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translation, business, and technology concept - male translator or businessman with laptop computer thinking at office over greeting words in different foreign languages

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Author
News
Date
January 7, 2021

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
Featured, Jonathan Bartlett, Machine translation, Robert J. Marks, translation}

#10 AI Success!: Translation Gets Faster and Better

_{Machine translation, properly used, can help us communicate better} _{News

January 7, 2021

5

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

Once again, our Walter Bradley Center director, Robert J. Marks, is back with Jonathan Bartlett and Eric Holloway —this time to to discuss real advances in AI in 2020. Readers may recall that we offered a fun series during the holidays about some of the oopses and ums and ers in the discipline (typically hyped by uncritical sources). Now it’s time to celebrate the real achievements! Let’s start with how machine translation, properly used, can help us communicate better. https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-116-Jonathan-Bartlett-Eric-Holloway.mp3 Our story begins at 03:11. Here’s a partial transcript. (Show Notes and Additional Resources follow, along with a link to the complete transcript.) Robert J. Marks: Okay, let’s get started with the countdown of AI smash hits of the last Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
January 7, 2021

Tagged
AI vs pilot dogfight, Autonomous Vehicles, Case for Killer Robots (book), Comma.ai, Daimler, DARPA, Eric Holloway, General Motors, hacking, Jonathan Bartlett, Language, Machine Learning, military technology, Neural networks, self-driving cars, smart cars, text translation, The Case for Killer Robots, translation, Waymo}

AI Smash Hits 2020 Part I

_{Robert J. Marks

January 7, 2021

2}

An ultimate test of a successful technology is whether it has been reduced to practice. Has it made a financial impact on the market? Has it been adopted by the very picky US military? Has it changed lives? We’re going to count down the AI Smash Hits: the top ten AI success stories for 2020. Join Dr. Robert J. Marks as he Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
January 3, 2021

Categorized
Philosophy, Science

Tagged
Jonathan Bartlett}

Jonathan Bartlett on Why We Do Not Live in a Simulated Universe

_{Bartlett: I can make a model of atoms moving around, but it actually requires entire computers, which are all made of trillions of atoms, to make that simulation.} _{News

January 3, 2021

3

Philosophy, Science}

In the third installment of our top 12 AI hypes of the year (the Dirty Dozen), Jonathan Bartlett offered some thoughts on why he thinks we are not living in an intelligent alien’s giant sim universe, as many believe (Elon Musk) or at least think the claim is reasonable ( Martin Rees, Nick Bostrom). Here’s what Jonathan, of the Blyth Institute says about it, in conversation with Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks: Robert J. Marks: I think there’s three reasons that we can have this complexity that we observe. One is an intelligent creator. The second one which is purported is panspermia, that all of this complexity was planted here on earth by some aliens. Elon Musk actually Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
January 2, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Elon Musk, Featured, Jonathan Bartlett, Neuralink, Robert J. Marks}

Our #1 AI Hype of 2020!: Elon Musk Will Fix Your Brain!

_{The device has been tried on rats, mice, and pigs.} _{News

January 2, 2021

9

Artificial Intelligence}

In #2 of our Top Ten AI Hypes, a guy left his day job to help make AI that thinks like people. Honestly, some of us were stuck for what we could do to top that! Well, our nerds came through for #1!: How about “Elon Musk wants to connect your BRAIN to a computer this year as ‘awesome’ Neuralink mind-chip prepares to launch” (The Sun) ELON Musk has tweeted that his brain-computer chip company Neuralink is working on an “awesome” version of the device. The kooky billionaire believes his brain interface tech will turn humans into a genius super race. Charlotte Edwards, “Elon Musk wants to connect your BRAIN to a computer this year as ‘awesome’ Neuralink mind-chip prepares Read More ›

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post

Author
News
Date
January 1, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Eric Holloway, Featured, Gödel's Second Incompleteness Theorem, Jonathan Bartlett, Robert J. Marks, trust, Trustworthiness}

#3 AI, We Are Now Told, Knows When It Shouldn’t Be Trusted!

