A deep dive into AI as a normal technology vs. a humanlike intelligence and how major public policy based on controlling superintelligence may make things worse
An alternative to the vision of AI as a potential superintelligence — We articulate a vision of artificial intelligence (AI) as normal technology. Bluesky: @taumuyi , @knightcolumbia.org , @tedunder...
An interview with Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor on their new book AI Snake Oil, which is based on their popular newsletter about AI's shortcomings
A New Book by 2 Princeton University Computer Scientists X: Eric Topol / @erictopol : Is #AI snake oil? Some of it is, as asserted by @random_walker and @sayashk in a new book published today @Princet...
Stanford unveils the Foundation Model Transparency Index, featuring 100 indicators; Llama 2 led at 54%, GPT-4 placed third at 48%, and PaLM 2 took fifth at 40%
https://www.nytimes.com/... [image] Mark Coggins / @coggins@mastodon.social : This is the kind of needed AI regulation—requiring model makers to reveal how they trained their language models—that #Ma...
A recent paper on ChatGPT's political biases seems to have many flaws, including testing an older model and prompt types, but the broader topic merits research
A new paper making this claim has many flaws. But the question merits research. — Previous research has shown … Mastodon: @randomwalker@mastodon.social . X: @random_walker , @cbarrie , @simonw , @e...
Source: a leaked April 2023 internal document by Luke Sernau, a senior software engineer at Google, argues that open-source AI will outcompete Google and OpenAI
warning the company doesn't have one in A.I. John Battelle / John Battelle's Search Blog : Google and Commoditization: Anyone Need a BackRub? Agne Cimermanaite / Metaverse Post : Leaked Google Documen...
Investigation: AI tools rate photos of women as more sexually suggestive than photos of men, especially if nipples, pregnant bellies, or exercise are involved
Guardian exclusive: AI tools rate photos of women as more sexually suggestive than those of men, especially if nipples, pregnant bellies or exercise is involved Tweets: @womenreadwomen , @nyuniversity...
Q&A with Princeton CS professor Arvind Narayanan on why he calls ChatGPT a “bullshit generator”, his worries over its boom, developing his AI taxonomy, and more
Q&A with Princeton CS professor Arvind Narayanan on why he calls ChatGPT a “bullshit generator”, his worries over its boom, developing his AI taxonomy, and more
Hello, friends, — If you have been reading all the hype about the latest artificial intelligence chatbot … Mastodon: @JeroenJeremy@mastodon.green . Tweets: @random_walker , @juliaangwin , @random_wa...
Proctoring companies like Honorlock that track students' keystrokes and cursor movements during exams to prevent cheating allegedly punish normal behavior
An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education. — A Florida teenager taking a biology class at a community college got an upsetting note this year. Tweets: @zeynep , @random_walker , @pt , @...
Proctoring software like Honorlock that track students' movements during online exams to prevent cheating are criticized for allegedly flagging normal behavior
An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education. — Give this article- - - Read in app Tweets: @zeynep , @random_walker , @hypervisible , @nytimestech , @_aloisi , @pt , @evanselinger , @autumm...