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How Do We Define Successful Use Cases for Generative AI?
Current generative AI systems are designed to give us the most common solutions, instead of the new ones we need.
Large Language Models are Still Smoke and Mirrors
Incapable of understanding, LLMs are good at giving bloated answers.I recently received an email invitation from Google to try Gemini Pro in Bard. There was an accompanying video demonstration of Bard’s powers, which I didn’t bother watching because of reports that a Gemini promotional video released a few days earlier had been faked. After TED organizer Chris Anderson watched the video, he tweeted, “I can’t stop thinking about the implications of this demo. Surely it’s not crazy to think that sometime next year, a fledgling Gemini 2.0 could attend a board meeting, read the briefing docs, look at the slides, listen to every one’s words, and make intelligent contributions to the issues debated? Now tell me. Wouldn’t that count as AGI?” Legendary software engineer Grady Booch replied, “That demo Read More ›
The Present Shock We’re Experiencing
Our modern obsession with the possibility of truly smart machinery keeps a self-important anti-humanism alive and kicking.
Why AI Can’t Create Genuine Beauty
AI, though a helpful tool in certain contexts, cannot replace the intentionality and creativity of the human person.
From Memes to Hodgepodge
AI again makes an odd mish-mash out of images, this time with memes
Is ChatGPT a Dead End?
There is still no known path to Artificial General Intelligence, including ChatGPT.
Okay, Never Mind. Sam Altman Returns to OpenAI
The OpenAI CEO is back after a brief absence.
Sam Altman Out at OpenAI, Microsoft Picks Him Up
Will Microsoft become the prime leader in the AI movement, and what will be the future of OpenAI?
Why ChatGPT Is Killing Off Traditional AI
We're living in another AI "winter"
Marks: AI Creating More AI Equals Nonsense
AI "inbreeding" will always lead to model collapse.
Will Digital Inbreeding Be the End of AI?
Without the creative input of humans, AI is doomed to deteriorate.
Does Passing the Turing Test Guarantee We’ve Created True AI?
A true test of AI will be able to distinguish between AI and human intelligence.
LLMs Are Still Faux Intelligence
Large language models are remarkable but it's a huge mistake to think they're "intelligence" in any meaningful sense of the word.
Lawsuit Champions Human Creativity Over AI Mimicry
Copyright laws can protect against sophisticated plagiarism.
Why Are We Obsessed With How Smart AI Is?
The people with the most specific knowledge should be assessing applications for AI and their risks.
Authors Guild Sues OpenAI For Unlawful Copying of Creative Works
Did ChatGPT make physical copies of copyrighted books and articles?
So AI is “Slightly Conscious” Now?
The AI optimists can't get away from the problem of consciousness.The idea that artificial intelligence could ever become actually “intelligent” is a minority view, but it’s espoused by some brilliant minds, including Jason Lemoine, an ex-Google employee who claimed the company’s developing AI system was sentient. Lemoine isn’t alone. According to Futurism, OpenAI’s top researcher, Ilya Sutskever, claimed in a Tweet this week that “large neural networks are slightly conscious.” Noor Al-Sibai writes, He’s long been preoccupied with artificial general intelligence, or AGI, which would refer to AI that operates at a human or superhuman level. During his appearance in the AI documentary “iHuman,” for instance, he even declared that that AGIs will “solve all the problems that we have today” before warning that they will also present “the potential to create Read More ›
New Poll Says Most People Don’t Want “Super AI”
Not all problems can be solved through techDespite tech companies’ search to create an artificial “super-intelligence,” a recent poll suggests ordinary citizens want no such thing to be set loose into the world. Sigal Samuel, writing for Vox, talks about technological “solutionism, ” the idea that all the world’s problems, moral or otherwise, can be solved through mere technological progress. This ideology, he notes, extends to the current craze and hype surrounding AI. Sigal writes, AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) enthusiasts promise that the coming superintelligence will bring radical improvements. It could develop everything from cures for diseases to better clean energy technologies. It could turbocharge productivity, leading to windfall profits that may alleviate global poverty. And getting to it first could help the US maintain an edge over China; Read More ›
The Strike is Over
After almost five months, the Writers Guild of America's (WGA) strike against Hollywood has ended.After almost five months, the Writers Guild of America’s (WGA) strike against Hollywood has ended. WGA and Hollywood came to an agreement that includes higher employee wages and limitations in the ways artificial intelligence (AI) can be employed. AI has been at the forefront of the moviemaking conversation for the past few months, and for good reason. TV and movie writers are concerned with how the technology might take away their jobs or otherwise cheapen the quality of TV scripts. Ryan Faughnder writes for the Los Angeles Times, The new WGA contract includes language that regulates the studio’s use of AI but also provides flexibility to the guild’s members. Companies must disclose to writers if any material given to a Read More ›