AI's IQ: Links

Links on AI, from how it works to how intelligent it actually is:

• There is no AI: There are ways of controlling the new technology--but first we have to stop mythologizing it.
As a computer scientist, I don't like the term "A.I." In fact, I think it's misleading--maybe even a little dangerous. Everybody's already using the term, and it might seem a little late in the day to be arguing about it. But we're at the beginning of a new technological era--and the easiest way to mismanage a technology is to misunderstand it. (Jaron Lenier, The New Yorker)

• What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?: That ChatGPT can automatically generate something that reads even superficially like human-written text is remarkable, and unexpected. But how does it do it? And why does it work? My purpose here is to give a rough outline of what's going on inside ChatGPT--and then to explore why it is that it can do so well in producing what we might consider to be meaningful text. (Stephen Wolfram)

• AI for data storytelling: Artificial Intelligence in data journalism projects often showcases some of the most imaginative aspects of how to use new tools to perform analyses that just weren't possible before. (Simon Rogers)

• A.I. Pop Culture Is Already Here: We're living in a world in which every style, every idea, and every possible remix can be generated as fast and frictionlessly as possible. (Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker)

• What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?: Large language models seem startlingly intelligent. But what's really happening under the hood? (Cal Newport, The New Yorker)

• The Andy Warhol Copyright Case That Could Transform Generative AI: The US Supreme Court’s upcoming decision could shift the interpretation of fair use law—and all the people, and tools, that turn to it for protection. (Madeline Ashby, Wired)

• AI Desperately Needs Global Oversight: As ChatGPT and its ilk continue to spread, countries need an independent board to hold AI companies accountable and limit harms. (Rumman Chowdhury, Wired)

• The stupidity of AI: Artificial intelligence in its current form is based on the wholesale appropriation of existing culture, and the notion that it is actually intelligent could be actively dangerous. (James Bridle, The Guardian)

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