The Who's Who of AI

““There is no pleasure or pain for an AI, no skin in the game,” the philosopher Carissa Véliz writes in her recent #book Prophecy. As a result, an AI “cannot care, and therefore cannot value”. #authors www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...”

““But whereas des Esseintes’s withdrawal is an immersion into the subtleties of sensation, Johnson’s ‘Don’t Die’ movement treats the delights of the senses as suspect, even fatal.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...”

“A good rule of thumb: If the press release (or stenographic news reporting masquerading as journalism) says that an "AI" did something, that's deliberate obfuscation. Software doesn't do anything of its own accord, but folks sure like to talk about it as if…”

“Instead of railing against the latest “I asked Claude” article in a mainstream publication, I’ll just post this.”

“Encouraging to read measured assessments of AI promises for medicine and health: "the scientific community thinks Silicon Valley leaders are...making grand public pronouncements without showing an abundance of evidence to prove their statements" Gift link: …”

“Firms "could make LLM addiction as widespread as physiological addictions by exploiting humans’ deep-seated desire for companionable conversation." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...”

“Nice to see Acemoglu oppose TESCREAL: "Much of the AI boom has been driven by a homogeneous group of people influenced by a shared idea — drawn partly from philosophy and science fiction — that sees machines as ultimately surpassing and supplanting humanity…”