A vocal proponent of abortion and euthanasia is arguing that artificial intelligence may have human rights. Peter Singer, a professor of ethics at Princeton University, recently claimed that AI may be considered sentient and should, therefore, have something akin to…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Artificial intelligence is advancing with lightning speed. It’s not unreasonable, then, for most people to wonder whether it’s going to lead to something akin to the movie Terminator (Hint: the Skynet AI system blows up the world) —…
There are a number of books out there on why their authors took up the scribbling trade — and I’ve read a couple over the years — but the one that I most look forward to reading is Why I…
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….
Elon Musk offered a chilling prediction about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) during his recent interview with Tucker Carlson: “AI is more dangerous than, say, mismanaged aircraft design or production maintenance or bad car production, in the sense that…
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….
“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…
China has hit a rough patch. As it widened its COVID lockdown catchment areas in 2022, the economic ramifications caught up with it, resulting in its second-worst economic growth rate since the 1970s. Late in the year, just as President…
