We’ve all heard the warnings: AI is dangerous. AI will take your job. AI will end humanity. These technologists are doing the opposite — fighting back. Yesterday, the Future of Life Institute released an open letter urging the pause of large AI experiments for six months, receiving signatures from technologists like Elon Musk and Apple’s…
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The World’s Largest Chipmaker Hates Crypto, Loves AI
The world’s largest US chipmaker (by market cap) has a love-hate relationship with crypto. Nvidia (accidentally) benefited from the growth of crypto — as their chips were used to power the crypto mining industry. That helped create a chip shortage at a crucial time (2020-21) when other industries were also fighting for supply. Now, Nvidia…
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Bill Gates is Bullish on AI: “The Age of AI has Begun”
Bill Gates is bullish on AI. In an op-ed on his blog, he talked about AI’s benefits, risks and potential. He saw two technologies that were “revolutionary”: The first was in 1980 with graphical user interfaces, leading to modern operating systems (i.e., Windows, MacOS). The second with OpenAI — seeing AI as important as the…
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Google’s AI chatbot underwhelms on launch with factual errors
Some of the worst product demos in history: Elon Musk’s “bulletproof” Cybertruck glass breaks. Steve Jobs’ iPhone refusing to connect to WiFi. Add Google to the list. On Monday, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) released their AI chatbot Bard along with this demo… Can you spot the factual error? Astronomy buffs would point out to you that JWST…
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