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Stop Trying to Make AI Scientist Happen: Debunking Hype
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Mystery AI Hype Theater Episode 42: Stop Trying to Make 'AI Scientist' Happen
— @emilymbender.bsky.social (@emilymbender) 11 octobre 2024
In which @alexhanna and I go deep on claims of an autonomous scientist — or try to, but there's no depth there.https://t.co/LPt8eHNFYs
Thx to @ctaylsaurus for production! pic.twitter.com/xxmZVIlZIZMystery AI Hype Theater Episode 42: Stop Trying to Make 'AI Scientist' Happen In which @alexhanna and I go deep on claims of an autonomous scientist — or try to, but there's no depth there. https://
buzzsprout.com/2126417/episod
es/15900785-episode-42-stop-trying-to-make-ai-scientist-happen-september-30-2024
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University AI Task Force Survey Criticized as Push-Poll
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Today, @UW sent out a survey asking community members to share our thoughts about the recommendations of the University's AI task force. It's a push-poll, that doesn't even define "AI", and the recommendations are appaling. In that light, reupping this:
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ACL Conference: Why It Is Not an AI Conference
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Theme of this talk: ACL is not an AI conference (Actual timestamp is more like 43'50")
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ACL 2024 Presidential Address on NLP and AI now available
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My #acl2024nlp Presidential Address is now publicly available. If you saw the slides & discussion of them in August, especially, please have a listen to the actual talk. It starts at 40'50" in this video: https://
underline.io/events/466/ses
sions/18203/lecture/104931-test-of-time-awards-lifetime-achievement-awards-presidential-address
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Proud launch of AI podcast with leading researchers
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And then this happened! Feeling proud of our little podcast, and grateful to @alexhanna and @ctaylsaurus — and our audience! Wanna get in on the catharsis? Check out all of our episodes as podcast or video here: https://
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Privacy First: Rethinking Data Sharing With AI Companies
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When everything is recorded, you've gotta level up your privacy practices. Or, and hear me out, maybe not jump on board with sending all your data to the "AI" companies in the first place?
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Should We Automate Teaching? Ethical Concerns on Education Automation
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ALEX HANNA: Well, even do you want to automate that part? That's like the fun part of teaching. /end alt text
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Can AI Automate Critical Thinking in Teaching?
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But again, it's not AI, it's just NLP. But then this last thing, "generate questions that enhance critical thinking"? I don't think so. Like, I don't think you get to automate that part of teaching. >>
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AI Programs Flag Grammar Errors for Language Learners
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"Provide explanations to help them understand their mistakes"? Maybe. Like I know how to write programs that, especially if you're talking about second language learners, can say, hey, look, it's like the sentence has an agreement error or something and you can like flag it. >>