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Thanks to out of control industry hype, papers which question the capabilities of LLMs are provoking visceral responses. They shouldn't.
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A small group of engineers are thinking about software in a world where code seems like the least important thing to consider.
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Traditional weather forecasting is slow and expensive. AI can offer a more efficient and accurate alternative.
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Foreign policy professionals are turning to AI for advice. That's not the scary part. The scary part is how they'll get that advice.
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Millions dream of going viral and making a fortune being creative. Because an entire industry is lying to them that it's never been easier...
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Social media's aversion to expertise, hype from AI companies, and fear of automation, turned useful new tools into objects of dutiful worship.
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The PayPal Mafia's grand plan for Western civilization is a cyberpunk dystopia they don't even know how to build.
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Not everyone needs a "pivot to AI." Far more often than not, off the shelf models are all your company needs, and even that might be overkill.
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A group of researchers claims chat bots have as good of a grasp of others' moods and reasoning as we do. But there's an oversight that could render these findings moot...
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However bizarre you think Silicon Valley's sudden obsession with AI, I assure you, its roots are way weirder than that, and so are the plans for an "AI-powered" future.
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From bankrolling disinformation, to stealing content and traffic for error-prone AI, to hiding news stories, Google seems determined to kill the web as we know it.
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Bacteria are rapidly evolving resistance to more, and higher doses of our most reliable antibiotics, but AI can help us avoid a catastrophe.
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New study shows that far from dispelling misinformation, googling can actually make it sound more plausible and realistic. Why? For money, of course.
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The infamous Dead Internet Theory has been growing more and more real (and costly) by the day. And experts say that in two years, it will be fact.
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Moral panics are very profitable for those who fan their flames. And Jonathan Haidt is going to disgusting lows to make sure his sells no matter what.
