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modern full wall full-length bookshelf filled with colorful paper books, smart book background, generative ai

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News
Date
September 26, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Arts and Culture, ChatGPT, novels}

Novelists Against AI

_{17 authors are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement} _{News

September 26, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

17 prominent authors including George R.R. Martin and John Grisham are suing OpenAI, the company responsible for ChatGPT, for copyright infringement and “theft,” according to the Associated Press (AP). The authors are among many in the creative field who are expressing concern over the ethics of AI use. A spokesperson for the Authors Guild said that it’s imperative to stop AI’s theft to preserve America’s “incredible literary culture,” according to the AP. Hillel Italie reports, The lawsuit cites specific ChatGPT searches for each author, such as one for Martin that alleges the program generated “an infringing, unauthorized, and detailed outline for a prequel” to “A Game of Thrones” that was titled “A Dawn of Direwolves” and used “the same characters Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
September 24, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bard, ChatGPT, Consciousness, William Dembski}

Inferring the Best Explanation Using Artificial Intelligence

_{With its wealth of information at hand, how well can AI make accurate inferences?} _{William A. Dembski

September 24, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Even with the rise of large language models such as ChatGPT in the last year, I was still convinced that a mode of reasoning known as inference to the best explanation (abbreviated IBE) was not within the competence of artificial intelligence. In fact, I thought it forever beyond the reach of artificial intelligence. I commended Erik Larson’s book The Myth of Artificial Intelligence (reviewed here) for making what in 2021 seemed like an ironclad case that artificial intelligence research was stymied in trying to model and implement inference to the best explanation, or what has also been called abduction (in contrast to deduction and induction). This week, however, all that has changed for me. I posed a question to ChatGPT4 (hereafter ChatGPT), Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
September 21, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Consciousness, William Dembski}

ChatGPT is Getting More Impressive

_{Nonetheless, human intelligence remains qualitatively different from artificial intelligence.} _{William A. Dembski

September 21, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

A few months back I published two pieces (see here and here) where I was able to break ChatGPT4 (hereafter just ChatGPT). More recently I revisited some of the types of challenges I posed to it in the past that were able back then to break it. It handled the challenges with aplomb. The one challenge it still was unable to handle was finding patterns in numerical sequence, such as what is the next number after 2,4,6,8,… — this one is super easy, but more difficult ones that humans are well able to handle seem still beyond its capabilities, at least for now. Whether that ability can be trained into it remains to be seen, though the improvement I saw suggests that it Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
September 13, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Blake Lemoine, ChatGPT, COSM 2022, Robert J. Marks, Sentience, YouTube}

Revisiting Marks, Lemoine, on AI and Consciousness

_{What is AI? In what sense can it be said to be "intelligent"? Could it ever be sentient, or conscious?} _{News

September 13, 2023

2

Artificial Intelligence}

What is AI? In what sense can it be said to be “intelligent”? Could it ever be sentient, or conscious? In today’s video, a distinguished panel of artificial intelligence (AI) experts, include Blake Lemoine and Robert J. Marks, debates the meaning of artificial intelligence, what the future holds for its application (both positive and negative), and how far AI can be taken in terms of mimicking and even exceeding human capabilities. (REGISTER NOW FOR COSM 2023) COSM is an exclusive national summit on the converging technologies remaking the world as we know it. From artificial intelligence to 5G and WiFi6, from tokenized time to blockchain, from cloud computing to the quantum revolution, and from biotech to the nanotech revolution, COSM brings Read More ›

Hand of businessman using smartphone chatting with chat bot, Chat with AI or Artificial Intelligence technology.

