

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Ethics, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

A vast army of boosters is portraying chatbots as magic when their usefulness is limited by realities that are probably a hard limit. Read More ›