AI chronicles
the ongoing artificial intelligence story, its pros, cons, and challenges
AI chronicles
Instead of asking whether machines will ever become conscious, we might ask whether humans can become conscious enough to outgrow the “artificial intelligence” both inside them and in the machines around them.
Big Think • Mechanized Minds: AI’s Hidden Impact on Human Thought
the small community of people who do discuss radical AI futures often does so in an excessively “sci-fi” tone (featuring e.g. uploaded minds, space exploration, or general cyberpunk vibes). I think this causes people to take the claims less seriously, and to imbue them with a sort of unreality. To be clear, the issue isn’t whether the technologies
... See moreDario Amodei • Machines of Loving Grace1
Since the 1950s, discussions about AI have largely revolved around a big, tantalizing question: What can machines do, and where might they hit a wall? Will they ever truly think, understand, or maybe even become conscious? Could they reach the so-called “heights of human intelligence”? And then there’s that shadowy question looming in the
... See moreBig Think • Mechanized Minds: AI’s Hidden Impact on Human Thought
in many ways, we do not need super-powerful AIs for the transformation of work. We already have more capabilities inherent in today’s Gen2/GPT-4 class systems than we have fully absorbed. Even if AI development stopped today, we would have years of change ahead of us integrating these systems into our world.
Ethan Mollick • The Present Future: AI's Impact Long Before Superintelligence
Niantic’s data collection scale through Pokémon Go is immense, leveraging the game’s massive player base to gather an unprecedented amount of geospatial information. The company has processed over 30 billion images from players worldwide, creating a vast dataset that forms the foundation of their Large Geospatial Model (LGM). This extensive... See more
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A coleta de dados de geo-localização feita pela Niantic, desenvolvedora do Pokémon Go, é, para mim, um exemplo de como somos o produto (neste caso, nossa localização em tempo real em um dado instante é o produto), e de como a privacidade de dados e dos seres humanos parece estar relegada a um segundo plano aqui.
Discussions about how AI might influence our ability to live the good life and experience personal fulfillment are just beginning to take baby steps. AI ethics has expanded beyond simply figuring out how to use these technologies in moral or valuable ways. Yet, even these emerging conversations often miss the bigger picture, focusing mostly on
... See moreBig Think • Mechanized Minds: AI’s Hidden Impact on Human Thought
We were accustomed, in the age of photoshop, to false negatives, fakes perceived as real.
Duped only by skilled technicians, our base assumption was that most images on average were real, in the age of AI-generation, that assumption no longer holds.
EVERYTHING IS DEFAULT FAKE NOW
Duped only by skilled technicians, our base assumption was that most images on average were real, in the age of AI-generation, that assumption no longer holds.
EVERYTHING IS DEFAULT FAKE NOW