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Author
News
Date
September 11, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, College, education, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

ChatGPT is Losing Momentum

_{Is the "hype curve" starting to flatten out?} _{News

September 11, 2023

2

Artificial Intelligence}

ChatGPT’s traffic has declined for the third month in a row, according to Reuters. The Large Language Model (LLM) AI tool took the world by storm in November of 2022 when it was released by OpenAI, posing questions of academic integrity, and urging a host of tech giants to incorporate LLMs into their own platforms and search engines. Anna Tong writes, Worldwide desktop and mobile website visits to the ChatGPT website decreased by 3.2% to 1.43 billion in August, following approximately 10% drops from each of the previous two months. The amount of time visitors spent on the website has also been declining monthly since March, from an average of 8.7 minutes on site to 7 minutes on site in Read More ›

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Author
David Hsing
Date
September 8, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Consciousness, Panpsychism}

Artificial Consciousness Remains Impossible (Part 3)

_{The claim that all things are conscious (including AI) misunderstands the meaning of the term} _{David Hsing

September 8, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Read parts one and two of the series to catch up to speed. I don’t subscribe to panpsychism, (a topic that has been popular in SA in recent years[26]), but even if panpsychism is true, the subsequent possible claim that “all things are conscious” is still false because it commits a fallacy of division. There is a difference in kind from everything to every single thing. The purported universal consciousness of panpsychism, if it exists, would not be of the same kind as the ordinary consciousness found in living entities. Some examples of such categorical differences: Johnny sings, but his kidneys don’t. Johnny sees, but his toenails don’t. Saying that a lamp is conscious in one sense of the word simply Read More ›

Visualizatipon of human consciousness in artificial intelligence, process of thinking robot. Humanoid android on dark background with neurals connection. Created with Generative AI

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Author
David Hsing
Date
September 6, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Can AI be concious, ChatGPT, Coding, Consciousness, David Hsing, Decision, Funtionalism, Machine Learning, mind, Noncomputability}

Artificial Consciousness Remains Impossible (Part 2)

_{A machine no more “does things on its own” than a catapult flings by itself.} _{David Hsing

September 6, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Read part one of this article series here. The following segments are responses to specific categories of counterarguments against my thesis, which you can read in part one of this article HERE. Please note that these responses do not stand on their own and can only be seen as supporting my main arguments from the first part. Each response only applies to those who hold the corresponding objections. “You can’t provide proof of intentionality and qualia because they’re subjective” If your mind doesn’t possess intentionality, “the power of minds to be about, to represent, or to stand for, things, properties, and states of affairs,” then you wouldn’t be able to understand any word on this screen in front of you Read More ›

Robert J. Marks on Great Minds with Michael Medved

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Author
News
Date
September 6, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, mind matters, Non-Computable You (book), Noncomputability, Podcast, Robert J. Marks}

Revisiting “Non-Computable You”

_{New podcast episode reviews the key ideas and insights of the book "Non-Computable You"} _{News

September 6, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

If you’re a regular reader of Mind Matters, you’ve probably heard us applaud and discuss the book by computer scientist and professor Robert J. Marks, Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will. The book is well worth reading and sheds much needed insights on our current technological moment where AI is either seen as the “greatest thing ever” or the tool that will enslave and destroy humanity, Terminator style. However, if you’re more of an audiobook kind of person, maybe you’ll just want to listen to a new podcast episode in which Dr. Marks discusses the key themes of his book with various hosts. You can listen to the podcast or download it for free here: Why Read More ›

AI, Machine learning, Hands of robot and human touching big data of Global network connection, Internet and digital technology, Science and artificial intelligence digital technologies of futuristic.

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Author
David Hsing
Date
September 4, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Consciousness, Information Theory, intelligence, Machines, Materialism, Panpsychism}

Artificial Consciousness Remains Impossible (Part 1)

_{The cherished fiction of conscious machines is an impossibility} _{David Hsing

September 4, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

This article is an attempt to explain why the cherished fiction of conscious machines is an impossibility. The very act of hardware and software design is a transmission of impetus as an extension of the designers and not an infusion of conscious will. The latter half of the article is dedicated to addressing counterarguments. Lastly, some implications of the title thesis are listed. Intelligence vs. Consciousness Intelligence is the ability of an entity to perform tasks, while consciousness refers to the presence of a subjective phenomenon. Intelligence[1]: “…the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment” Consciousness[2]: “When I am in a conscious mental state, there is something it is like for me to be in that state from the Read More ›

Businessman touching on smart mobile phone for input wording and searching from web browser. Technology with copy space concept.

