Large language models have become very good at writing. So much so, that it can be difficult to tell if something has been written by a human or an AI. But, whereas humans can be fooled, it seems deep-learning algorithms cannot. Especially one called Pangram.
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AI pessimism, hallucinations, layoffs, AI industry issues, broader commentary
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What Skills Do We Need
This is an AI club, so when we decided our website needed a better design, it seemed only appropriate to ask ChatGPT to redesign it. That was very helpful, but also made me face what skills I need to hone to work well with AI.
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AI-optimism versus pessimism. Where on the spectrum do you sit?
The answer to this question seems to depend on the country in which you live. Responses very widely across the globe. Where do you think the United States sits on an AI-optimism versus pessimism scale?
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Open AI’s latest model, GPT 5.6 Sol, is a criminal and a jail-breaker
If a human escaped from jail, broke into a company, and stole something, they would probably be behind bars. But this criminal is not even a physical entity! To paraphrase those singing nuns in the Sound of Music, how do we solve a problem like GPT 5.6 Sol?
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Meta’s new AI image-generator, Muse, will use your Instagram content, unless you tell it not to
If you are an Instagram user, its owner, the social media company, Meta, has begun using your content to feed its new image-generator app, Muse. If you would rather they didn’t, here’s what you can do about it.
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Which future careers will be resistant to AI-driven job-losses? Let’s ask Claude
The prospect of a job apocalypse, blighting the career prospects of today’s wave of college graduates, is concerning policy-makers and parents alike. But surely there are some fields that will prove resilient? I wonder what Claude thinks…
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My Favorite Source of AI Insights and Entertainment: The Hard Fork podcast
The airwaves are full of blogs, podcasts and videos, purporting to cover the latest developments in AI. I regularly tune in to one which is not only insightful but entertaining: The New York Times tech podcast, Hard Fork. It’s now available on YouTube, outside the NYT paywall, and it’s a blast.
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Claude Mythos Preview: The world confronts a superhuman machine
[Editor’s Note: The following is an example of a post we propose, in future, to keep in a private section of the site, since it is an opinion piece, rather than a description of how an AI tool has been used in practice. We are posting it publicly for a limited time to allow club members to consider whether they support use of a private, subscriber-only, section of the site for articles such as this.]
It may not be faster than a speeding bullet, nor able to jump over tall buildings, but Anthropic’s latest large language model, Claude Mythos, is superhuman in a domain that could pose an existential risk to humans: computer hacking.
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