Move 37 and the Coming Mindhack
What happens when human manipulation arrives at its Claude Mythos moment?
Michael Morgenstern
· 15 min read
AI Debate
A collection of 8 posts
Machine Learning, Deep Fakes, and the Threat of an Artificially Intelligent Hate-Bot
Fake news isn’t new. More than a century ago, newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer helped stir up enthusiasm for war against Spain by hyping the dubious claim that Spanish agents had used explosives to sink the USS Maine in Havana Harbor. The cry of “Remember
James D. Miller
· 6 min read
Beating Back Cancel Culture: A Case Study from the Field of Artificial Intelligence
It’s easy to decry cancel culture, but hard to turn it back. Thankfully, recent developments in my area of academic specialty—artificial intelligence (AI)—show that fighting cancel culture isn’t impossible.
Pedro Domingos
· 12 min read
The Apocalyptic Threat from Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Science Fiction
The time to begin planning our response, and designing systems to give humanity a fighting chance, is now.
James D. Miller
· 11 min read
What Computer-Generated Language Tells Us About Our Own Ideological Thinking
Thus, the ancient question of what separates humans from animals is the inverse of the more recent question of what separates humans from computers.
Cameron Harwick
· 10 min read
Plenty of Room for AI-nxiety
Things change once we leave the world of infallible humans who can create a perfectly benevolent general intelligence.
Christopher Reuenthal
· 10 min read
Rational AI-nxiety — A Counter-Argument
Is there a dark side to artificial intelligence? Many people, including famous science and technology leaders, assert that advancements in AI should be approached with extreme caution.
Anna Marieta Moise
· 11 min read
Irrational AI-nxiety
Concerns over the potential harm of new technologies are often sensible, but they should be grounded in fact, not flights of fearful fancy.
Edward Clint
· 9 min read