This article by @ShannonVallor nails it. https://
noemamag.com/the-danger-of-
superhuman-ai-is-not-what-you-think/
… But it's not that all AI researchers make the category error she highlights, but the most amplified voices do … there is a more nuanced conversation outside of California, Twitter and mainstream media.
@lawrennd
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AI researchers’ category error amplified by mainstream media voices
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6th Symposium on Advances in Approximate Bayesian Inference Proceedings Released
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Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Advances in Approximate Bayesian Inference https://
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Review of The Atomic Human: What Remains if Machines Take Over
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Review of the Atomic Human by @bryanappleyard (thanks for sticking with the digressions Bryan!). What will remain of us if the machines take over?
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Comprehensive Review of The Atomic Human and Trustworthy AI Blueprint
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Very comprehensive and generous review of The Atomic Human by @glawton Meet The Atomic Human – a draft blueprint for trustworthy AI
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Unconventional Science Communication Appeals to Experts and Non-Tech Audiences
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I’m internal and biased but have noticed that people who expect a traditional popular science approach i.e. “this is how AI works” seem to not like it. But both people who are AI experts already *and* those coming from non-tech backgrounds really enjoy it.
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Data centres advantage locating near renewable energy sources
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Although data centres at least have the advantage of being able to locate nearer sources (e.g. LUMI in Finland https://
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Reminiscence of Past Discussion with LeCun and Kahn
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Reminds me of this thread with @ylecun and @jeremyakahn from 3 years ago …
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Alternative AI perspective in The Spectator avoids controversial topic
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There's an alternative perspective in @spectator which manages to review the book without mentioning the dreaded T word. https://
spectator.co.uk/article/ai-is-
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Stuart Jeffries Reviews The Atomic Human in The Spectator
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Review in @spectator by Stuart Jeffries on The Atomic Human. https://
spectator.co.uk/article/ai-is-
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Reflections on Viviane Reding’s speech and AI discourse
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That's totally true (and on point in UK) but I felt that @VivianeRedingEU was referring to things even before latest wave of "AI changes everything". But I didn't see whole speech. Also curious what @PaulNemitz thinks too.