Gerry McGovern on LinkedIn: Data centers create few jobs. Michigan wants to give them big tax breaks |…
AI and data center grifting: example 2345 Data centers create few jobs. Michigan wants to give them big tax breaks. Why do governments all over the world want…
Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov on LinkedIn: "The concept of efficiency — how much one can accomplish per unit of time… | 32 comments
"The concept of efficiency — how much one can accomplish per unit of time (or per dollar, etc.) — requires a quantitative numerator as well as a denominator… | 32 comments on LinkedIn
Memorization in large language models by Carlini et al. | Michael Bommarito posted on the topic | LinkedIn
"LLMs don't memorize things. They *grok*. They pattern match. But they can't replicate their input data." It's an argument I hear daily. It's a nice idea,… | 42 comments on LinkedIn
AI’s moral musings seem more convincing than humans’ | BPS
Could AI’s rhetorical edge lead us astray? New research suggests that we find computer-generated moral reasonings more appealing than those penned by humans.
The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates | Mariana Mazzucato
Big tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentres are run at huge cost to the environment, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato
From What to How: An Initial Review of Publicly Available AI Ethics Tools, Methods and Research to Translate Principles into Practices
The debate about the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence dates from the 1960s (Samuel in Science, 132(3429):741–742, 1960. 10.1126/science.132.3429.741; Wiener in Cybernetics: or control and communication in the animal and the machine, ...
The History of Artificial Intelligence - Science in the News
by Rockwell Anyoha Can Machines Think? In the first half of the 20th century, science fiction familiarized the world with the concept of artificially intelligent robots. It began with the “heartless” Tin man from the Wizard of Oz and continued with the humanoid robot that impersonated Maria in Metropolis. By the 1950s, we had a generation of scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers with the concept of …
Microsoft’s total carbon emissions have grown by about 30% since 2020, driven largely by indirect emissions from constructing new data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
Report reveals astronomical problems as Google launches itself into evolving world of AI: ‘We’re working to address the impact’
Google is reportedly making attempts to stay ahead of the problem. Report reveals astronomical problems as Google launches itself into evolving world of AI: ‘We’re working to address the impact’ first appeared on The Cool Down.
While artificial intelligence has the potential to process vast amounts of data, generate new insights, and unlock greater productivity, its widespread adoption may entail unforeseen consequences....
Heart-Risk Model Saves Lives, Self-Driving on Unruly Roads, and more
The Batch AI News and Insights: A barrier to faster progress in generative AI is evaluations (evals), particularly of custom AI applications that generate...
By Rafael Hernandez de Santiago In the sprawling city of Techville, there is a new player on the scene — and it is not your typical Silicon Valley startup or cutting-edge gadget. No, dear...
U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI (Gift Article)
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry.
Climate activists speak out against the unchecked growth of data centers
Dozens of environmental activists and Fairfax County residents took part in a rally to against the out-of-control expansion of data centers in Virginia.
Artificial Intelligence and Law - Perhaps the most widely touted of GPT-4’s at-launch, zero-shot capabilities has been its reported 90th-percentile performance on the Uniform Bar Exam. This...
Karen Hao Combats Company Stonewalling about AI’s Resource Demands - The Open Notebook
Karen Hao, an artificial intelligence reporter and columnist for The Atlantic, recently wondered how much water and energy computing data centers use. When Hao homed in on one facility, she learned tech corporations weren’t always keen on divulging the answers. Shi En Kim spoke with Hao about how she dealt with stonewalling from Microsoft and found creative workarounds to illustrate the scale of AI’s environmental footprint, even in the absence of official statistics.