New blog post: Linguistic Bias in ChatGPT: Language Models Reinforce Dialect Discrimination
ETHICS
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Heart Transplant Robot Teleoperated by Human Surgeons, Not Autonomous
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A common misunderstanding. That heart transplant was teleoperated under the complete control of human surgeons. The “robot” in this case 100% follows the human surgeons’ motions. Of course the press doesn’t always make that very clear..;)
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AI Decision-Making: Why Human Oversight Remains Essential
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AI Isn’t Ready to Make Unsupervised Decisions – And Here’s Why #ArtificialIntelligence has made incredible strides in decision-making, but can we trust it to make #ethical, #moral, or #empathetic decisions without human oversight? In a thought-provoking article from
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Incentives Cannot Drive AI Mathematical Reasoning Capabilities
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Great talk by @hwchung27. I really like the interesting analogies here (he's great at that!).
— Yi Tay (@YiTayML) 20 septembre 2024
My favourite one is "no amount of bananas will incentivize monkeys to do mathematical reasoning" 🤣 https://t.co/M0iJssLaddGreat talk by @hwchung27
. I really like the interesting analogies here (he's great at that!). My favourite one is "no amount of bananas will incentivize monkeys to do mathematical reasoning" -
Emergency Powers and Freedom: Rejecting the Security Scam
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The burden of proof is on them. Just making up a higher probability doesn’t confer the benefit of the doubt. In any case, we don’t surrender our freedoms over emergencies. That’s the real scam.
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Anil Seth on Consciousness, Perception and Intelligence Research
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I had the fortune of listening to
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today at Microsoft London on consciousness, perception, intelligence, life and diversity of human minds. Fascinating. Highly recommend his works. I’m glad that there are smart people like him exploring these research topics. -
Google Breaking Language Barriers Through Accessible AI Tools
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Google is breaking down language barriers, making the world more accessible through our diverse products, tools, and applications. Hear more from James Manyika (SVP of Research, Technology & Society) on this effort: https://t.co/E8fhi5J54y #Accessibility pic.twitter.com/pu9nQ9tou3
— Google AI (@GoogleAI) 19 septembre 2024Google is breaking down language barriers, making the world more accessible through our diverse products, tools, and applications. Hear more from James Manyika (SVP of Research, Technology & Society) on this effort: https://
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Superintelligence Path Implausible Current AI Approaches Risk Assessment
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I see no plausible path to superintelligence with current approaches. It’s a “Pascal Scam,” as per Nick Szabo. It’s not worth doom-mongering over and handing the government more power. Even if true, it’s an adversarial race. We’re not the only ones who build. Choose freedom.
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Government regulation of mathematics: risks and freedoms
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Don’t give government the power to regulate the free exercise of mathematics because of grandiose claims and imagined shibboleths.