AI
Notes about artificial intelligence technologies, their development, capabilities, potential, and real-world impact on industries, labor, and society.
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Revisiting the Nature of Regulation
Regulations are the product of negotiations and agreements. (Guest note by Dr. Sharon Yadin)
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Unforgettable
AI technology is making the right to be forgotten obsolete, leaving us prisoners of our own pasts.
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A Generated Life
Skyrim, Starfield, and the risks of AI-generated content displacing human craftsmanship.
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Altman’s Moat
When Sam Altman calls for regulating AI, he is trying to build a regulatory moat, greatly raising the barriers to entry to the AI market.
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Quiet War
There may not be a coordinated AI attack on humanity. But there is a gradual shift of power.
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Project Panama and Respect for Culture
An AI model is a statistical representation of human knowledge. Building such a model on disrespect for books and authors is distasteful.
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A Lawyer, an AI, and a Monkey
A lawyer, an AI, and a monkey walk into a bar…but AI copyright is no joke.
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Anthropic is Reading Asimov
Anthropic has released a very long document they call Claude’s Constitution. I read it so you don’t have to.
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Magic Swords
Vikings, magic swords, and why technology should be as easy to understand as it is easy to use.
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Cutting through the AI hype
The expert consensus is that we are in the midst of an AI revolution. I am not so sure.