Tag: Washington Post

Social Trading In this image we see a futuristic financial technology innovation where social media platforms have become a hub for trading and investment discussions. The

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Peter Biles
Date
November 11, 2024

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
CNN, Content creation, democracy, Free speech, Joe Rogan, Legacy media, Podcast, Politics, social media, Substack, Trump, Twitter, Washington Post}

A Big Question: Is Legacy Media Dead?

_{The rise of citizen journalism and considering what we lose without traditional "gatekeepers"} _{Peter Biles
November 11, 2024

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Arts & Culture}

Used to, you had to go through the media gatekeepers to put your work out there. With the advent of the internet and platforms like X, Substack, YouTube, and others, however, the masses can all create personal accounts and honk news and opinions into the world. The competition is no longer just between different outlets, but now extends to individual people. Who can speak the loudest and draw the most attention? Who can create the most effective personal “brand”? The Washington Post saw a massive drop in subscriptions following its decision not to endorse a presidential candidate for the 2024 election. But its influence was already declining. The media giant responsible for breaking the vast background story of the Watergate Read More ›

Chatbot in a modern GPU card 3D rendering

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News
Date
June 4, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Censorship

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Claude 3/Anthropic, Enezio E. de Almeida Filho, Prebunking, Prebunking as disinformation tactic, Prebunking illustrated, Washington Post}

Educating Chatbot Claude About Design in the Universe

_{In an age when “prebunking” drowns information, chatbots need to go back to school} _{News
June 4, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Censorship}

Last week, Richard Stevens wrote about the new fad in information control known as prebunking — setting about to destroy the reputation of a news source among the unwary. The tactic seems popular among a newer type of journalist for whom there is no other side to a story, who views alternative takes as a threat. That sort of journalism is currently associated with a huge decline in mainstream media readership even among stalwarts such as the Washington Post, which is currently facing a top-drawer upheaval as a result. Stevens demonstrated how a chatbot could provide free prebunking copy, using Mind Matters News‘s About page and Introduction as the subject. Anything can be prebunked in principle and sometimes chatbots may Read More ›

A Chinese man, wearing a face mask to protect himself from the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV or COVID-19 is riding a scooter in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Heather Zeiger
Date
October 6, 2023

Categorized
Global Technology, Medicine and Health

Tagged
China, COVID-19, data, Pandemic, Washington Post}

COVID Helped China Get Ahead on Genetic Therapies

_{Why is China trying to lead the world in genetic technology?} _{Heather Zeiger
October 6, 2023

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Global Technology, Medicine and Health}

Some are concerned about the creation of genetic weapons, a bioterror tool to target certain ethnic groups. Read More ›

surreal This futuristic new york city is a hub of technological innovation with holographic advertisements robots highspeed trains flying cars and personal drones It is a melting pot of cultures and

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Peter Biles
Date
July 1, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
AI, chatbots, ChatGPT, First Things, Meta, Washington Post}

Simulating Human Connection with Meta’s “Allie” Chatbot

_{I can't help but wonder if people will increasingly use chatbots as paltry substitutes for genuine human connection} _{Peter Biles
July 1, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

To anyone who’s been watching and considering the outcomes of the chatbot revolution, virtual sex has seemed all but inevitable. Meta’s AI chatbot LLaMA, which was controversially made open to the public earlier this year, is now being used to generate sex bots. Washington Post reported on the trend, with Pranshu Verma and Will Oremus writing, Allie is an 18-year old with long brown hair who boasts “tons of sexual experience.” Because she“lives for attention,” she’ll “share details of her escapades”with anyone for free. But Allie is fake, an artificial intelligence chatbot created for sexual play — which sometimes carries out graphic rape and abuse fantasies. -Pranshu Verma and Will Oremus, Meta’s new AI is being used to create sex chatbots – The Washington Read More ›

In the System Control Room Technical Operator Stands and Monitors Various Activities Showing on Multiple Displays with Graphics. Administrator Monitors Work of Artificial Intelligence.

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News
Date
March 23, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Book Review, ChatGPT, Data analysis, Data Mining, Gary Smith, mind matters, OpenAI, Oxford University Press, social media, Washington Post}

Gary Smith’s New Book Reviewed in Washington Post

_{Smith argues that science itself is being undermined by the tools scientists use} _{News
March 23, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

Walter Bradley Center Senior Fellow Gary Smith’s book Distrust: Big Data, Data-Torturing, and the Assault on Science was reviewed in The Washington Post today. Smith is a frequent contributor to Mind Matters and teaches economics at Pomona College. In his new book, Smith argues that science itself is being “undermined” by the tools scientists use. Reviewer Abby Ohlheister writes, Smith, an economist whose work often examines the misuse of data and statistics in a variety of disciplines, argues that the current crisis of trust in science falls at the intersection of three forces: disinformation, data torturing and data mining. Disinformation, as Smith writes, is “as old as the human race,” but accelerated in speed and reach alongside social media. Data Read More ›