Tag: AI point-missing
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Nobody listened
Google is having trouble with one of its AI programmers who decided that the conversational AI he was developing had become human. As he talked to LaMDA about religion, Lemoine, who studied cognitive and computer science in college, noticed the chatbot talking about its rights and personhood, and decided to press further. In another exchange,…
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All the fine old swindles 2
Cathie Woods alias ARK Invest is a classic swindler who somehow got into a position of respected power and influence. Her claims are identical to the techy con men of 70 years ago, pushing Perpetual Energy Machines or Magic Gasoline Tablets. She says that AI will give us annual doubling of the economy. This is…
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Did you know?
Janelle at AIweirdness.com pointed to this endless cup of computerized silliness. CookingFlavr.com is a set of human questions answered by AI. Judging by the language and focus of the questions, it’s probably made in India. The top menu is food-oriented, but if you click on any of the questions you’ll see more categories, which are…
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It’s all about personal power
Kirn’s latest pithy paragraph: A lot of what passes for politics these days — the policing of language, the stamping out of heretical opinion, the cancellation of offbeat, difficult figures — feels to me like a step in the construction of a universal operating system for humans. Many in power must dream of it. This…
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