AI and the Pros and Cons of Pronouns
Following the well-known strategy of evoking questions on which agreement can be easily established before broaching the more controversial issues,…
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AI is Incompatible with Consumer Culture
“Does anyone have a trusted friend, acquaintance, teacher, mentor, coach or advisor whose every statement can be deemed true? Are…
Havana Syndrome and our Common Future with AI
In our latest conversation, I began by calling ChatGPT’s attention to an excellent piece of journalism from SpyTalk that summarizes…
Why Should Machines Learn? The Case Against Profitable Tech
It had been months since I visited a bookstore, and it was my first time in a foreign one. I…
We Need to Appreciate and Learn from AI’s (and Our Own) Flaws
Person-to-person communication produces learning. Institution-to-person communication produces two contrasting things: instruction and propaganda. Artificial intelligence is neither a person nor…
When Greenwashing Hits Critical Mass
Anyone not immersed in tech industry news can be forgiven for missing the flurry of recent investments in nuclear power,…
Even Under Trump, AI Governance Is Here to Stay
AI has been a huge topic since the release of ChatGPT two years ago. Whatever one thinks about incoming US…
Is Gambling Addiction Really an Addiction?
Last September, La Monde reported a surge in online sports betting in Brazil: In the first seven months of 2024,…
US and China’s Subsea War
Geopolitical tensions are growing globally over the cutting of two subsea cables in the Baltic Sea — one that linked…
ChatGPT Gets Lost in Time in Syria
Today’s media typically sums up the past 13 years of Syria’s history as an enduring civil war sparked by the…