The Philosophical Misdiagnosis of AI by Yuval Noah Harari
To engage constructively with AI, we must shift the discourse from a simplistic dichotomy of AI as either savior or destructor to a more complex examination of how it amplifies, extends, or…
Sam Altman and OpenAI’s board of directors: the fall and return of a charismatic leader
On Saturday, the news broke: Sam Altman, until then CEO of OpenAI, had been fired by the board of directors of his company…
OpenAI creates a new classifier to detect AI written text
OpenAI has created a new classifier to detect text written with Artificial Intelligence (AI), the company said on its website Tuesday, where the service can also be accessed free of charge…
AI and the future of work
although large language models certainly portend disruption for creative and knowledge workers, there are still many valuable opportunities in the offing for those willing to adapt to and integrate these powerful new…
As Musk takes control are we heading to an ‘everything app’ or the break-up of academic Twitter?
After much speculation, Twitter has been acquired by Elon Musk. In this post, Mark Carrigan asks, if now is the time to rethink academic twitter by separating out the knowledge exchange and…
Artificial intelligence is a totalitarian’s dream
Individualistic Western societies are built on the idea that no one knows our thoughts, desires, or joys better than we do. And so we put ourselves, rather than the government, in charge…