The number of Silicon Valley AI people I know going on silent retreats and studying (both ancient and more modern) philosophy has drastically increased this year. Even had one friend hire a philosophy tutor. Leaders rn are seeking a quiet, clearer mind.
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CulturalGround: Building Inclusive Multimodal LLMs for Global Contexts
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Current multimodal LLMs excel in English and Western contexts but struggle with cultural knowledge from underrepresented regions and languages. How can we build truly globally inclusive vision-language models? We are introducing CulturalGround, a large-scale dataset with 22M
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Turing’s Critique: Mediocre Brains and AI Development
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No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, like the CEO of AT&T. (Alan Turing)
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Microsoft’s aggressive Copilot strategy criticized for intrusive design
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Microsoft's grand AI strategy is to have Copilot insistently pop up everywhere until you're irritated enough to use it.
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Live versus Alive: The Fine Line in AI Consciousness
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if it was "wow, it's live" that would have been ok. fine line between going "live" and being "alive"
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GPT-5 livestream: anthropomorphizing AI through performative overvaluation
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One of my least favorite parts of the entire GPT-5 livestream was when Greg said “wow, it’s alive” when it was just a dashboard.
— Allie K. Miller (@alliekmiller) 11 août 2025
Not just because it’s anthropomorphizing AI (which has its own issues), but bc it felt like performative overvaluation, where the audience is being… pic.twitter.com/q6wCKpOV2GOne of my least favorite parts of the entire GPT-5 livestream was when Greg said “wow, it’s alive” when it was just a dashboard. Not just because it’s anthropomorphizing AI (which has its own issues), but bc it felt like performative overvaluation, where the audience is being
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Market demand for human-like artificial interactions remains surprisingly strong
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You would probably be shocked at the market for human like artificial interactions. You may not want it, but a lot of people do.
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Choosing Your Path in the Age of Human-Machine Collaboration
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In the world of humachinekind, you have the opportunity to choose how you live and work.
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Empowering Humachinekind: Autonomy in Work and Life Choices
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In the world of humachinekind, you are encouraged and empowered to choose how you live and work.
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Rethinking Lifestyles: Innovative Societal Structures in Humachinekind
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In the world of humachinekind, rethinking our lifestyles and preferences will lead to the development of innovative societal structures.