AI & Its Discontents — Part Three
AI is pushing its way into every corner of daily life, especially sports and education. Few people are aware of its most negative aspects.
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AI & Its Discontents — Part Two
Is AI a blessing or a curse? We are trying to address that question but finding it hard going. The topic is polarizing in a way that few others are. In Part One of this series, some comments extolled the technology, sweeping aside objections with a blanket, “It’s just another … [continued]
AI & Its Discontents — Part One
AI can do some extraordinary things, especially in the field of medicine. It also has some dangerous tendencies that need more examination.
Google AI Giving Wrong Information On US EV Tax Credit
If you’ve used AI from Google, ChatGPT, or elsewhere to try to get answers to a variety of queries, you’ve probably noticed some odd and incorrect information some of the time. Part of the problem with this, to me, is that the answers are provided in an authoritative way that … [continued]
AI Issues Commence — New Tool, New Problems
There are a couple of problems related to AI (artificial intelligence) that have gotten a lot of attention already, but that’s not what this article is about. Just to note them down, though, I’m referring to the fact that AI is often wrong despite sounding authoritative and the unfortunate reality … [continued]
AI, Energy, And Social License
Is AI a curse or a source of hope for humanity? No one really knows. The most we can say is that it is a tool. How we use it is up to us.
The AI Knowledge Trap — Omitted Information May Be Lost Forever
AI is the greatest thing since sliced bread, some say. But others warn that unseen biases in the data may corrupt the results.
AI Shows Evidence Of Self-Preservation Behavior
Like HAL in the movie 2001 – A Space Odyssey, AI today is beginning to show signs of resisting efforts to shut it down.
AI Could Snuff Out Wildfires One Power Line at a Time
NREL’s Computing Capabilities Could Help Prevent Wildfires Caused by Fallen Power Lines Annually, tens of thousands of wildfires ravage the United States, posing significant threats to people, wildlife, and infrastructure. A percentage of those wildfires are caused by degraded or downed electrical equipment. But what if artificial intelligence (AI) could … [continued]
Trump 2.0 And Science Denial — Alice In Wonderland For The 21st Century
Probably like you, I’ve been trying to figure out why the Trump administration is rife with science denial. At first I attributed it to anti-intellectualism. With that, I thought, went an ideological mindset in which people identified with superficialities like He Who Dies with the Most Toys Wins. But that … [continued]
