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Month: March 2023
AI Used in Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Over at Vice, Sarah Wells tell us that “AI Has Found Potential Alien ‘Technosignatures’ Hidden in Radio Signals From Space.” Peter Ma, first author on a paper about machine learning and the search
Cheating and ChatGPT: Over at NPR Patrick Wood and Mary Louise Kelly tells us that “Everybody is cheating’: Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policy.” Some school districts have banned ChatGPT’s use, as it can write poetry, computer
ChatGPT and Bitcoin Joseph Hall tells us that ChatGPT learns Bitcoin will end central banking and fiat currency.What exactly does that mean? ChatGPT has supposedly been convinced that Bitcoin could bring about the demise of fiat currency. Parman, who writes
In Gizmodo, Lucas Ropek’s article “Everything We Know About OpenAI’s ChatGPT” adds to the ever-increasing buzz surrounding the chatbot, offering a straightforward summary of what ChatGPT is and how it works. He explains that it is funded by Elon Musk, Peter
Democracy and AI: Nathan E. Sanders and Bruce Schneier ask the question “Does ChatGPT Hijack Democracy?” (actually they answer the question with “How ChatGPT Hijacks Democracy“). They argue that ChatGPT threatens to upend how we generate everyday communications, having the potential
AI and Law Kyle Wiggers, over at TechCrunch, informs us “The current legal cases against generative AI are just the beginning.” Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI are currently being sued in a class action over Copilot, a code-generating AI system trained
Is AI Art Bad? Vice asks “Why Is AI Art So Cringe?” (which assumes that it is, of course), with the follow-up, “just because it can be done, doesn’t mean it should be done”. The article, by Laura Pitcher, proposes
Why Generative AI Angers Artists but Not Writers Interesting article by Alberto Romero on how visual artists and writers seem to be reacting differently to ChatGPT and like technologies. In particular, writers seems less threatened by it. Generative AI is
Generative AI and the Law: “Disgorgement” is a legal concept in which a court orders the return of any benefits gained from wrongful conduct. It is a form of equitable relief used to prevent unjust enrichment, restore the status quo