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Obviously stupid headline but it’s interesting to consider what your sources of information, analysis, and values must be to determine that Elon Musk has “fallen” https://t.co/e2MH1Xrhld
Sharing my @ForeignPolicy piece with the fantastic @shuizaiping2 on the People’s Daily series by Zhong Caiwen, which has received surprisingly little English media attention. https://t.co/1sP2FfXr3E
First, it’s important to understand the entity behind the pseudonym “Zhong Caiwen.” First appearing in People’s Daily in... See more
李其 Lizzix.comThe joy of blackouts; AI ruins college; The Consciousness Wars continue; Peter Singer’s chatbot betrays him, & more
Erik Hoeltheintrinsicperspective.com“In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.”
Maria Flynn • Opinion | The A.I. Economy Will Make Jobs More Human - The New York Times
Questions to Ask Before Automating a Task
What we need right now is a principled take on where the line might be in using AI—a reality check that behaviors we wouldn’t let someone do in our place before AI perhaps shouldn’t be done by an algorithm just because it is more convenient.
Here’s a simple start. Before using generative AI in your classroom... See more
What we need right now is a principled take on where the line might be in using AI—a reality check that behaviors we wouldn’t let someone do in our place before AI perhaps shouldn’t be done by an algorithm just because it is more convenient.
Here’s a simple start. Before using generative AI in your classroom... See more
Outlook
We in this country have been going through a long, dark night of self-criticism. We have been telling ourselves that America has tried to run the world, that it is corrupt, that many of our institutions have failed us and need to be “dismantled” under the guise of “reform.” Confession may be good for the soul, but there comes a time when too much
... See moreSusan Glasser • The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
There are two pieces of advice I typically give to students who are in their final year of college. This may come as strange advice from someone who majored in electrical engineering and got a PhD in math modeling of computer security, but I first tell students I encounter to spend the remainder of their time in college filling their minds with the
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