The clear object of a new AI action plan articulated as an overall framework this past week by the Trump administration, is to win what we have long termed in these pages “The AI Ams Race.”
Category: TRENDS IN TECHNOCRACY by Joe Doran – Jul 29 2025
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: MAJOR JOURNAL WONDERS WHETHER AI IS GAINING CONSCIOUSNESS
Uh-oh, cue up the “ethics” of what rights to accord “conscious AI.” Or at least, that’s something Scientific American magazine chose to focus on, in a recent article covering at least one advanced AI’s declaration that it might be gaining consciousness.
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THE ART AND ARTIFICE OF PROMPT ENGINEERING
Why do generative AI chatbots need to be prompted to impersonate fantasy roles in order to provide (supposedly) better content, or answers to queries?