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May 4, 2021

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Artificial Intelligence, Media, Philosophy of Mind

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Researcher: Fear of AI Caused by Four Common Misconceptions

_{AI isn't panning out the way so many popular media articles predicted and there are reasons for that, a computer science prof says} _{News

May 4, 2021

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Artificial Intelligence, Media, Philosophy of Mind}

As part of the Demystifying AI series, software engineer Ben Dickson, founder of TechTalks, tackles some of the most serious misunderstandings he thinks the public has about AI. For example, while AI can win in board games, where the map is the territory, “some of the early goals of AI like housekeeper robots and self-driving cars continue to recede as we approach them.” So why isn’t AI panning out the way so many popular media articles predicted? Dickson points to a recent article at ArXiv by professor Melanie Mitchell of the Santa Fe Institute, author of Artificial Intelligence: A Guide For Thinking Humans (2019): The year 2020 was supposed to herald the arrival of self-driving cars. Five years earlier, a Read More ›

Robot with Artificial Intelligence observing human skull in Evolved Cybernetic organism world. 3d rendered image

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July 18, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Science

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Could Super Artificial Intelligence Be, in Some Sense, Alive?

_{An AI theorist makes the case to a technical writer…} _{News

July 18, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Science}

Tech writer Ben Dickson poses the question: Should you feel bad about pulling the plug on a robot or switch off an artificial intelligence algorithm? Not for the moment. But how about when our computers become as smart—or smarter—than us? Ben Dickson, “What will happen when we reach the AI singularity?” at TheNextWeb, July 7, 2020 Philosopher Borna Jalšenjak (above right) of the Luxembourg School of Business has been thinking about that. He has a chapter, “The Artificial Intelligence Singularity: What It Is and What It Is Not,” in Guide to Deep Learning Basics: Logical, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives, in which he explores the case for “thinking machines” being alive, even if they are machines. The book as a whole Read More ›

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January 17, 2019

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Arts & Culture, Creativity, Machine Learning, Work

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Artwork, Ben Dickson, Creativity, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Portraiture}

Does AI Art Spell the End of the Artist’s Way of Life?

_{An AI-produced painting sold at auction for $432,500. But is it a trend or just a novelty?} _{News

January 17, 2019

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Arts & Culture, Creativity, Machine Learning, Work}

Rather than announce that human artists are now doomed, software engineer Ben Dixon interviewed a number of them and came away with a rather different picture, that “AI-generated art will improve, but artistic creativity will remain a human discipline.”