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Artificial intelligence, agency, and the emergence of humans as AI amanuenses
A thought experiment in how human-AI roles and relationships may change in the future
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Andrew Maynard
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Is AI poised to suck the soul out of science?
A new study shows that, while using AI in research can increase productivity, it also risks reducing job satisfaction for scientists
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AI in a world of Trump
This week's episode of the Modem Futura podcast on artificial intelligence is more relevant than ever given the results of the US election
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Can AI influence how you feel about someone without you knowing?
A new study suggests that it can
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Are Personal AI Chatbots Becoming Dangerous Agents of Chaos?
The death of 14 year old Sewell Setzer III raises new concerns about the risks of AI chatbots. And it has broader implications to how we approach AI…
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Learning to live with agentic social AI
The better AI models get at simulating human behavior and interactions, the better they're likely to get at leveraging people to achieve specific goals…
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Is this how AI will transform the world over the next decade?
Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei has just published a radical vision of an AI-accelerated future. It's audacious, compelling, and a must-read for anyone…
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AI captures this year's Nobel Prize for Physics
AI researchers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton have just been awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering work on artificial intelligence
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The double or nothing bet on AI "fixing the climate"
AI proponents are claiming future artificial intelligence capabilities will solve pretty much everything – including climate change. But only if we…
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ChatGPT as Author Part 2: The Conversation
Yesterday I wrote about how ChatGPT surprised me with it's story-writing abilities. But it was the conversation I had with it afterward that blew me…
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ChatGPT as Author Part 1: The Story
Can ChatGPT write a passable novel? A week ago I would have said no way. But an unexpected and serendipitous experiment made me think again.
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Woah, I have some smart colleagues researching AI at ASU!
Arizona State University is known for it's leadership in using generative AI. But what about research into the cutting edge of artificial intelligence…
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