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No, Chat Bots Are Not Sentient

 kcraybould  March 24, 2023  0 Comments on No, Chat Bots Are Not Sentient

I cannot tell if this is misguided or evil: AIs are no longer mere tools like smartphones and electric cars,…

The Last of Us Ending Didn’t Earn the Controversy

 kcraybould  March 21, 2023  0 Comments on The Last of Us Ending Didn’t Earn the Controversy

This is obviously going to spoil the show and to a lesser extent the game The Last of Us, so…

Let the Story Breath: A Review of Terraformers By Annalee Newitz

 kcraybould  March 20, 2023  0 Comments on Let the Story Breath: A Review of Terraformers By Annalee Newitz

I am not sure how much I like Terraformers by Annalee Newitz. Not a great lead for a review, I…

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Internet of Garbage: Are Chat Bots About to Destroy Online Communications?

 kcraybould  March 17, 2023  0 Comments on Internet of Garbage: Are Chat Bots About to Destroy Online Communications?

OpenAI has introduced the newest version of its chat bot. It is supposed to be able to handle more text…

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OpenAI is Building a Disinformation Machine

 kcraybould  March 15, 2023  0 Comments on OpenAI is Building a Disinformation Machine

These people have to be stopped: Ultimately, OpenAI believes it might be able to train AI models to represent different…

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Regulating AI, Or Things Don’t Have to Be This Way Just Because They Are This Way

 kcraybould  March 14, 2023  0 Comments on Regulating AI, Or Things Don’t Have to Be This Way Just Because They Are This Way

The Washing Post has an excellent profile of Chris Gilliard, a community college professor who has been pointing out the…

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We Cannot Trust Companies to Regulate AI Themselves: Microsoft Fires AI Ethics Team

 kcraybould  March 14, 2023  0 Comments on We Cannot Trust Companies to Regulate AI Themselves: Microsoft Fires AI Ethics Team

We cannot leave it to companies to regulate AI by themselves: Microsoft laid off an entire team dedicated to guiding…

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Why Artificial Intelligence: The Good, The Bad, and the Weird

 kcraybould  March 13, 2023  0 Comments on Why Artificial Intelligence: The Good, The Bad, and the Weird

Cheryl Rofer at Lawyers, Guns and Money wants to know why all the big tech firms are suddenly interested in…

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The Hardcore Scene and Hope Among the Algorithms

 kcraybould  March 13, 2023  0 Comments on The Hardcore Scene and Hope Among the Algorithms

The other day I read an article about the resurgence of a music scene labeled hardcore. The article was nothing…

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Harvard’s Women’s Ice Hockey and the Myth of the Assh*le Coach

 kcraybould  March 10, 2023  0 Comments on Harvard’s Women’s Ice Hockey and the Myth of the Assh*le Coach

The head coach of the women’s ice hockey team at Harvard is under scrutiny for running a program that mistreats…