https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-labor/ Here is our next AI challenge, as our jobs undergo gradual transformation. How will we as knowledge workers in informatics accommodate the growing sophistication of narrow AI assistants? Scheduling appointments, helping with spelling and grammar, now writing fluid manuscripts based on the library we point them to? Teachers are starting to change "take home" … Continue reading Infinite AI Interns for Everybody (Wired.com)
Another take on ‘AI is coming for you and your job’
Sure! This is cool. And also. Not cool. Happy holidays.
https://www.wired.com/story/dalle-ai-meme-machine/ How can this be real? Read the story above at Wired.com. I typed "Elephants breakdancing at midnight" into the prompt, and seriously, about a minute later I get this on my screen. Let's not go into why that sentence came out of my head thru my fingers, and instead focus on the technology. There … Continue reading DALL-E Mini Is the Internet’s Favorite AI Meme Machine (Wired.com)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/technology/ai-artificial-intelligence-artists.html I'll just leave this here. The world is shifting underneath our feet, people.
GPT-3 can write text that astounds, based on its Large Language Model. Things are happening, people. Are we paying attention? #hcldr #hitsm #whyinformatics
https://www.wired.com/story/machines-can-learn-can-they-unlearn/ How much data? I've been thinking about this a lot. In our recent work designing predictive algorithms using linear regressions and neural networks, and similar approaches, we've discussed the use of EHR (electronic health record) data, and have had some success using such algorithms to reduce deaths from sepsis (blog post from 10/6/2021). One … Continue reading Can Learning Machines Unlearn? (wired.com)
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Novel idea: ensure docs KNOW how to operate AI (!) (image: ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGES, via Statnews)
https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-bill-of-rights-artificial-intelligence/ Read the Wired.com article. In brief, it outlines the emerging risks of relying on AI (artificial intelligence) tools that can unintentionally create bias and other consequences. This is a nascent class of technology that, at its root, is often a black box: what is inside, is opaque to us, the users, and often to … Continue reading An AI-human bill of rights?