My dear and long time friend Daniel Dennett passed away today. He was a towering figure in philosophy and in particular in the philosophy of AI. Now we have only memories of him. [[And do keep up to date with your correspondence–I have a 30 day old email from him in my inbox
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Remembering Daniel Dennett: Philosopher of Mind and Intelligence
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One of the greatest minds of our times has died. This is a huge blow to the fields of philosophy, morality, consciousness and intelligence. I adored his teachings even though sometimes it took me years to get them. His ideas will live on. @danieldennett
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Generative AI Transforms Healthcare: Diagnostics, Automation, Ethics
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#Generative #AI is set to transform #healthcare by aiding in diagnostics, automating administrative tasks, and accelerating drug discovery, while also necessitating a focus on the irreplaceable human qualities of compassion and ethics in care.https://t.co/IRuqltRaFa pic.twitter.com/uCBOj8VNlF
— Bernard Marr (@BernardMarr) 19 avril 2024#Generative #AI is set to transform #healthcare by aiding in diagnostics, automating administrative tasks, and accelerating drug discovery, while also necessitating a focus on the irreplaceable human qualities of compassion and ethics in care. https://
bernardmarr.com/how-generative
-ai-will-change-the-jobs-of-doctors-and-healthcare-professionals/
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Balancing LLM Development Focus with Other Important Work
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I sometimes worry that I am not paying enough attention to all the exciting things going on with LLM development, but I always conclude that there are plenty of smart people already working on them, and other things are still deserving of effort.
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Free LLM fundamentals training: risks and challenges assessment
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In this free on-demand training, you’ll learn the fundamentals of #LLMs and how to assess its risks and challenges. Start now! And if you already have your badge, we want to see! Share it in the comments
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Scaling Flawed AI Systems Increases Risk Exponentially
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Fix one and you reduce the risk of the other. The 2 go hand in hand. If we allow AI with material flaws or issues to scale then eventually something will go badly wrong.
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WHO Chatbot Reliability: Institutional Accountability Over User Skepticism
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Are you seriously suggesting that all people accessing the WHO's webpage should know better than to trust their chatbot — rather than the folks at the WHO (and contracting with them) knowing better than to set it up?
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Facial Recognition Privacy Concerns in AI Applications
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Also, this is a privacy nightmare, as mentioned in the piece — it completely gratuitously involves taking photos (videos?) of user's facial expressions.
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Stop Backronyming Women Names Focus on Technical Fit
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Also: less time backronyming women's names (SARAH) and more time thinking about whether the tech actually fits the task, please. >>
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Synthetic Text Models Unsuitable for Accuracy-Critical Applications
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A synthetic text extruding machine is not well-matched to any application where the accuracy of the content matters. This is clearly one such application. >>