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AI As Frankenstein’s Monster
The parallels between Mary Shelley’s fictional AI inventor and the real ones today are shocking and illustrative.
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AI Making Music For AI
Robots have been making music for a long time. Maybe advanced AI is a hint that people need to get back into the mix?
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Screenwriters Face Their Napster Moment
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced last week that its members would go on strike because they get less work and pay producing content for more shows that air on streaming services. They also want to make sure AI doesn’t take their jobs away completely. Streaming shows are bad Read more…
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ChatGPT Threatens High-Paying Jobs
Turns out that the folks making (and making $)from AI will be among the first who lose their jobs because of it. Sounds fair to me.
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AI Makers Can’t Control Themselves
Benevolent AI will destroy the world long before an evil AI gets around to it.
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Walmart Plans To Replace People With Robots
Walmart has detailed plans for robots and automation but gets fuzzy on what it’ll mean for people and jobs.
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ChatGPT Is A Glorified Light Switch
ChatGPT isn’t going to lead to the destruction of the world, but it could well presage a radical rewiring of how we work and live.
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Responsible AI Is Under Siege
Nixing “Responsible AI” staff is probably bad news, but it’s worse that nobody will notice the difference once they’re gone.
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What’s An Unethical AI Project?
Everyone is paralyzed by the complexity of the topic and transfixed by the money it’s going to make. Ethics is a sidebar discussion.
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AI Bias Isn’t The Problem
Shouldn’t we be talking about the merits of giving up jobs and our personal autonomy instead of fine-tuning how good AI will be at running things?