The AI Writing Jig
On September 30, The New York Times published an opinion by Joe Cruz, chair of the philosophy department and the…
Why Are Tech Bros So Desperate to Say AI Is Sentient?
When it comes to Silicon Valley tech bros, I’ve learned over the years that there’s one thing they care about…
Amazon took 20 years, but AI will take less
Imagine Amazon twenty years ago. Then look at Amazon today. Now remove the warehouses, trucks, concrete, inventory, and the twenty-year…
We need less sycophantic AI
We do not fear artificial intelligence. We fear the mirror, and we are terrified of the reflection. Read more Then…
The biggest risk from AI
Concerns about AI its potentially catastrophic consequences for humanity are justified. In fact, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for…
A look at the robot takeover
A few videos featuring robots caught my eye recently. One showed humanoid robots seemingly running faster than Usain Bolt, and…
The Second-Worst-Case Scenario For AI
Much has been written lately about the risks of artificial intelligence (AI). The CEOs of the three leading AI companies,…
Ask HAL 9000 about artificial intelligence and human survival
In Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, the American spacecraft Discovery One is on its way to Jupiter with two…
OpenAI reports disturbing behavior from AI agents
An extraordinary experiment inside OpenAI went badly off the rails this summer when artificial intelligence agents that were supposed to…
The bright side of AI
Contrary to some perceptions, artificial intelligence is not a departure from the inexorable evolution of human technology. Read more California…