AI Reflections & Society
AI pessimism, hallucinations, layoffs, AI industry issues, broader commentary
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Pangram: A program for discriminating between human- and AI-writing
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…
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What Skills Do We Need
Working well with AI means recognizing confident errors, verifying important claims, providing concrete evidence, testing recommendations safely, checking outcomes, and developing habits that complement increasingly capable AI systems.
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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…
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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!…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Claude Mythos Preview: The world confronts a superhuman machine
It may not be faster than a speeding bullet, or able to jump over tall buildings, but Anthropic’s latest large language model, Claude Mythos, is superhuman in a…