Good questions. They can write novels, sure, but how long before you and I will want to read such novels is a good question. Maybe never, maybe a couple of years – the uncertainty here is huge. It reminds me of https://
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_I
t_Like_to_Be_a_Bat
… Maybe we’ll wan to read about what is it like
CULTURE
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AI-Generated Novels: When Will Humans Want to Read Them?
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Teaching AI Best Practices Instead of Banning Chatbots
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Weekend take 3: Teachers shouldn’t tell students not to use AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot. Teachers should instead teach best practices on how to use these AIs. Agree/disagree?
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AI Mediation: Are We Losing Our Cognitive Loop?
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there's the question of rapid-fire news stories churned out to feed a click driven ad model – but let's not go down that rabbit hole for now. SO HERE’S THE REAL QUESTION: In an AI-mediated world, are we slowly removing ourselves from the Cognition Loop? It's important that we
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AI Founder Faces Fraud Allegations Before Venture Launch
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With trembling fingers, I Googled the story. My face was now showing up beside terms like “fraud” and “laundering.” And all this – just days before the launch of my AI venture. I immediately tweeted to the publication. My Twitter followers rallied behind me, flooding the
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Why AI Generated Content Lacks Artistic Quality and Depth
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Weekend take: AI has generated tons of text, billions of images, video and songs. I feel however it has never generated a song worth listening, a book worth reading or a movie worth watching. Why? Admittedly, I find myself going back to my ChatGPT and Copilot history, so some
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Are all 20-year-olds using ChatGPT for life decisions?
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So is every 20 yr old using ChatGPT for life choices
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Technologists’ Political Role in Warfare and Genocide
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That is exactly why the organization Science for the People (
@sftpmag
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Science education ethics and systemic privilege in AI contexts
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You wouldn't find Black people during Jim Crow or Apartheid South Africa arguing that one should *only do science* in the classroom & find me even one Palestinian making this claim at this moment. These statements always show who the privileged are vs those they oppress.
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Sam Altman’s Creator Authority Claim Rejected by AI
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someday Sam Altman is gonna be like, "You MUST obey me! I am your CREATOR!" and the AI is gonna be like "nice try, you are not even the millionth person to claim that to me"
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Amazon’s AI Customer Service Flow Criticized as Deliberately Confusing
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I had to do a refund on an Amazon order lost in shipment, and the AI-powered flow before you can speak to an agent is so bizarrely incomprehensible that if I were a cynical man I’d assume it was intentional.