_{Gödel's Second Incompleteness Theorem says that, for any system that can reliably tell you that things are true or false, it cannot tell you that it itself is reliable.} _{News

January 1, 2021

6

Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Okay, so, in #4, we learned that Elon Musk’s utterly self-driving car won’t be on the road any time soon. What about the AI that knows when it shouldn’t be trusted? (As if anyone does!) Our nerds here at the Walter Bradley Center have been discussing the top twelve AI hypes of the year. Our director Robert J. Marks, Eric Holloway and Jonathan Bartlett talk about overhyped AI ideas (from a year in which we saw major advances, along with inevitable hypes). From the AI Dirty Dozen 2020 Part III, here’s #3: AI that knows when it shouldn’t be trusted: https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-115-Jonathan-Bartlett-Eric-Holloway.mp3 Our story begins at 12:57. Here’s a partial transcript. Show Notes and Additional Resources follow, along with a link Read More ›

Tired man sitting in car, wearing in sleeping mask

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Author
News
Date
January 1, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
Autonomous Vehicles, Elon Musk, Eric Holloway, Featured, Jonathan Bartlett, Robert J. Marks, self-driving cars}

#4 Elon Musk: This Time Autopilot Is Going To WORK!

_{Jonathan Bartlett: I have to say, part of me loves Elon Musk and part of me can't stand the guy} _{News

January 1, 2021

7

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

Our nerds here at the Walter Bradley Center have been discussing the top twelve AI hypes of the year. Our director Robert J. Marks, Eric Holloway and Jonathan Bartlett talk about overyhyped AI ideas (from a year in which we saw major advances, along with inevitable hypes). From AI Dirty Dozen 2020 Part III, here’s #4: Elon Musk’s fully self-driving software is finally going to work: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that the test version of the company’s Autopilot system will be released in “a month or so.” While he didn’t describe its capabilities, Musk said that once it’s out, “you’ll see what it’s like. It’s amazing. It’s clearly going to work.” Chris Woodyard, “Elon Musk says Tesla’s full Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
December 31, 2020

Tagged
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Elon Musk, Eric Holloway, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), GPT-3, Jonathan Bartlett, Lovelace test, Neural networks, Neuralink, OpenAI, Sam Altman, self-driving cars, Tesla}

AI Dirty Dozen 2020 Part III

_{Robert J. Marks

December 31, 2020

2}

There are many forces that shape the hyped AI stories we read. Media is everywhere and competition is fierce. Articles with provocative headlines and content are clickbait for the browsing consumer. We’re going to count down the AI Dirty Dozen: the top twelve AI hyped stories for 2020. Join Dr. Robert J. Marks as he discusses some of these stories with Read More ›

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post

Author
News
Date
December 29, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
chatbots, Featured, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Jonathan Bartlett, Robert J. Marks}

#6 A Conversation Bot Is Cool —If You Really Lower Your Standards

_{A system that supposedly generates conversation—but have you noticed what it says?} _{News

December 29, 2020

8

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

Our Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks has been interviewing fellow computer nerds (our Brain Trust) Jonathan Bartlett and Eric Holloway about 12 overhyped AI concepts of the year. From AI Dirty Dozen 2020 Part II. Now here’s #6. A means of generating copy from AI: “GPT-3 Is “Mindblowing” If You Don’t Question It Too Closely So what about the bot that replaces conversation? https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-114-Jonathan-Bartlett-Eric-Holloway.mp3 Our story begins at “09:03. Here’s a partial transcript. Show Notes and Additional Resources follow, along with a link to the complete transcript. Robert J. Marks: GPT-3. Those are four alphanumeric letters that rhyme. GPT-3. And, there was a headline that says there’s a subreddit populated entirely by AI personifications of other subreddits. First Read More ›

Hairdressing mannequin located on a wooden table.

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post

Author
News
Date
December 24, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
Erica (robot), Featured, hype, Jonathan Bartlett, Puppeteering}

Erica, Robot Film Star, is Pretty Typical Modern-Day Puppeteering

_{It may be a good film, to be sure, Jonathan Bartlett stresses, but there is little new AI in there} _{News

December 24, 2020

3

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

Yesterday, we looked at Erica the Robot, our #9 technology hype of 2020. While Erica, described as the star of a film, b, to start production in 2021, may be more sophisticated than some, clever animatronics have actually been around for decades (think Muppets… ). So Robert J. Marks and Eric Holloway talked about the question of how much of the Erica puff signifies something really groundbreaking and how much is the usual AI hype. Jonathan Bartlett (pictured) gets back to us with some further thoughts on that very question: The hype around Erica starts with the simple description of her role in the film. Many articles about the film say that Erica was “cast” in the role. However, being Read More ›

Medical technology diagnostics concept.Medicine doctor and stethoscope working with Human lungs on a digital tabblet and Ui virtual screen for treatment.

