Please Be Polite to ChatGPT
The benefits of being polite to AI may include prompting better chatbot replies—and nurturing our humanity
Please Be Polite to ChatGPT
The benefits of being polite to AI may include prompting better chatbot replies—and nurturing our humanity
Artificial Intelligence Will Let Humanity Talk to Alien Civilizations
Large language models may enable real-time communication with extraterrestrial civilizations despite the vast distances between stars. We need to start thinking about what to tell them about us
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Paris Olympics Will Be a Training Ground for AI-Powered Mass Surveillance
In the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics, the French government has authorized wide-reaching use of AI software in security surveillance feeds
ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting!
It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information
Professional Poker Players Know the Optimal Strategy but Don’t Always Use It
Poker players can now employ AI to find the optimal playing strategy, but they often don’t use it. Here’s why
Can One Chatbot Catch Another’s Lies?
A new approach uses language models to interrogate other language models and sniff out lies
Can AI Be Superhuman? Flaws in Top Gaming Bot Cast Doubt
By learning exploits from adversarial AI, people could defeat a superhuman Go-playing system
We Cannot Cede Control of Weapons to Artificial Intelligence
I watched United Nations delegates debate AI-based weapons that can fire without human initiation. Humans cannot be taken out of that decision-making
AI Chatbots Seem as Ethical as a New York Times Advice Columnist
Large language models lack emotion and self-consciousness, but they appear to generate reasonable answers to moral quandaries
In the Race to Artificial General Intelligence, Where’s the Finish Line?
Claims of artificial general intelligence are increasingly common. But can anyone agree on what it is?
How This Real Image Won an AI Photo Competition
Nature still outdoes the machine, says a photographer whose real image won an AI photography competition
Has AI Already Brought Us the Terminator Future?
Is baby Skynet already here? We need robust laws now to withstand eliminating humans from nuclear decision-making