Let the folks behind AI get filthy rich but refuse to let them outsources the consequences and costs of their enrichment to us. The EU is silent on such things, so we need to speak up.
Continue readingDumb Robots Are Scarier Than Smart AI
Long before smart AI destroys humanity, dumb robots will fundamentally and irrevocably change the world.
Continue readingThe Ghost In The AI Machine
The road to global domination or destruction will be long and uncertain, but our inability to fully know, predict, or control what AI does (or becomes) is certain.
Continue readingThe AI Pushmi-Pullyu
Not being able to determine which direction something is moving from novels about a doctor whose name is “do little” is the perfect metaphor for the contradiction at the heart of AI development.
Continue readingCould AI Be Guilty Of Murder?
Some people are already dumb enough to kill someone else. Maybe the South Korean Conveyor Belt Killer was smart enough to do it, too?
Continue readingBletchley AI Declaration Falls On Deaf Ears
I’m becoming increasingly frightened by the governmental reaction to the opportunities and challenges of AI development.
Continue readingMarc Andreessen is Wrong About AI and Tech
The thing is, like sex, everything in the world is about technology except technology.
Continue readingAI Makers Find Refuge In Bureaucracy
The more we talk about tech will mean the less we understand about its impacts and effects.
Continue readingShoutout To The AI Apologists
The Status Quo kinda feels like a make-work gift for management consultants and overzealous bureaucrats and, as the outcomes of social media tech painfully show us, failing to apply our “old” insights and expectations to new tech doesn’t obviate the former, it just means we’ll suffer the consequences of ignoring them.
Continue readingIt’s Time To Stop Talking About AI Ethics
Companies are responsible for what they do. So are individuals. The idea isn’t separate from the overall business. It’s central to it.
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