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The stupidity of AI
The stupidity of AI
The long read: Artificial intelligence in its current form is based on the wholesale appropriation of existing culture, and the notion that it is actually intelligent could be actively dangerous
The belief in this kind of AI as actually knowledgeable or meaningful is actively dangerous. It risks poisoning the well of collective thought, and of our ability to think at all. If, as is being proposed by technology companies, the results of ChatGPT queries will be provided as answers to those seeking knowledge online, and if, as has been proposed by some commentators, ChatGPT is used in the classroom as a teaching aide, then its hallucinations will enter the permanent record, effectively coming between us and more legitimate, testable sources of information, until the line between the two is so blurred as to be invisible. Moreover, there has never been a time when our ability as individuals to research and critically evaluate knowledge on our own behalf has been more necessary, not least because of the damage that technology companies have already done to the ways in which information is disseminated. To place all of our trust in the dreams of badly programmed machines would be to abandon such critical thinking altogether.
·theguardian.com·
The stupidity of AI
Google’s Rush to Win in AI Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say
Google’s Rush to Win in AI Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say
The search giant is making compromises on misinformation and other harms in order to catch up with ChatGPT, workers say
a vice president of engineering. She pledged to double the size of the AI ethics team and strengthen the group’s ties with the rest of the company.
·bloomberg.com·
Google’s Rush to Win in AI Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say
#AIhype take-downs
#AIhype take-downs
On reflecting on how much time I spend working to deflate and counteract AI hype, and how much of that ends up as Twitter threads, I…
·medium.com·
#AIhype take-downs
Some Glimpse AGI in ChatGPT. Others Call It a Mirage
Some Glimpse AGI in ChatGPT. Others Call It a Mirage
A new generation of AI algorithms can feel like they’re reaching artificial general intelligence—but it’s not clear how to measure that.
·wired.com·
Some Glimpse AGI in ChatGPT. Others Call It a Mirage
GLAAD Responds To Twitter’s Roll-Back of Long-Standing LGBTQ Hate
GLAAD Responds To Twitter’s Roll-Back of Long-Standing LGBTQ Hate
Contact: press@glaad.org Earlier this Month, Twitter Covertly Removed Section of Hateful Conduct Policy Protecting Transgender People from Targeted Misgendering and Deadnaming GLAAD: “Twitter’s
·glaad.org·
GLAAD Responds To Twitter’s Roll-Back of Long-Standing LGBTQ Hate
Google CEO peddles #AIhype on CBS 60 minutes
Google CEO peddles #AIhype on CBS 60 minutes
Another tweet thread turned into a blog post, to keep it all in one place, reacting to this tweet/clip from CBS 60 Minutes (as flagged by…
·medium.com·
Google CEO peddles #AIhype on CBS 60 minutes
Amazon’s Twitch Safety, AI Ethics Job Cuts Raise Concerns Among Ex-Workers
Amazon’s Twitch Safety, AI Ethics Job Cuts Raise Concerns Among Ex-Workers
Job cuts at Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch division are raising concerns among former employees and content monitors about the popular livestreaming site’s ability to police abusive or illegal behavior — issues that have plagued the business since its inception.
·bloomberg.com·
Amazon’s Twitch Safety, AI Ethics Job Cuts Raise Concerns Among Ex-Workers
A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America
A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America
As the U.S. deals with a nationwide swatting wave, Motherboard has traced much of the activity to a particular swatting-as-a-service account on Telegram. Torswats uses synthesized voices to pressure law enforcement to specific locations.
·vice.com·
A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America
IRS Wants to Buy Internet Mass Monitoring Tool
IRS Wants to Buy Internet Mass Monitoring Tool
The U.S. military and FBI have previously bought access to netflow data from a company called Team Cymru. Now the IRS wants to buy products from the company too.
·vice.com·
IRS Wants to Buy Internet Mass Monitoring Tool
Hackers Can Remotely Open Smart Garage Doors Across the World
Hackers Can Remotely Open Smart Garage Doors Across the World
A security researcher found a series of vulnerabilities with the Nexx brand of smart garage openers. He says he could remotely find garages to target, and then open them across the internet.
·vice.com·
Hackers Can Remotely Open Smart Garage Doors Across the World
Auto-GPT Unmasked: The Hype and Hard Truths of Its Production Pitfalls
Auto-GPT Unmasked: The Hype and Hard Truths of Its Production Pitfalls
Auto-GPT: A groundbreaking project or just another overhyped AI experiment? In this blog post, we unravel the truth behind the buzz and reveal the limitations that make this project unsuitable for real-world applications.
·jina.ai·
Auto-GPT Unmasked: The Hype and Hard Truths of Its Production Pitfalls
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·arxiv.org·
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4 key misunderstandings in AI - TechTalks
4 key misunderstandings in AI - TechTalks
Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell lays out four fallacies that have led to overpromising and underdelivering in artificial intelligence.
·bdtechtalks.com·
4 key misunderstandings in AI - TechTalks
Artificial Consciousness Is Impossible
Artificial Consciousness Is Impossible
Conscious machines are staples of science fiction that are often taken for granted as articles of future fact, but they are not possible.
·towardsdatascience.com·
Artificial Consciousness Is Impossible
What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?
What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?
Large language models seem startlingly intelligent. But what’s really happening under the hood?
·newyorker.com·
What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?
Choose Your Weapon: Survival Strategies for Depressed AI Academics
Choose Your Weapon: Survival Strategies for Depressed AI Academics
Are you an AI researcher at an academic institution? Are you anxious you are not coping with the current pace of AI advancements? Do you feel you have no (or very limited) access to the computational and human resources required for an AI research breakthrough? You are not alone; we feel the same way. A growing number of AI academics can no longer find the means and resources to compete at a global scale. This is a somewhat recent phenomenon, but an accelerating one, with private actors investing enormous compute resources into cutting edge AI research. Here, we discuss what you can do to stay competitive while remaining an academic. We also briefly discuss what universities and the private sector could do improve the situation, if they are so inclined. This is not an exhaustive list of strategies, and you may not agree with all of them, but it serves to start a discussion.
·arxiv-vanity.com·
Choose Your Weapon: Survival Strategies for Depressed AI Academics