The best users of AI will cultivate strong judgement and discernment. They’ll develop objective ways to review outputs and make decisions about what to use, what to save for later, and what to discard. They'll mentally prepare in advance for getting too much to work with.
ETHICS
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Distinguish Between Exploration and Work Time With AI Tools
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To avoid the slot machine effect, differentiate between: —exploration time, where you’re playing with the AI and trying to learn how to use it properly, and —actual work time, where you have a specific objective to complete. Once you’ve hit your goal, close the AI.
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AI Early-Adopters Over-Generate Content Beyond Their Goals
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This leads to a behavior, very common with AI early-adopters, where you keep generating new information or content, even AFTER you’ve achieved your goal. What could have been a time savings becomes a net loss.
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The Slot Machine Effect: AI’s Addictive Nature and Dopamine Hijacking
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## The Slot Machine Effect Because AIs like ChatGPT and DALL·E generate content from a prompt nearly instantly, they hijack your dopamine in the same way a slot machine does. Press the button and see what magic comes out. It’s addictive — & I’m not using that word figuratively.
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Microsoft deal benefits clear but OpenAI imbalance raises concerns
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everyone understands this deal is good for MSFT. the problem is the extreme imbalance for OpenAI is actually concerning
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Language Models Misuse for Disinformation: Risks and Mitigation
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We're publishing a report, co-authored with @CSETGeorgetown and @stanfordio
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LLMs as Fill-in-the-Blanks Templates for Human Assistance
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Think of LLMs output as fill-in-the-blanks _____. The output is a generic response template where you can fill in the details. A technology that will assist humans and not replace them!
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ChatGPT Usage in Master Programs Requires New Teaching Methods
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À Lyon, en master 50 % des copies ont été rédigées par #ChatGPT Les enseignants vont devoir s’adapter à un monde pédagogique nouveau
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Existential Risk and AI: Beyond Rational Progress Metrics
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Pinker sees the world become a better place on average due to rationality. I agree, but I do want to point out that the probablity of the human race extinguishing itself is also increasing. Can’t use frequencies to prove that, you need Bayesian probabilities.