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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A tool for thievery? Via The Sacramento Bee, Tobi Opeyemi Amure and Celine Provini follow the money trail.
Facebook Frolics 0
Ariana Bindman warns you not to fall for the Zuckerborg’s latest strategy for assimilating all before it, via the “personal assistant” dubbed “muse.” Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
Ultimately, Muse isn’t really a personal assistant — it’s a digital panopticon disguised as an imp.
Follow the link for her reasoning, and, remember, you are not using “social” media. “Social” media companies are using you.
The Psyop 0
Daniel McCarthy argues that Big Tech is plotting to fool us into thinking that AI is alive, rather than an algorithm on steroids. He argues that
Giving the machine a name was cute — giving it human rights isn’t.
What Anthropic’s leaders are up to is an attack on human dignity, and the anti-cruelty policy is part of a sustained campaign to get people to treat AI as conscious.
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
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A reliable police informant? Per WPVI Philadelphia, “(a)n Anthropic A.I. model submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder through a publicly accessible web form, Philadelphia police said Friday.”
Full story at the link.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A learning tool? At the Psychology Today website, Liz Nissim warns that using “AI can replace the thinking process.”
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Geeking Out 0
Magiea v. 9 with the IceWM window manager. Xclock is in the upper right; GKrellM in the lower right. And, no, I don’t know what city that is, but the wallpaper is from my collection. If you recognize the city, please tell me in the comments.
The Lake Effect 0
Last night, while watching an episode of Murdoch Mysteries, I looked up a map of Canada on Google Maps so as to understand a reference in the episode I was watching.
When I saw “Lake America” where I should have seen “Lake Huron,” I wanted to gag.
Google’s days of “don’t be evil” are clearly long behind them.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much? 0
Soul-crushing? At the Psychology Today website, Nir Bashan argues that “AI is slowly killing human creativity.”
My new cell phone keeps nagging me to use Google Gemini. I keep telling it to leave me the heck alone. It doesn’t listen.
Influencer Idiocy 0
A “content” creator who “creates content” by assaulting people . . . .
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In the video, a person can be seen throwing a cheesesteak at an employee at the South Philadelphia restaurant.
The creator said he reviews restaurants and throws the food at employees if he doesn’t like it.
Yet another instance of “social” media rewarding antisocial behavior.
We are a society of stupid.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
El Reg reports that
OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody else
So it’s okay for OpenAI to steal others’ intellectual property, but it’s not okay for others to steal the stolen intellectual property that OpenAI stole from others.
To quote Julie Newmar, “That does not compute.”
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
The end of human civilization? John M. Crisp is not sanguine. Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added):
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Sometimes superintelligent AI is described as a new, entirely different species. And if AI’s “brain” is aligned with human values and goals, we’re probably in big trouble. As we humans have burned through our resources, we’ve given little thought to the preservation of other species that stand in our way. Many have perished in the process.
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A friend of fraudsters? At the Psychology Today website, Azadeh Aalai warns sounds a warning:
Follow the link, where she tells of an scam targeted her (and that did not fall for).
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . made even fiendlier by AI.
Facebook Frolics 0
No surprises here.
Follow the link for details. And, remember, “social” media isn’t. You don’t use “social” media; it uses you.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A shill for suckers? The EFF reports that
Details at the link.
This New Gilded Age 0
Robert Reich finds a straw at which to grasp.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
An accessory after the fact? How about taking a peek under the coverup.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
False idols? At the Psychology Today website, Joe Pierre argues that, despite the hype, “current AI chatbots fall far short of being any kind of supreme intelligence.”
Follow the link for his reasoning