From the ethics debate, the AI Wars are heating up and there are 3 distinct factions predicting our AI future. Which one are you?
Category: AI
Hyperdimensional Computing Reimagines AI (wired.com)
Either I'm full of myself and over-optimistic about what I can learn, or I begin to understand dimensional computing as explained in this wired article. If so, super cool what this new way of computing holds for "explainability" of AI models in the future...
The Fatal Uber Self Driving Car Saga is Over (NYTimes) and Automation Complacency
The classic case of the Uber self driving car, in-person monitor, and the fatal pedestrian accident, is now legally concluded. A sober reminder of ALL OUR complacencies. Or paraphrasing Shakespeare: "But, soft ye now, the fair Ophelia, nymph in thy orisons, be all my complacencies remembered."
ChatGPT in the classroom: professors adapt (wired.com)
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Epic Man – 2023: world premiere at AMIA CIC
The latest ukulele parody. Does it mention note bloat? GPT?
Automation Complacency, The Stepladder of AI in EHR’s, “Writing a note is how I think”. WHAT NOW?
A navel-gazing reflection on GPT, human cognitive effort, and the stepladder to the future. Where do YOU stand?
Chatbot perspective from an insider (Rodney Brooks and Wired.com)
https://rodneybrooks.com/what-will-transformers-transform/ Thanks Rodney for a thoughtful discussion of The Hype Cycle (peak of overinflated expectations) The caution needed as our tools grow in skill exponentially The ongoing risk of hallucination and unexpected errors in chatbots The "grounding" problem with AI and robots I particularly love the following quote: Roy Amara, who died on the last … Continue reading Chatbot perspective from an insider (Rodney Brooks and Wired.com)
I Saw the Face of God in a TSMC Factory (Wired)
Nanometer scale production, Taiwan / Ukraine geopolitics, Huawei and spying in 5G, remote surgery, democracy at risk. What more can you ask for from a Wired Longread?
MIT Tech review on ChatGPT
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/25/1070275/chatgpt-revolutionize-economy-decide-what-looks-like/ One of the more thoughtful pieces about ChatGPT's impact on the tech-acceleration and the paradox of tech improving WITHOUT productivity improving. Maybe this is the inflection point where we'll finally see improving productivity. That is, if we don't allow nefarious purpose to defeat it.
AI will make human art more valuable (Wired.com)
What is it about human made art that makes us prefer that to AI art?