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
September 1, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Africa, ChatGPT, Futurism, Google, Large Language Models (LLMs), Maggie Harrison, misinformation}

Google + AI Feature = Chaos

_{Google SGE is producing nonsensical word salads. Is this really supposed to replace traditional search engines?} _{Peter Biles

September 1, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

“Even with access to all the information in the digital world, AI can still be very, very stupid,” writes Maggie Harrison at Futurism. She’s referencing Google’s AI search feature, Google SGE, that “doesn’t understand geography” or the alphabet. When Harrison and her peers noticed someone complain about a glitch in the AI search feature, which purported that there were no countries in Africa that started with the letter “K” (ahem, Kenya, anyone?) they decided to test it out for themselves. Sure enough, the verdict is in. Google’s AI doesn’t know how to parse out blatantly false information. Harrison writes, When asked to provide a list of “countries in North America that start with the letter M,” for instance, Google SGE Read More ›

Real robot's hand with ancient Bible. Concepts of artificial intelligence development and machine learning

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
August 30, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Religion

Tagged
AI, BibleGPT, ChatGPT, Christianity, Church, Large Language Models (LLMs), Pastors, religion}

“Bible GPT” For All Your Big Religious Questions

_{Is it a tool or a big crossing of the line?} _{Peter Biles

August 30, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Religion}

It’s not only Silicon Valley and other tech giants like Microsoft and Google who have scrambled, over the last ten months or so, to integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) into their respective spheres. Churches are apparently getting in on the ground floor, too. A new software called “Bible GPT,” a clear riff off of “ChatGPT,” has officially been released into the world. According to the website, Bible GPT is an AI enabled religious software to write Christian texts, essays, or personalized poetry. It also answers bible related questions. Bible GPT is the biggest step in AI technology, taking the Christian world by storm. It offers insights into what many Christians wish to know and clarity by answering their religious questions. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
August 26, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Ai avatar, ChatGPT, Influencers, Instagram, Kim Kardashian, National Review, social media}

National Review: Let AI Take Over Social Media Influencing

_{AI influencers are revealing how vapid social media really is} _{Peter Biles

August 26, 2023

2

Artificial Intelligence}

We’ve recently commented on the AI influencer phenomenon, which seems to be taking social media by storm. With advanced AI imaging, more AI influencers are popping up, and they already look comparable to the likes of Kim Kardashian. The social media influencing world depends on primarily women selling their bodies for revenue. Instagram has tended heavily in this direction, and with the advent of OnlyFans, the temptation to flaunt oneself so provocatively is tangible for many. National Review writer Haley Strack thinks that the AI influencer horde will out-compete real-life influencers and eventually rule out the need for humans at all. She writes, Some criticize AI for giving young men another possibly perverse, sexual outlet online — but men who Read More ›

Human hand shakes artificial intelligence robotic hand, concept of union between human being and artificial intelligence, Generative AI

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
August 19, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, BibleGPT, ChatGPT, Christianity Today, Consciousness, Internet addiction, Jacques Ellul on social media addiction, Large Language Models (LLMs), OpenAI, Philosophy, Read Schuchardt, Ryan Kemp, Technological society, Technology, The American Mind, The Hedgehog Review, tv, Wheaton College}

Artificial Intelligence: The Final Stage of Disembodiment?

