Let’s hand the microphone to Garrett Graff: “Most people think of Jurassic Park as a cautionary tale for science, when really it’s a cautionary tale for corporate trust and safety teams, board oversight, and regulatory compliance. The dinosaurs’ entirely predictable rampage should really be seen as a failure of the security teams and the fence […]
But we seem to have decided this is just how AI works: the technology is so amazing that it requires this kind of mutual leverage with no floor beneath it. I’m reminded of some old Bugs Bunny or maybe Roadrunner cartoon where Bugs gets to the last rung at the top of his ladder. But […]
Ford increasingly relied on AI-driven inspection systems to streamline production and address quality control issues. How’d that work out? “Ford has admitted to rehiring hundreds of human workers after its aggressive AI adoption strategy backfired. “The US automaker hired over 350 veteran engineers, referred to internally as “gray beards”, over the past three years in […]
From a friend who has worked at the NIH for many years: “Can AI help doctors make better decisions? At NIH, we brought together scientists and clinicians from across the country to explore exactly that. Their consensus was that with continued research, ethical and responsible guardrails, and strong collaboration, AI could become a helpful and […]
Gallons of digital ink are spilled weekly about how AI will be a job-destroying juggernaut. But it’s far from clear that all jobs will be vulnerable and on what time scale the AI replacement will occur. “Who gets laid off first? Writers and editors are at the greatest risk, the report says — 57 percent […]
Political events have moved so fast recently that I’ve found it hard to crystalize my thoughts enough to write a post. When that happens, I turn to topics related to science, which are in my wheelhouse. You may have read about how a colonel was rescued deep inside Iran using a technology dubbed “Ghost Murmer.” […]
This one has to go . . . Two forces are stopping sensible regulation of AI. He’s one of them. Pete Hegseth and the AI Doomsday Machine – Robert Reich Which is more important to you? Allowing Pete Hegseth to use artificial intelligence (AI) however he wants, OR preventing AI from doing mass surveillance of […]
“Police arrested a man for a burglary in a city he had never visited after face scanning software deployed across the UK confused him with another person of south Asian heritage. “Alvi Choudhury, 26, a software engineer, was working at the home he shares with his parents in Southampton in January when police knocked on […]
J.P. McJefferson talking Artificial Intelligence. “’We’ve been here before.’ Every generation has its technological scare story.” Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash Why Should I Be Worried About AI? J.P. McJefferson Thoughts For many people, the current anxiety about artificial intelligence feels overblown. They say, “We’ve been here before.” Every generation has its technological scare story. In the […]
Letters from an American Prof. Heather Cox Richardson Since the beginning of Prof. Heather Cox Richardson’s “Letters from an American,” I have been a subscriber. I like history reads combined with current political views. The Professor provides interesting pieces covering today’s events and the past. These are not snippets of conversational information; the pieces are […]