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Corollary of the Third Law
“If technology is distinguishable from magic, it is insufficiently advanced” Corollary of Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law as expressed in the novel “Foundation’s Fear”. As noted in a recent article from McKinsey “The state of AI in 2023: Generative AI’s breakout year”, a significant number of organisations are already using generative artificial intelligence (AI) in…
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“I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
The recent announcement and release of OpenAI’s generative artificial intelligence chatbot “Chat GPT” has demonstrated the potential of this technology and generated much public interest. Other major technology firms have been fast to follow with their own chatbot versions. AI chatbots can fulfil simple tasks such as writing customised automatic email replies or more complex…
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Further Perspectives on AI
“Researchers at the DeepMind Technologies artificial-intelligence lab said Thursday they had predicted the structure of nearly all known proteins, a significant advance in biology that will accelerate drug discovery and help address problems such as sustainability and food insecurity.” Wall Street Journal July 28, 2022 A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “DeepMind AI…
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“Open the Pod bay doors HAL …”
“… I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that” – this conversation from 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the most iconic movie quotes of all time. There is a fascinating story in a recent Wall Street Journal titled “Google Suspends Engineer Who Claimed Its AI System Is Sentient“, about a software engineer…
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Observability of AI?
It’s always useful to listen to the Risky Business podcast for their insights into the latest cyber issue du jour but this week’s podcast had an interesting discussion on the observability of artificial intelligence triggered by Elon Musk’s vow to “open-source” Twitter’s algorithms to promote transparency and free speech. This discussion starts at the 19:40…
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Perspectives on AI
I’m currently reading “The Age of AI: And Our Human Future” by Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt and Daniel Huttenlocher – an impressive group of authors to say the least. The book provides some very thoughtful and well-informed analysis on the potential impacts of Artificial Intelligence on human society and our future across multiple dimensions and…
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