2023-07-26
“The book [Computer Power and Human Reason] has two major arguments. First: there is a difference between man and machine. Second: there are certain tasks which computers ought not be made to do, independent of whether computers can be made to do them. ” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
The Guardian
A profile of Joseph Weizenbaum, who created the first chatbot in 1966 but turned against AI, believing the computer revolution constricted our humanity
Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence - but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans Mastodon: @Weizenba...
2023-05-08
I agree. Along with the risk of pervasive falsehood and manipulation, through (or by?) AI-generated content, there is this degradation of the mechanisms for filtering and promoting quality and for preserving variety. When too many voices, none, or only the loudest. Divide et... https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
AI text generators are quietly authoring more of the internet; more AI-generated books and personalized articles mean fewer clients buying human-written content
2023-05-07
I agree. Along with the risk of pervasive falsehood and manipulation, through (or by?) AI-generated content, there is this degradation of the mechanisms for filtering and promoting quality and for preserving variety. When too many voices, none, or only the loudest. Divide et... https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
AI text generators are quietly authoring more of the internet; more AI-generated books and personalized articles mean fewer clients buying human-written content
From recipes to product reviews to how-to books, artificial intelligence text generators are quietly authoring more and more of the internet. LinkedIn: Theo Priestley . Mastodon: @...
2020-04-28
“Of course, we don't want an AI to make a bad call. But human doctors disagree all the time — and that's fine. An AI system needs to fit into a process where sources of uncertainty are discussed rather than simply rejected.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
TechCrunch
Google's AI screening tool for diabetic retinopathy, trialed in Thailand, proved impractical in real-life testing, despite high theoretical accuracy
AI is frequently cited as a miracle workers in medicine, especially in screening processes, where machine learning models boast expert-level skills in detecting problems.