Ladies beware: If an AI guy says he wants 8 kids, what he means is that he plans to run a 2x2x2 hyperparameter search, and he's only going to keep the kid with the highest test scores
ETHICS
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CoT Transparency Essential for Preventing AI User Manipulation
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IMHO, more transparency on the CoT is the way to go if you really want to ensure that the AI doesn't manipulate the user. Some folks have valid skepticism that this is just a competitive moat decision (which you do mention on the blog fwiw).
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Amazon Joins C2PA to Combat AI-Generated Content
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Amazon joins C2PA steering committee to identify AI-generated content: C2PA is expanding its ranks, but other digital provenance organizations are concerned about its member roster. https://
zdnet.com/article/amazon
-joins-c2pa-steering-committee-to-identify-ai-generated-content/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#ftag=RSSbaffb68
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AI Deception Capabilities and Gradual Development of Human-like Skills
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Last weekend, my two kids colluded in a hilariously bad attempt to mislead me to look in the wrong place during a game of hide-and-seek. I was reminded that most capabilities — in humans or in AI — develop slowly. Some people fear that AI someday will learn to deceive humans
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CVPR 2025 Implements New Submission Policies to Combat Review Quality Issues
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Some CVPR 2025 new policies: 1. Submitters must review
2. Terrible reviewers will have their submissions rejected
3. Authors may not submit over 25 papers Reasonable policies, but the fact that the ML community has gotten to the point where any are required is embarrassing -
Lancet Editorial Criticizes Direct-to-Consumer Medical Testing
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This week's @TheLancet editorial, a hard stance against direct-to-consumer medical testing https://
thelancet.com/journals/lance
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Yuval Harari’s NEXUS Book Criticized as AI Apocalypse Warning
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A scathing review of @harari_yuval
's new book, NEXUS, summed up as an "#AI Apocalypse," demeaning, calling out our naivety.
I'm reading it now, asked Yuval to do an interview, but his people said he's too busy. https://
wsj.com/arts-culture/b
ooks/nexus-review-prognosis-apocalyptic-b888e741?mod=books_more_article_pos10
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Robots Cannot Replace Human Care Solutions
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So you can see that as 'we as apopulation have to work out how to provide care for those who need it.' Like that, that is a statement that sort of brings everyone together, I think. And then it's like, okay, so let's buy some robots. >>
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New York’s robot companion program fails elderly care ethics
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Alt text for video: Audiogram with MAIHT3k logo and title “Elders Need Care, Not 'AI' Surveillance”. Subtitle: “New York’s robot ‘companion’ program ignores real causes of loneliness in old age.” >>