_{The Internet invites a disembodied existence. Is AI the next step?} _{Peter Biles

August 19, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality}

Dr. Read Schuchardt, professor of communications at Wheaton College (IL), identifies five primary ways digital technology can erode our lives and relationships, or produce what he calls “vices of the virtual life”: Speaking of disembodiment, which he regards as perhaps the primary negative effect of virtual life, Schuchardt writes, On the phone, on the web, on the TV, you are simultaneously everywhere and nowhere. This creates a mind-body separation that both mimics death and parodies angels, eliminates the possibility of natural law, and allows you to become pure ‘information,’ simply wearing the corporate body as your own. -Read Schuchardt, Media, Journalism, and Communication, p. 56. I’ve found this to be true in my own experience; time online produces an inner Read More ›

Group of college students studying in the school library, a girl and a boy are using a laptop and connecting to internet

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Author
News
Date
August 18, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Education

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bloomberg, ChatGPT, critical thinking, education, Learning, Plagiarism, Plough}

Teachers Gear Up for a New Year – and ChatGPT

_{Due to ChatGPT's popularity, many schools are seeking ways to integrate the technology into their learning environments.} _{News

August 18, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Education}

GPT-3, released by OpenAI in November, swiftly undermined the integrity of many a student’s academic work. Professors across disciplines have had to contend with how to discern machine vs. human-generated work. Now, with a new school year underway, that challenge remains. Due to ChatGPT’s popularity, many schools are seeking ways to integrate the technology into their learning environments. But the question of how to do this remains murky. Bloomberg reports, But professors and administrators seeking to integrate generative AI into their curriculums are left with a big question: How? They need to find the right middle ground, said Steve Weber, vice provost of undergraduate curriculum and education at Drexel University. Educators can’t completely prohibit use of the tool and neglect to teach it, but Read More ›

Concert view of saxophonist, a saxophone sax player with musical band during jazz orchestra show performing music on stage in the scene lights. Generated AI.

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Author
News
Date
August 15, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, ChatGPT, deep fakes, James Hirsen, Jazz, Mind Matters podcast, music, Rhythm, Robert J. Marks}

Could AI Ever Master Jazz Music?

_{Jazz depends so much on spontaneity and improvisation.} _{News

August 15, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

In a new Mind Matters podcast, host Robert J. Marks sat down with James Hirsen, who performed as a musician for many years, to talk AI, deep fakes, and the possibility of artificially contrived music. Hirsen defended the human uniqueness of jazz music in particular, noting how in this musical genre, spontaneity and in-person experiences are essential. He says, And I’ve experienced it many, many times, but especially in intimate gatherings, when a musician is playing jazz or blues in a club and there’s a group of people interacting that, I believe, cannot be emulated by any AI that I’ve experienced. But on record, I think they can do it. So music’s unique in this sense. If jazz is being Read More ›

Travelers together around the campfire, enjoying the fresh air near the tent under the Milky Way in the evening. Silhouettes of two adventurous people camping in the mountains under the starry sky.

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
August 13, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
art, C.S. Lewis, ChatGPT, Christina Bieber Lake, Consciousness, Creativity, fiction, Non-Computable You (book), OpenAI, Peter Biles, Plato, Rhetoric, Robert J. Marks, Robin Phillips, Salvo, Sophists, Wheaton College, Writing}

Literature and Personal Consciousness: Why AI Can’t Speak to You

_{AI can never intend meaning like a human author can} _{Peter Biles

August 13, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

One of the biggest contentions in the current debate over OpenAI’s new Large Language Model (LLM) ChatGPT is its purported ability to create a story, to speak and communicate narrative like a human storyteller. If you ask ChatGPT to write an Edgar Allen Poe-esque story, it will generate something spooky, gothic, and darkly poetic. Ask it to write a Shakespearean sonnet, and out comes a fourteen-lined poem about nature and romance. Need a horror thriller like The Shining or It by Stephen King? You got it. For all its scary impressiveness, and the guarantee that the technology will only get better, the chatbot extraordinaire fails and will always fail to tell a story. In fact, it can’t be expected to generate meaningful art and literature Read More ›

top view work workplace. A team of young office workers, businessmen with laptop working at the table, communicating together in an office. Corporate businessteam and manager in a meeting. coworking.

