One of the foremost AI innovators of the modern age has quit his life’s work, saying he’s concerned about the threats the technology poses to humanity.
Tag: AI
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HOW THE PENTAGON AND US INTELLIGENCE THOROUGHLY CO-OPTED CIVILIAN AI
From enticing tech corporations with billions in direct development incentives contained in the CHIPs Act, to swooping in and hiring prominent civilian executives who head AI development at major companies, the U.S. government won the war of whether Silicon Valley would be drafted to weaponize AI.
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AI, AGENT OF TRUTH, CHAOS AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU CARE TO SPIN UP
Neural Net, Large Language Model (LLM) and related technologies that power ChatGPT, Google’s Bard AI and other generative AI platforms are rooted in programs that anyone of sufficient technical know-how and computing resources can make use of.
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
AI is being drafted to “secure the homeland.” That’s according to DHS Secretary Allejandro Mayorkas.
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PENTAGON PURSUING BLEEDING EDGE AI TO WAGE WAR
Advancing technology, advancing war. The two are inextricably, symbiotically aligned in development by major powers like China and the U.S., and humankind will do doubt reap the results.
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AN AI TAKE ON WHERE CRYPTOS ARE HEADING
Bitcoin could provide a more affordable and accessible way to send and receive money, especially for people in developing countries.
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THE SINGULARITY AND THE SIMULATION
Most people have an awareness now that technologically driven surveillance has become as pervasive in supposedly free western countries, as it is in the most repressive regimes on the planet.
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AN AI PAUSE WON’T CUT IT: REJECT SCIENTISM OR BRACE FOR A POST HUMAN FUTURE
The quest of technology companies and AI advocates to create artificial intelligence that can outstrip human abilities, is finally undergoing some higher profile scrutiny.
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IT’S OFFICIAL: SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOW WORTHLESS
Social media has long been a cesspit of breathless rumors, baseless conspiracy theories, and outright lies.
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NOT JUST FOR VIRUSES: SCIENTISTS HELLBENT ON HUMAN AND AI GAIN-OF-FUNCTION EXPERIMENTS
Imagine super soldiers who can shrug off a chemical weapons attack and keep right on waging war.