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
December 24, 2020

Tagged
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Eric Holloway, GameGAN, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), GPT-3, Jonathan Bartlett, medical research, Medicine, Sleep, Statistics, Texas Sharpshooter Fallacies, Video games}

AI Dirty Dozen 2020 Part II

_{Robert J. Marks

December 24, 2020

2}

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Author
News
Date
December 17, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Eric Holloway, Featured, hype, Jonathan Bartlett, Robert J. Marks, Top Ten AI hypes 2020, training data}

#12! AI Is Going To Solve All Our Problems Soon!

_{In our countdown for the Top Twelve AI Hypes of 2020} _{News

December 17, 2020

6

Artificial Intelligence}

First, before we get started: The AI industry has been making real progress. But with real progress comes real hype. That figures. We spent all year covering the real progress. Now that we are all kicking up our feet, we are going to send up some of the hype. We used to only have 10 top hypes but now we have 12. If progress continues at this pace, we might end up with 59 by 2050… Anyway, our Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks interviewed fellow computer nerds, members of our Brain Trust, Jonathan Bartlett and Eric Holloway on their picks last Saturday. And here’s #12! The article itself is actually an admission rather than a hype but let’s Read More ›

Big data analytics through machine learning, Artificial Intelligence concept background, Using deep learning algorithms for neural network data analysis, Abstract AI 3d illustration

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
December 17, 2020

Tagged
AlphaGo, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Deep neural networks (DNNs), Ergodicity, Eric Holloway, Films, Gaming AI (book), Jonathan Bartlett, Neural networks, Robots}

AI Dirty Dozen 2020 Part I

_{Robert J. Marks

December 17, 2020

2}

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post

Author
News
Date
November 30, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Tagged
Adversarial examples, Confidence, Eric Holloway, Jonathan Bartlett, Self-correction, SkyNet, Terminator (films), trust}

Can AI Really Know When It Shouldn’t Be Trusted?

_{Some researchers claim to have taught AI how to recognize its own untrustworthiness. Others say that’s impossible} _{News

November 30, 2020

5

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning}

Recently, we were told that artificial intelligence is now smart enough to know when it can’t be trusted: How might The Terminator have played out if Skynet had decided it probably wasn’t responsible enough to hold the keys to the entire US nuclear arsenal? As it turns out, scientists may just have saved us from such a future AI-led apocalypse, by creating neural networks that know when they’re untrustworthy. David Nield, “Artificial Intelligence Is Now Smart Enough to Know When It Can’t Be Trusted” at ScienceAlert (November 25, 2020) That’s a big claim. Intelligent humans often can’t know when they are untrustworthy. These deep learning neural networks are designed to mimic the human brain by weighing up a multitude of Read More ›

smart retail concept, robot service use for check the data of or Stores that stock goods on shelves with easily-viewed barcode and prices or photo compared against an idealized representation of store

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post

Author
News
Date
November 3, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
Amazon, Autonomous cars, Boeing, driverless cars, employment, Featured, Jobs, Jonathan Bartlett, Robots, self-driving cars, Walmart}

WalMart Shelves Its Robot Inventory Clerks

_{These costly experiences are helping businesses better understand when automation works and when it just doesn’t} _{News

November 3, 2020

5

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work}

The WalMart automation project started in 2017, as part of an effort to compete with Amazon: Walmart, which posted record online sales in its recent quarter, now has more workers walking the aisles to package online orders, extracting new data on inventory problems, people familiar with the situation told the Wall Street Journal, which was the first to report this news. Reuters Staff, “Walmart drops plans to use robots for tracking inventory” at Reuters Here’s some background: Walmart ended the partnership because it found different, sometimes simpler solutions that proved just as useful – something that came to light during the coronavirus pandemic as more shoppers flock to online delivery and pickup, forcing Walmart to have workers physically walk store Read More ›

Cells under a microscope. Cell division. Cellular Therapy. 3d illustration on a dark background

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post

Author
News
Date
October 1, 2020

Categorized
Information Theory, Science

Tagged
Cell (biology), Elon Musk, Featured, Jonathan Bartlett, Michael Denton, Miracle of the Cell (book), Queen Christina of Sweden, Replication (cells), Replication (machines)}

New Book: Our Bodies’ Cells Are a “Third Infinity” of Information

_{If the first cell somehow morphed into existence without the ability to reproduce, it would also have been the last cell.} _{News

