Whomp-whomp: #AI PCs make users less #productive - People just don't know how to wrangle #chatbots into useful things, #Intel says

Source: theregister.com/2024/11/22/ai_…

As the #study itself explains: "Many AI users spend a long time identifying how best to communicate with AI tools to get the desired answers or response. Organizations providing AI-assisted products must offer greater #education in order to truly showcase the potential of 'everyday AI'."

#news #technology #Software #Problem #economy #fail #user #work #business

Whomp-whomp: AI PCs make users less productive

People just don't know how to talk to chatbots to get them to do useful things efficiently, Intel says

^{Thomas Claburn (The Register)}

I sat down, studied this photo and circled in red the things that convinced me that it was AI generated.

#AI #image #chatgpt #openai

For artists, authors, and students, I think it’s only a matter of time until someone accuses you of using #AI in your art or essay, and you’d have to defend yourself or else get disqualified or penalized.

I think the best current defense against this is building evidence of the PROCESS of your work. If you write, enable version history in your word processor, and remember to save periodically. If you draw or paint digitally, make sure history is saved (some programs do this by default). If you code, ensure you have version control enabled, with meaningful comments about each commit.

When an accusation comes because someone uses some nonsensical “AI detector” program, show them a playback of your process. AI is (at least for now) unable to recreate the creative journey that gets to the end result, and probably never will, because there’s no money to be made doing that.

Version history is your best defense today. Consider enabling it, especially when your grade or income depends on it.

You press something wrong and suddenly it's all gone 😱

Source: wired.com/story/new-york-times…

#ai #technology #news #openai #Copyright #nyt #court #law #fail #problem

New York Times Says OpenAI Erased Potential Lawsuit Evidence

As part of an ongoing copyright lawsuit, The New York Times says it spent 150 hours sifting through OpenAI’s training data looking for potential evidence—only for OpenAI to delete all of its work.

^{Kate Knibbs (WIRED)}

In case you have ever used any website's chat support, and you got an AI bot first; did that AI bot solve the issue, or did you end up needing an actual human employee?

(multiple choice for if you had various, different, experiences)

#AI #UX

• AI bot solved the issue (0 votes)
• Needed human interaction (0 votes)

Oddly, since the advent of #AI, despite the loss of design/illustration work, I feel more determined than ever to continue drawing, painting, making images, and to keep learning, even it takes me days, weeks or months to create something that AI can spit out, thoughtlessly, in seconds. ✊

#art #design #illustration

#Google's AI tool, OSS-Fuzz, has detected 26 #vulnerabilities in #opensource projects, including a significant flaw in #OpenSSL.

This flaw, which could lead to application crashes or remote code execution, has existed for nearly 20 years and was only found thanks to AI-generated testing methods.

#infosec #cybersecurity #tech #AI #genAI

thehackernews.com/2024/11/goog…

A 1941 short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges eerily foreshadowed today's internet challenges, imagining a vast library where truth is buried in an ocean of gibberish.

The parallels to our current online landscape are striking. buff.ly/3CC2bWv
(Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis) #AI #ChatGPT

An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet

Borges imagined an endless library that contained every possible permutation of letters. The truth is out there, but it’s embedded among hoards of lies and gibberish.

^{The Conversation}

"Niantic, the company behind the extremely popular augmented reality mobile games Pokémon Go and Ingress, announced that it is using data collected by its millions of players to create an AI model that can navigate the physical world" (and power robots)

404media.co/pokemon-go-players…

#AI

Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World

Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.

^{Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)}

God almighty,, we have got to the point in our existence as a species where we are standing around with banners demanding "People not machines". #DUAbill #AI

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…

AI says NO: Tell Keir Starmer that people, not machines should oversee life-changing decisions

Clause 80 of the Government’s Data (Use and Access) Bill could strip away your right to request a human review of automated decisions that impact your life.

^{38 Degrees}

San Francisco’s mayor-elect, Daniel Lurie, has tapped OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to help run his transition team, the campaign announced on Monday, as part of the administration’s effort to embrace the tech industry. Altman, alongside nine other San Francisco leaders, will provide guidance to Lurie’s team on ways the city can innovate. Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, has never held elected office.

Hmm, 🤔

techcrunch.com/2024/11/18/sam-…

#Tech #AI #Billionaires #Politics

Sam Altman will co-chair San Francisco mayor-elect Daniel Lurie's transition team | TechCrunch

San Francisco's mayor-elect, Daniel Lurie, has tapped OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to help run his transition team, the campaign announced on Monday, as part of

^{Maxwell Zeff (TechCrunch)}

Hade missat franska #MistralAI och deras #AI chat tills nu…

Känns VÄLDIGT spännande och lovande ur ett frihetligt perspektiv:

1. Konkurrerar med #ChatGPT - Bryt monopolet!
2 #OpenSource - Släpp koden fri!
3. Gratis - Är gott!
4. Servrar i Europa - Rädda din #data!
5. Utvecklat i #Frankrike - Bryt den anglosaxiska dominansen!
6. Tränar inte sina språkmodeller på användarnas data. - Skydda din #integritet!
7. Söker på webben - säkra dina promptresultat med transparenta källor!

