Exploring Perspectives on AI
Social impact: lives, conundrums, and curios in AI
Larry Ebert
Welcome
Educator, Innovator, Writer. I'm fascinated by the world of change and the changing world. Join me in looking at sociological, artistic, philosophical angles on AI. Questions like: what makes us human, what is the evolution of creativity, what is the nature of truth, and how will we respond to impending change?
Fresh Perspectives -- Larry Ebert
ChatGPT Can't Taste a Peach
AI and the Arts, a Series: The Beauty of Imperfection
Why Artists Fear AI Beyond Content Rights
AI raises some fundamental questions about life, like "What makes us uniquely human"?
Why Artists Fear AI Beyond Content Rights
AI and the Arts, a Series: The Beauty of Imperfection
Why Artists Fear AI Beyond Content Rights
The results of interviews with 74 artists across disciplines (visual arts, music, theater, writing) on the role and impact of AI.
AI and the Arts, a Series: The Beauty of Imperfection
AI and the Arts, a Series: The Beauty of Imperfection
AI and the Arts, a Series: When Is a Tool More Than a Tool?
Drawing on interviews with 74 artists across disciplines, this article explores the beauty of imperfection, including role of authenticity.
AI and the Arts, a Series: When Is a Tool More Than a Tool?
AI and the Arts, a Series: Expanding Possibilities in Art through AI
AI and the Arts, a Series: When Is a Tool More Than a Tool?
Drawing on interviews with 74 artists across disciplines, this article asks whether AI is "Just a tool" or something more.
AI and the Arts, a Series: Expanding Possibilities in Art through AI
AI and the Arts, a Series: Expanding Possibilities in Art through AI
AI and the Arts, a Series: Expanding Possibilities in Art through AI
Drawing on interviews with 74 artists across disciplines, this article explores the new and unusual possibilities for art with AI.
Spitballing with ChatGPT -- An Experiment in Innovation
AI and the Arts, a Series: Expanding Possibilities in Art through AI
AI and the Arts, a Series: Expanding Possibilities in Art through AI
We know there is innovation in AI; will there be AI in innovation? Early 2023 expriment, shoulder to shoulder with AI...
Would You Like Some A.I. with That?
Would You Like Some A.I. with That?
Would You Like Some A.I. with That?
From bee pollinators to therapists, A.I. is here, inexorably. Would you like A.I. with that?
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AI Inventing Its Own Culture, Passing It On to Humans, Sociologists Find
Where does culture come from? In addition to learning it from other humans, will we in the future learn culture from, and be shaped by, AI? Interesting observations and questions from folks at the Center for Human and Machines at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.
Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior
Fascinating work being done by Stanford researchers on use of generative AI agents that can learn human behavior and socialization for human-AI interaction. These agents learn and play in a Smallville, sandbox world. Maybe a little creepy, too? Raises the concern of "parasocial" relationships that may not be appropriate.
Now AI Can Be Used to Design New Proteins
One of so many examples of the scaling potential of AI. AlphaFold2 from Google DeepMind predicted the structures of 200 million proteins. This would have taken PhD biologists a billion years to do on their own.
Google's AI chatbot Bard spouts lies and misinformation in 78% cases
Startling statistic and examples of misinformation. for this early generative AI chat bot.
Truth, Lies, and Automation: How Language Models Could Change Disinformation
Interesting categorization of the forms of narrative distortion and disinformation. This research from Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology is from 2021. I imagine new forms may arise.
Is AI Good or Evil? Bay Area Museums Want You To Decide
Love this AI-themed museum in San Francisco's Mission District, the Misalignment Museum. Includes live AI art, an AI-driven confession both, and a wall that reads, “Sorry for killing most of humanity.”