Tag: Nobel Prize

Man and robotic machine work together inside industrial building. The mechanical arm performs welds on metal components assisted by a worker who in turn manages welds manually.

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Author
Gary Smith and Jeffrey Funk
Date
April 24, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Large Language Models (LLMs), MIT, Nobel Prize, OpenAI, Oxford}

A World Without Work? Here We Go Again

_{Large language models still can't replace critical thinking} _{Gary Smith and Jeffrey Funk

April 24, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

On March 22, nearly 2,000 people signed an open letter drafted by the Future of Life Institute (FLI) calling for a pause of at least 6 months in the development of large language models (LLMs): Contemporary AI systems are now becoming human-competitive at general tasks, and we must ask ourselves: Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth? Should we automate away all the jobs, including the fulfilling ones? Should we develop nonhuman minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart, obsolete and replace us? Should we risk loss of control of our civilization? FLI is a nonprofit organization concerned with the existential risks posed by artificial intelligence. Its president is Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who is no stranger to hype. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
May 14, 2020

Categorized
Creativity, Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Candace Basterfield, Creativity, Featured, Nobel Disease, Nobel Prize, Outside the Box Thinking, Philosophy of Science, Richard Feynman, Skeptical Inquirer (magazine)}

Thinking Outside the Box Is Not a Disease

_{Enforced orthodoxy, often described euphemistically as “scientific consensus,” is an impediment to science} _{Michael Egnor

May 14, 2020

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Creativity, Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind}

At the Skeptical Inquirer, we read about the“Nobel Disease,” whereby Nobel Prize-winning scientists ditch critical thinking and embrace unorthodox views. In reality, unorthodoxy helped them win the Prize.