Geek Stuff category archive
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Able to appreciate beauty? Neel Burton, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, points out the, per Kant, it can’t.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A device that’s dumbing us down? At Psychology Today Blogs, Timothy Cook (no relation to Tim Apple) reminds persons who are letting AI do their brainwork for them that
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The Crypto Con 0
In the midst of a longer post, almost as an aside, Atrios gets to the heart of the crypto con in five words:
Facebook Frolics 0
Fraudulent (adjacent at the very least) frolics.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
It’s not the public square, although it seems like it.
It’s a series of private squares and their rulers manipulate them as they wish.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Bubblelicious? Goldman Sachs is dubious.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Worthy of trust? Security maven Bruce Schneier points out that
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
An incubator of intellectual infantilism? At Psychology Today Blogs, John Nosta sounds a warning; follow the link for a detailed discussion of each point.
- AI creates a suspended, passive state like Eliot’s “etherized upon a table.”
- It offers fluency that feels like insight but leaves thought empty.
- We risk surrendering judgment as ease may replace genuine understanding.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A step forward? SFGate’s Drew Magary minces no words:
Follow the link for more unminced words.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Security maven Bruce Schneier looks at the hype and hoopla over AI and hears a rhyme. Here’s a bit of his article:
We’ve seen this out play before. Social media companies made the same sorts of promises 20 years ago: instant communication enabling individual connection at massive scale. Fast-forward to today, and the technology that was supposed to give individuals power and influence ended up controlling us. Today social media dominates our time and attention, assaults our mental health, and—together with its Big Tech parent companies—captures an unfathomable fraction of our economy, even as it poses risks to our democracy.
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*Mark Twain.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A competent confidential counselor? At Psychology Today Blogs, psychology professor Hal Shorey warns us that “(s)ystems like ChatGPT do not adequately guard your privacy and are not accountable if they give you bad advice.”
Follow the link for more warnings.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A willing accomplice? Philadphia’s WPVI reports that scammers are using AI to hype their holiday scams.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A competent therapist? From Albert Wong, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, we learn that “(a) chatbot designed to prevent eating disorders gave a recovering patient detailed advice to develop one.”
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Mendacious? At the Detroit Free Press, Randy Essex makes a strong case that he caught Elon Musk’s Grok in, if not a lie, a clear case of skewing the facts to support a–er–questionable conclusion.
No excerpt or summary can do his narrative justice. Just go read it and watch the story unfold.
It’s All about the Algorithm . . . 0
. . . but, per Lacey Johnson at Psychology Today Blogs, the algorithm is not your friend.
I would add that not only is it not your friend; it’s their tool for manipulation.
It’s All about the Algorithm . . . . 0
. . . and Big Tech is ready to go to court to protect its ability to promote engagement send your kids down its rabid holes.