I absolutely can't stand the narrative of "AI is here, stop resisting it and it get on board." I'm not saying there's no truth to the narrative. I just really dislike that approach to getting people on board. Here's a video of the audience at SXSW booing a pro-AI video that https://
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SXSW Audience Rejects Pro-AI Narrative Pushes Back
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Learning paradox: challenges reveal ignorance despite actual progress
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This has always been a problem. Actual learning and the feeling of learning are not that closely connected. We learn from challenges, but those reveal how little we know & make us feel ignorant.
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AI Challenges in Health Insurance Coverage Decisions Examined
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In this @JAMANetwork article, @StanfordHAI faculty affiliates @MichelleM_Mello and @sherrirose shed light into the challenges of using AI tools in health insurance coverage decisions.
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LLMs Expose Decline of Scientific Publishing Standards
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"Certainly, here is" is the new "As an AI language model". I don't think that LLMs are killing scientific publishing, they are illustrating to which degree scientific publishing is already dead. https://
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Motivating Student Effort in the Age of ChatGPT
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If we want students to actually put work into essays and assignments in a world of ChatGPT, we are going to have to explain to them the benefits they get from doing the hard work. Otherwise they will justify outsourcing some/all of their thinking to AI as “being efficient.”
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AI Watermarking: Minimum Security Standard for Generated Content
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I'm glad to hear you've pulled the project. And true, that kind of watermark can be removed, but that doesn't mean it's not the bare minimum. (And yes, Anthropic et al should also be doing watermarking.)
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Watermarking Implementation and Ethical Accountability in AI Systems
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Tell me about your watermarks. How are they implemented? Are they both machine & human readable? Why aren't they described in your thread, especially where you are absolving yourself from handling ethical considerations?
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Nuance as Bullshit: Rhetoric in Tech Discourse
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‘nuance’ is simply a French word for ‘bullshit’ (‘problematic’ = attack things we don’t want to explain, ‘nuanced’ = defend things we don’t want to explain)
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Why Meritocracy Matters More Than Wealth in Fund Management
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Inheritance vs. meritocracy, or why you shouldn't let rich kids invest your Mutual fund managers from poor families outperform those from wealth. This is because it is easier to be hired and promoted as a mutual fund manager if you come from wealth, even if you are bad at it.
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Stanford Seeks Postdoctoral Researchers in Human-Centered AI
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Are you interested in exploring human-centered AI research? We are seeking postdoctoral applicants from research areas spanning theoretical foundations, systems, software, applications, design, and social impact. Apply by March 20: https://
stanford.io/3Ti16rE