I'm a big fan of Melanie Mitchell, and this run-down of hers of the recent AI hypefest is refreshingly clear-headed as usual.
I'm a big fan of Melanie Mitchell, and this run-down of hers of the recent AI hypefest is refreshingly clear-headed as usual.
1. Chris Murphy, a Senator from Connecticut in the US, tweeted uninformed alarmism about AI. Mitchell responded to him on Twitter, and he had a temper tantrum about it that was noticed by major media outlets. Not looking good for our politicians taking an informed stance on this stuff
2. She also reacted to the bullshit "letter" that the Future of Life Institute put out calling for a "pause" on AI research. She basically concludes it cannot be taken at face value
3. Time Magazine, a major publication in the US, published an opinion piece by a well-known kook in the AI world, a guy who has been claiming for decades that AI is going to kill us all. She calls out Time for being irresponsible like that
4. She gives a few thoughts one what she thinks we should *actually* worry about, as realistic people who aren't mind-poisoned by the AI hype. Amplifying bias, and amplifying misinformation and disinformation
Running through the post is a theme that "Artificial General Intelligence" is a misleading, bad term and is serving the interest of a lot of bad actors but misinforming the public.
Read the post though, it's chock full of countless useful insights, facts and asides that this summary can't possibly do justice to.
1. Chris Murphy, a Senator from Connecticut in the US, tweeted uninformed alarmism about AI. Mitchell responded to him on Twitter, and he had a temper tantrum about it that was noticed by major media outlets. Not looking good for our politicians taking an informed stance on this stuff
2. She also reacted to the bullshit "letter" that the Future of Life Institute put out calling for a "pause" on AI research. She basically concludes it cannot be taken at face value
3. Time Magazine, a major publication in the US, published an opinion piece by a well-known kook in the AI world, a guy who has been claiming for decades that AI is going to kill us all. She calls out Time for being irresponsible like that
4. She gives a few thoughts on what she thinks we should *actually* worry about, as realistic people who aren't mind-poisoned by the AI hype. Amplifying bias, and amplifying misinformation and disinformation
Running through the post is a theme that "Artificial General Intelligence" is a misleading, bad term and is serving the interest of a lot of bad actors but misinforming the public.
Read the post though, it's chock full of countless useful insights, facts and asides that this summary can't possibly do justice to.
1. Chris Murphy, a Senator from Connecticut in the US, posted uninformed alarmism about AI. Mitchell responded to him on Twitter, and he had a temper tantrum about it that was noticed by major media outlets. Not looking good for our politicians taking an informed stance on this stuff
2. She also reacted to the bullshit "letter" that the Future of Life Institute put about calling for a "pause" on AI research. She basically concludes it cannot be taken at face value
3. Time Magazine, a major publication in the US, published an opinion piece by a well-known kook in the AI world, a guy who has been claiming for decades that AI is going to kill us all. She calls out Time for being irresponsible like that
4. She gives a few thoughts one what she thinks we should *actually* worry about, as realistic people who aren't mind-poisoned by the AI hype. Amplifying bias, and amplifying misinformation and disinformation
Running through the post is a theme that "Artificial General Intelligence" is a misleading, bad term and is serving the interest of a lot of bad actors but misinforming the public.
Read the post though, it's chock full of countless useful insights, facts and asides that this summary can't possibly do justice to.
1. Chris Murphy, a Senator from Connecticut in the US, tweeted uninformed alarmism about AI. Mitchell responded to him on Twitter, and he had a temper tantrum about it that was noticed by major media outlets. Not looking good for our politicians taking an informed stance on this stuff
2. She also reacted to the bullshit "letter" that the Future of Life Institute put about calling for a "pause" on AI research. She basically concludes it cannot be taken at face value
3. Time Magazine, a major publication in the US, published an opinion piece by a well-known kook in the AI world, a guy who has been claiming for decades that AI is going to kill us all. She calls out Time for being irresponsible like that
4. She gives a few thoughts one what she thinks we should *actually* worry about, as realistic people who aren't mind-poisoned by the AI hype. Amplifying bias, and amplifying misinformation and disinformation
Running through the post is a theme that "Artificial General Intelligence" is a misleading, bad term and is serving the interest of a lot of bad actors but misinforming the public.
Read the post though, it's chock full of countless useful insights, facts and asides that this summary can't possibly do justice to.
- politicians are idiots
- journalists are also idiots
- the public lacks AI literacy
- "AI" companies are fueling the fire and hype to profit from (no surprise)
- we need better accountability, transparency, and openness from builders of these systems
- The general public needs to be better educated on the limitations of these so-called "AI" systems
- politicians are idiots
- journalists are also idiots
- the public lacks AI literacy
- "AI" companies are fueling the fire and hype to profit from (no surprise)
- we need better accountability, transparency, and openness from builders of these systems
- The general public needs to be better educated on the limitations of these so-called "AI" systems
- politicians are idiots
- journalists are also idiots
- the public lacks AI literacy
- "AI" companies are fueling the fire and hype to profit from (no surprise)
- we need better accountability, transparency, and openness from builders of these systems
- The general public needs to be better educated on the limitations of these so-called "AI" systems
- politicians are idiots
- journalists are also idiots
- the public lacks AI literacy
- "AI" companies are fueling the fire and hype to profit from (no surprise)
- we need better accountability, transparency, and openness from builders of these systems
- The general public needs to be better educated on the limitations of these so-called "AI" systems