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Author
News
Date
August 9, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, ChatGPT, economy, Jobs, OpenAI, Sam Altman, The Atlantic, Work}

OpenAI CEO: Yes, AI Will Take Jobs Away

_{Technology has historically replaced human workers only to add new jobs. Is AI any different?} _{News

August 9, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Sam Altman, the CEO of the AI company OpenAI, which was responsible for developing the Large Language Model ChatGPT, said in an interview with The Atlantic that AI will definitely be taking some jobs away, striking a blow to some AI optimists who claim that this won’t be the case. According to Business Insider, “A lot of people working on AI pretend that it’s only going to be good; it’s only going to be a supplement; no one is ever going to be replaced,” he said. “Jobs are definitely going to go away, full stop.” –ChatGPT Creator Sam Altman Says ‘Jobs Are Definitely Going to Go Away’ (businessinsider.com) While certain jobs might go the wayside, it’s possible AI could introduce Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
August 4, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, ChatGPT, Futurism, Influencers, Instagram, internet, social media, Victor Tangermann}

AI Influencers Are Starting to Explode

_{Seeing how artificial and impersonal the influencer lifestyle already is, maybe it was inevitable.} _{Peter Biles

August 4, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

AI avatars are starting to flood the social media “influencing” sphere. Seeing how artificial and impersonal the influencer lifestyle already is, maybe it was inevitable. The “Instagram influencer” is a relatively new phenom: an attractive, usually young, person flaunts certain brands on social media for revenue. The phrase “digital creator” is a common tag on bios, and countless young women have made a living off of selling their looks on Instagram. So how might AI play into all this? Well, there are now hundreds of AI internet personalities flooding social media. And they look pretty convincing. Victor Tangermann reports, Thanks to the advent of AI-powered image generators like Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, some are now fabricating entire feeds of internet Read More ›

Doctor with virtual reality in operation room in hospital.Surgeon analyzing patient heart testing result and human anatomy on technological digital futuristic virtual interface,digital holographic

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Author
News
Date
August 2, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Biology, ChatGPT, Consciousness, COSM, Jay Richards}

Can AI Customize and Individualize Healthcare?

_{Mundie thinks some aspects of biology are too complex for humans. Could AI help?} _{News

August 2, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Craig Mundie says that his dream is to make artificial intelligence one day rival human intellect. While many worry about more dystopian outcomes as result of that, Mundie sees AI as dual use. In his opinion, it can be used for good or ill just like any other technology. Jay Richards interviews Craig Mundie, President of Mundie & Associates and former Microsoft Chief Research Officer about emerging trends in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), especially for human systems and healthcare. Craig Mundie: “Well, I think the problem is, you need to model all of human biology. In my opinion, human biology is too complicated for humans. It’s just too complicated. So the question is, is it possible that a Read More ›

Lazy office worker with feet and socks on table. Useless and relaxing man doing nothing or taking break from work in workstation. Businessman resting during workday. Laziness and relax concept.

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
July 30, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
ChatGPT, Consciousness, Large Language Models (LLMs), Literature, OpenAI, Plough}

ChatGPT: The Perfect Gadget for a Culture in Decline?

_{ChatGPT is an impersonal machine and can't generate meaning} _{Peter Biles

July 30, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Dr. Jeffrey Bilbro, professor of English at Grove City College and an editor at The Front Porch Republic, wrote an article for Plough on what he regards as the primary weakness of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. Bilbro comes to the issue from a literary background, which means he values the human element in language as a mode of communication. Literature is a “conversation,” requiring sentient minds. He sees ChatGPT as a soulless mechanism that will atrophy our ability to write and diminish our appreciation for good writing. Bilbro writes, LLMs are a technology suited to a decadent culture, one that chases easy profits rather than tackles the real challenges we face. It’s easier to make money rearranging words Read More ›