When AGI is coming is identical to saying when Christ will come. Discuss.
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Warning Labels for LLMs: Protecting Children from Anthropomorphic AI
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I support @Surgeon_General Vivek Murthy’s reco that SMedia should have warning labels for kids. I also believe we should have these for any LLMs using anthropomorphic language (as most all do). @GaryMarcus Thoughts? Inferring AI is sentient w/out disclosure harms kids & agency.
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Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler Win European Commission Prize for Calculating Empires
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Wow. Couldn't be more thrilled that Vladan Joler & I just won the European Commission's grand prize for artistic exploration in science, technology and the arts – for Calculating Empires! @TheCreaturesLab https://
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Data Colonialism Framework Emerges Across Multiple AI Dimensions
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This framework of “data colonialism” pops up again and again in so many angles of the AI story..
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Robot Art Lacks Soul: Can AI Replace Human Artistic Expression?
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Puede que tenga ritmo, pero le falta alma…
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 24 juin 2024
Qué atractivo puede tener ver a un robot llevando a cabo una acción que es puramente artísitca y que se basa en habilidades que los humanos tenemos que entrenar? En mi opinión ninguno.
El arte es un campo que despierta emociones y… pic.twitter.com/Tj0saluHelPuede que tenga ritmo, pero le falta alma… Qué atractivo puede tener ver a un robot llevando a cabo una acción que es puramente artísitca y que se basa en habilidades que los humanos tenemos que entrenar? En mi opinión ninguno. El arte es un campo que despierta emociones y
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Improving Animal Treatment Through Technology and Ethics
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We could do better in the way we treat animals and I’m hopeful we will start doing that as well.
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Balancing Efficiency Innovation Fairness and Inequality Reduction
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I don't think a consideration of who benefits should be the only criterion either. But if you can increase efficiency, innovation and fairness, while reducing inequality, then that's something worth considering.
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AI Regulatory Requirements Compared to Automotive Standards
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What exactly makes the requirements impossible to comply with! In what way they are worse than the requirements in eg automotive which many manufacturers routinely meet? Please be specific.
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Science Publishes GPT Article: Major Credibility Issue
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I'm sorry to report that one of the articles (GPTs are GPTs) we discuss in this episode has been published in Science. I have tons of respect for @aaas but this is a huge miss. On the upside, if you'd like to be entertained for an hour about why, here you go:
— @emilymbender.bsky.social (@emilymbender) 23 juin 2024
w/@alexhanna https://t.co/CRtFGAMRW9I'm sorry to report that one of the articles (GPTs are GPTs) we discuss in this episode has been published in Science. I have tons of respect for @aaas but this is a huge miss. On the upside, if you'd like to be entertained for an hour about why, here you go: w/
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AGI Definition and Criteria: Community Vetted Standards
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People keep complaining that there is no definition and criteria for AGI. That’s not true. I actually gave some in 2023, in a bet I proposed to Elon Musk, & vetted with the community, including two of people that helped coined the term, and *there was a large degree of