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4 key books to help you understand Artificial Intelligence
The Atlas of AI, Kate Crawford (2021) “The Atlas of AI” by Kate Crawford examines how artificial intelligence (AI) shapes our world, particularly regarding the AI industry’s broader social and economic context. She uses the metaphor of an atlas to describe the landscape in which AI is produced. Crawford, a leading AI researcher and scholar…
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Is it safe to use AI for your task?
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Key AI tools for writing, images, and video
Many AI-enabled tools are available today to aid in creating, editing and producing writing, images and videos. Some of these tools have been around for a while, having established themselves as industry-standard, while others are still in the development phase. Nevertheless, all of these tools are designed to make the process of creating digital media…
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Can ChatGPT pass the Turing Test?
The Turing Test measures a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour indistinguishable from a human’s. Developed by Alan Turing in 1950, the test proposes that if a machine can carry on a conversation with a human in such a way that the human cannot distinguish it from another human, then the machine can be considered…
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Chat GPT in a Chinese room!
The Chinese Room is a thought experiment proposed in 1980 by John Searle that challenges the idea that a machine can truly understand language. The thought experiment posits a scenario in which a person who does not understand Chinese is locked in a room with a rulebook that translates Chinese characters into English. The person…
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What is populist historical revisionism?
Populist historical revisionism is often criticised as being wrong for several reasons. First, it is seen as manipulating and exploiting the public’s emotions and beliefs for political gain. This can be on either the left of politics or the right. Populist historical revisionism often involves the selective interpretation and manipulation of historical events and figures…
