Category: AI
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The Turing Trap: why pursuing human-like AI is misguided
Fixating on building AI that automates and imitates people stifles true progress. But we can change the rules and do better.
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AI is huge – and so is its energy consumption
AI could consume as much electricity as The Netherlands by 2027. New research warns we should use the technology only where it’s really needed.
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How the powerful shape technological change
Technological change seems the result of some natural and inevitable evolutionary process – but it’s not. It’s a choice.
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ChatGPT as good as doctors at suggesting diagnoses in ER
New research suggests that generative AI has the potential to speed up diagnosis and reduce waiting times in the emergency department.
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Reward hacking: AI finds a way
Sometimes, the hacks AI comes up with are ingenious. Other times, they are a problem. But a lot of the time, they’re funny. Here are six that made me smile.
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You can’t fetch the coffee if you’re dead: an AI dilemma
An intelligent machine knows it can’t complete its objective if switched off. So, serving the coffee has a subgoal: avoid being switched off.
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Deepfakes trick your brain – just like text
New research shows that deepfakes trick your brain – but are no more misleading than simple text descriptions.
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Data labellers: the invisible workers who make AI possible
Data labellers are the indispensable but unseen professionals who create AI training data – in sometimes murky conditions.
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Is it ok to kick a robot?
As robots become more human-like, should they have the same rights as humans? We look at a Confucian approach.