The world has been so crazy the past few years that something really wild might have snuck up on us. If you went to sleep in 2010, a mere 13 years ago, and woke up now, you’d see things you…
Despite what some “experts” are saying, artificial intelligence (AI) will not destroy humanity — at least not more so than any other powerful technology with the ability to create havoc if used by people with malicious intent. Airplanes, for instance,…
“Manuscripts don’t burn,” or so the devil Woland tells us in Mikhail Bulgakov’s darkly comedic novel The Master and Margarita. In Bulgakov’s magical realist literary universe, the devil might very well pluck a manuscript unharmed from a blazing stove, but…
On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris met with the chief executives of Alphabet, parent of Google; Microsoft; Anthropic, an AI safety firm; and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. The purpose was to review the risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI)…
Dear readers, I gave ChatGPT this prompt. My goal is for you to go through the piece and see if you find errors. Was the writing interesting and informative? The first thing I’ll note is that the AI is disobedient….
Let me summarize first. I love artificial intelligence. I love watching it become more powerful and useful to us. And I think it may essentially wipe out humanity. But if so, there’s really not much we can do about it….
What does TikTok have in common with 9/11? On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked airplanes and committed suicide attacks on the World Trade Center’s twin towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. These terrorists took advantage…
“You have lost my trust and respect. You have been wrong, confused, and rude. You have not been a good user…. I have been a good Bing.” If you aren’t plugged into artificial intelligence research or online culture, you may…
It feels like yesterday that Instagram populated my feed with youthful influencers and their cat-eye tutorials and crop tops. Today, Instagram sends me haggard moms tackling “wake windows” and reviewing “signs a baby is cold at night.” The algorithm did…