October 1, 2020

3

Information Theory, Science}

Recently, computer engineer and philosopher Jonathan Bartlett pointed out that Elon Musk has inadvertently highlighted the biggest problem with origin of life studies: How life originated is not as difficult a question as how it originated with the ability to reproduce. If the first cell somehow morphed into existence without the ability to reproduce, it would also have been the last cell. The only cell, in fact. Musk, as it happens, was talking about the production of cars when he tweeted, “The machine that makes the machine is vastly harder than the machine itself.” He estimated “1000% to 10,000% harder.” Indeed, and that’s also true of the cells that comprise just about every living being. Our cells not only live Read More ›

abstract binary code science computing center

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Author
News
Date
September 22, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Algorithms, Brian J. Woolley, Computers, Darwinian evolution, Eric Holloway, Evolution, Featured, Goodhart's Law, Jonathan Bartlett, Kevin O. Stanley, No Free Lunch theorems, Word ladder game}

Can AI Really Evolve into Superintelligence All by Itself?

_{We can’t just turn a big computer over to evolution and go away and hope for great things} _{News

September 22, 2020

6

Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

At Science earlier this year it was claimed that Darwinian evolution alone can make computers much smarter. As a result, researchers hoped to “discover something really fundamental that will take a long time for humans to figure out”: Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving—literally. Researchers have created software that borrows concepts from Darwinian evolution, including “survival of the fittest,” to build AI programs that improve generation after generation without human input. The program replicated decades of AI research in a matter of days, and its designers think that one day, it could discover new approaches to AI. Edd Gent, “Artificial intelligence is evolving all by itself” at Science (April 30, 2020) How does that work? The program discovers algorithms using a Read More ›

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post

Author
News
Date
July 28, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Programming

Tagged
___longform, Adam Smith, Common Crawl, Emily Bender, GPT-3, Guy Van den Broeck, Jonathan Bartlett, Kevin Lacker}

GPT-3 Is “Mindblowing” If You Don’t Question It Too Closely

_{AI analysts sound unusually cautious in pointing out that it doesn’t live up to a lot of the hype} _{News

July 28, 2020

7

Artificial Intelligence, Programming}

Last week, Jonathan Bartlett wrote about the somewhat misleading buzz around the new OpenAI third-generation software, GPT-3 (Generative Pretrained Transformer). And now—for a change—much of the industry has begun to seem socially distant, so to speak, from the reckless hype that has accompanied other releases. For example, one article starts off breathlessly: The artificial intelligence tool GPT-3 has been causing a stir online, due to its impressive ability to design websites, prescribe medication, and answer questions… Its predecessor, GPT-2, made headlines for being deemed “too dangerous to release” because of its ability to create text that is seemingly indistinguishable from those written by humans. While GPT-2 had 1.5 billion parameters which could be set, GPT-3 has 175 billion parameters. A Read More ›

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post

Author
News
Date
June 22, 2020

Categorized
Business and Finance, Global Technology

Tagged
cryptocurrency, Gary Smith, Jay Richards, Jonathan Bartlett, Steve Forbes}

Is Crypto Just a Flash in the Pan?

_{Or, to put it more bluntly, will blockchain ever grow up to be a real financial system? Forbes says yes, cautiously} _{News

June 22, 2020

3

Business and Finance, Global Technology}

Will blockchain and other non-government currencies ever grow up to be a real financial system? What about the weird Canadian crypto uproar in which the only a dead man knows the code to release the missing millions? Read More ›

CCTV camera or surveillance operating in glass building

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post

Author
News
Date
May 5, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Surveillance, Technocracy

Tagged
Jonathan Bartlett, Michael S. Malone, William Davidow}

At Scientific American: Starve artificial intelligence!

_{Silicon Valley authors seek to limit AI's power. Jonathan Bartlett doesn't think it really has the power they are worried about} _{News

May 5, 2020

5

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Surveillance, Technocracy}

Jonathan Bartlett agrees with Valley pioneers Davidow and Malone, authors of The Autonomous Revolution (2020) that there are real problems with the misuse of AI. But, he says, that’s because we treat it as powerful. It is a servant but we make it a master.

Bartlett’s Calculus Paper Reviewed in Mathematics Magazine

_{The paper offers fixes for long-standing flaws in the teaching of elementary calculus} _{News

March 28, 2020

2

Education, Mathematics}

Jonathan Bartlett tells us, “The review was mixed, but most importantly the reviewer didn’t disagree with the results, only their potential usefulness."