Experts say that, in the short term, the promise and perils of generative AI may be more modest than the fervor surrounding tools like ChatGPT makes them seem
Hype and fear collide in the tech industry's latest boom — If you listen to its boosters, artificial intelligence is poised …
Washington Post Will Oremus
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@theatlantic
@theatlantic
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This is a moment of immense peril: Tech companies are rushing ahead to roll out buzzy new AI products, even after the problems with those products have been well documented for years and years, @GaryMarcus writes. https://on.theatln.tc/XPFBJlw
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@washingtonpost
@washingtonpost
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A growing chorus of doomsayers agrees AI is poised to revolutionize life — but for the worse. It is reflecting society's worst biases, threatening the livelihoods of artists and white-collar workers, and perpetuating scams and disinformation, they say. https://www.washingtonpost.…
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@shiraovide
Shira Ovide
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A pitch for humility about AI, @random_walker to @WillOremus: “...be more comfortable with accepting that we simply don't know for sure how a lot of these emerging developments are going to play out.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@willoremus
Will Oremus
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The hot take on AI is that it's about to change everything forever. I wrote about the cold take—that generative AI will change some things and not others, and that it will have real benefits and dark sides but won't transform society anytime soon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ …
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@irannewsnow
@irannewsnow
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A must-read. “If we don't start fighting now, democracy may well be overwhelmed by misinformation and consequent polarization—and perhaps quite soon. The 2024 elections could be unlike anything we have seen before.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
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@neilturkewitz
Neil Turkewitz
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@WillOremus Will, I fear this piece conflates issues of potential harm with instances of actual present harm. There's nothing hypothetical about using existing creative work to train AI without consent or payment. Let's speak clearly about that which is clear. @random_walker @mar…
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@adam_k_levin
Adam Levin
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“Each day is bringing us a little bit closer to a kind of information-sphere disaster, in which bad actors weaponize large language models, distributing their ill-gotten gains through armies of ever more sophisticated bots.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
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@garymarcus
Gary Marcus
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“It will be an uphill, ongoing move-and-countermove arms race from here... If we don't start fighting now, democracy may well be overwhelmed by misinformation and consequent polarization—and perhaps quite soon. The 2024 elections could be unlike anything we have seen before.” 👇 h…
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Felix M. Simon
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“It isn't going to be the singular force that changes everything” says @margaretomara in this good piece by @WillOremus on the effects of AI on society. A great and nuanced read in the growing sea of hot-takes we've seen as of late around #GenerativeAI. https://www.washingtonpost…