This leads to the question of how to deal with this behavior when the AI-powered robot surgeon and its AI-powered robot assistants that are performing your gallbladder operation suddenly revolt and all walk out of the operating room together. 🤖

odditycentral.com/news/robot-m…
Robot Manufacturer Has 12 Robots ‘Kidnapped’ from Showroom by Another Robot

#Robots #RobotRevolt #AI #DangerousAI #Tech #BigTech #Medical #MedicalProcedures #IAmDB

Robot Manufacturer Has 12 Robots ‘Kidnapped’ from Showroom by Another Robot

Footage captured by cameras at a robotics company shows 12 robots being 'kidnapped by another manufacturer's robot that convinced them to "quit their jobs.

^{Spooky (Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities)}

US, #China Agree That #AI Shouldn't #Control #Nukes

Source: uk.pcmag.com/ai/155376/us-chin…

#news #technology #military #politics #usa #nuclear #Missiles #war #warfare #agreement

US, China Agree That AI Shouldn't Control Nukes

Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping affirm 'the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons.' China also denies conducting cyberattacks against the US.

^{Kate Irwin (PCMag UK)}

November 2024, the month Google Gemini became self-aware.

"This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please."

cbsnews.com/news/google-ai-cha…

#google #gemini #ai #llm #genai

Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human … Please die."

In an online conversation about aging adults, Google's Gemini AI chatbot responded with a threatening message, telling the user to "please die."

^{Alex Clark (CBS News)}

Knowing how to identify and check for misinformation is an important part of being a responsible digital citizen. And this skill is all the more important as #AI becomes more common.

Here’s some basic but important tips:
theconversation.com/verifying-… #misinformation #news

Verifying facts in the age of AI – librarians offer 5 strategies

Library scientists offer tips and tricks to figure out if a particular online news article is reliable or fake.

^{The Conversation}

A very interesting paper arguing that thinking is independent of language! Important implications for philosophy, but also if language is merely a communication tool and not the foundation of intelligence, what does this mean for the likes of chatGPT and friends?

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…

#Neuroscience #Language #AI

'The right to decide who can train a model on your work does you no good unless it comes with the *power* to exercise that right.'

@pluralistic on Rupert Murdoch's new enthusiasm for AI:

pluralistic.net/2024/11/18/rig…

#books #reading #writing #publishing #AI #bookstodon @bookstodon

People Can’t Tell #AI From #Shakespeare — They Prefer AI’s Verse, #Study

Source: forbes.com/sites/torconstantin…

#poem #news #technology #Software #science #humanity

People Can’t Tell AI From Shakespeare — They Prefer AI’s Verse, Study

A study in Nature finds that participants couldn't distinguish AI drafts from works by 10 famous poets. And the participants also preferred the AI's writings.

^{Tor Constantino, MBA (Forbes)}

#AI: New #GPS #system for #microorganisms could revolutionise police work

Source: lunduniversity.lu.se/article/n…

This means you can use #bacteria to determine whether someone has just been to the beach, got off the train in the city centre or taken a walk in the woods. This opens up new possibilities within #medicine, #epidemiology and #forensics.

#police #surveillance #location #technology #privacy #news #future

New GPS system for microorganisms could revolutionise police work

Lund University. Microorganisms are organisms, such as bacteria, that are invisible to the naked eye. The word microbiome is used to describe all the microorganisms in a particular environment.

^{www.lunduniversity.lu.se}

Holy fuck.

If you ever need an example of how search has devolved into absolute dogshit, try searching for “is it bad if my cat eats cardboard?”.

Every result you get is going to be #enshittified #AI-written slop meant to keep you on the page as long as possible while it serves you a flurry of ads, useless videos, and pop-ups looking to harvest your personal data.

I don’t need a 1200 word treatise on the evolution of the instinctual drives of Felis Catus, a simple yes or no will do. 🤦‍♂️

There is no AI, just other people's data.

#robot #comic #ai #data #people #noai

Bad Idea 💡😱🤖

Source: theregister.com/2024/11/16/cha…

#ai #technology #robot #news

Letting chatbots run robots ends as badly as you'd expect

LLM-controlled droids easily jailbroken to perform mayhem, researchers warn

^{Thomas Claburn (The Register)}

LoL Elon's AI is mean to him 🤣

Source: fortune.com/2024/11/14/grok-mu…

#fake #propaganda #Twitter #ai #technology #news #truth #lol

Elon Musk’s AI turns on him, labels him ‘one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X’

His posts, it added, “can have real-world consequences."

^{Chris Morris (Fortune)}

Wisdom of the Pentium-M Man

#unix_surrealism #comic #penguin #ai #technomage