The short animation of AI killing off humanity by 3D printing robot vacs makes clicking on this worthwhile! https://
nytimes.com/2023/06/10/tec
hnology/ai-humanity.html
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@rodneyabrooks
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AI Kills Humanity Through 3D Printed Robot Vacuums Animation
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Autonomous Vehicles Show Progress But Face Challenges with Human Drivers
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I am guessing so, based on seeing them stuck during the day when many hundreds operating at once. Making progress, as one would hope. But still a long way from commercial success, and still pissing off many human drivers during the day (I ask every UBER driver–all have stories).
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Cruise driverless cars struggle with SF traffic and turns
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Your @Cruise correspondent: Taking many SF rides at night, fully driverless. Routes through empty quiet blocks: good. Three lanes of traffic on Franklin: lots of braking and veering, way worse than any Uber driver. Left turns at speed with traffic: close calls with parked cars.
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Google Search Claims Vermeer Used AI to Create Paintings
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Google search for Johannes Vermeer today (June 5, '23). Apparently he used AI to produce his paintings.
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AI as Evil Sorcerers: The Real Problem is Corporate Huxterism
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Being an 'evil sorcerer' is more acceptable than being a 'huxter'. But our evil sorcerer AI bros are mostly huxters. Writer Cory Doctorow lays it out. And no, the simulated drone didn't kill its simulated operator…
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Verify credentials of organizations making existential risk claims
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When a press release about an existential risk for humanity comes from some organization you haven't previously heard of, step 1 is to go on LinkedIn to check the background and experience level of every single person listed on the web site of said organization. Just saying…
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First Driverless Cruise Ride in San Francisco: Operational Success
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Last night took my first operational driverless ride (Cruise now begins at 9pm in SF) to get home. Took 17 blocks rather than optimal 13. Dropped me a block from home (I've never seen any training runs on my difficult block). Didn't piss off any human drivers. Rating: success.
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Lawyer’s ChatGPT Brief Backfires: Judge Angry Over Fabricated Citations
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Summary: lawyer uses ChatGPT to write a court brief, asks it whether its citations are real, it says yes, submits brief full of made up prior cases. Judge angry. Moral: unreliable tools in ordinary hands are dangerous.
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Autonomous Cruise vehicles causing traffic chaos in San Francisco
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Homeless cars in San Francisco! No humans inside, 100s driving around the city aimlessly 24 hours per day. Tonight at dusk two northbound on Scott@Clay, one behind the other stopped dead. Screwed up four directions of traffic as human drivers weaved around them. Thanks @Cruise
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Rodney Brooks Interview on GPT-4 and AI Topics
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A transcription of part of an interview I did with Glenn Zorpette @Electric_Genie editor of @IEEESpectrum a couple of weeks ago. GPT and other topics. https://
spectrum.ieee.org/gpt-4-calm-down