Government For AI, By AI, And Answerable To AI

Not so hidden in news about Elon Musk’s DOGE romp through US government offices is his intention to build an AI chatbot that will replace human bureaucrats. Well, it is kinda hidden, since most of the news stories are guarded

Do We Really Want AI That Thinks Like Us?

DeepSeek threw the marketplace into a tizzy last week with its low-cost LLM that works better than ChatGPT and its other competitors. But the company’s ultimate goal is the same as that of Open AI and the rest: build a

Where’s The Counterpoint To AI Propaganda?

Reid Hoffman’s recent paean to the miracle of AI in the New York Times is just another reminder that we’re not having a real discussion about it. The essay, which is behind a firewall, is entitled “AI Will Empower Humanity,”

AI That Thinks

The headline of a recent article at TechCrunch declared that an AI thinks in Chinese sometimes, though its coders can’t explain it. It was misleading, at best, and otherwise just wrong. The essay, “Open AI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in

Insane AI

If AIs use data produced by other AIs, it degrades their ability to make meaningful observations or reach useful conclusions. In other words, they go insane. The problem is called “AI model collapse” and it occurs when AIs like LLMS

Your AI Shopping List At CES?

Many of the 4,500 exhibitors at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show will talk about AI, according to the annual event’s organizer. Only there won’t be any AI gizmos on display, since AI isn’t some “thing” we consumers can or will

Remembering The World Before AI

As we approach the end of 2024, I’m spending some time committing to memory what it was like to live without AI. Granted, it’s not possible, at least not completely, since AI is already present in our countertop and digital