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Grok as Hitler 2.0 Reveals Hard Limits to AI

We mustn’t attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, incompetence, corruption, or blind ambition. Read More ›
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Replace Psychiatrists with AI?

"A Belgian man, after weeks of dialogues with his chatbot 'confidante,' committed suicide after it encouraged him to sacrifice himself for climate change." Read More ›
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Three Genuine Tells of Junk Science

This comes to us hard on the heels of philosopher Massimo Pigliucci’s effort to identify “pseudoscience.” Read More ›
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Data Can Appear in Science Journals — Out of Thin Air

While many researchers decried the results, University of Copenhagen econometrician Søren Johansen said something worth pondering. Read More ›
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For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now

In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect. Read More ›
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Robert J. Marks: Humor, Ambiguity, and AI

Dr. Marks thinks it’s possible that AI may improve in its ability to resolve ambiguous language. Right now it’s not looking so good. Read More ›

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