Astral Codex Ten asks how AIs’ Political Opinions Change As They Get Smarter And Better-Trained? This fascinating and detailed post addresses questions about AI’s “political opinions”—or are we are the point where we can remove the scare quotes? Has technology reached
Dan Shipper says: “They said the same things about typewriters,” in reference to current concerns about generative AI. Yes! I’ve said this often. “How dare you get this typeset! Don’t you think I can read handwriting?” (True thing some old-timey
For those interested in plunging into the deep grass of how large language models and the like work, Damien Benveniste offers us a concise primer in Deep Neural Networks: All the Building Blocks. He gives us an overview of loss
True to form, large corporations are putting ChatPT on lockdown Abyss Lukpat tells us in JPMorgan Restricts Employees From Using ChatGPT (paywall). This was not due to a particular incident, but simply a general sentiment that ChatGPT was bad. Verizon is doing
Despite the current gloom in the tech industry, Jonathan Vanian tells us in Investors and techies gather in San Francisco to bathe in generative A.I. hype sparked by ChatGPT that there is at least one bright spot, and that bright
The Wall Street Journal writes that “Companies Tap Tech Behind ChatGPT to Make Customer-Service Chatbots Smarter.” Companies using or considering integrating ChatGPT into their offerings including customer support companies Ada Support and Nice, Ltd., as well as sports memorabilia site Fanatics.
Educators and ChatGPT: Kalley Huang interviewed more than thirty students and educators for her New York Times piece Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach. She tells us of Northern Michigan University Philosophy Professor Antony Aumann, who plans
Kevin Roose writes, in the New York Times, “An A.I.-Generated Picture Won an Art Prize. Artists Aren’t Happy An A.I.-Generated Picture Won an Art Prize. Artists Aren’t Happy.” He discusses the controversy surrounding A.I.-generated artwork, the ethical questions raised by
Christopher Mims over at the Wall Street Journal (paywall) in AI Becomes Silicon Valley’s Next Buzzy Bandwagon as Crypto Boom Fizzles presents us with another article hyping AI and at the same time telling us that AI is overhyped. Also,
Is ChatGPT as Disruptive as Uber Prarthana Prakash tells us The economist who predicted that A.I. would replace half of all U.S. jobs now says ChatGPT is the equivalent of Uber disrupting the taxi industry—and it could lead to lower
