After reading the The New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, I find my sympathies more with OpenAI and Microsoft than with the NYT.

The suit:
(1) Claims, among other things, that OpenAI and Microsoft used millions of copyrighted NYT articles to train their models
(2)…

A thread on some misconceptions about the NYT lawsuit against OpenAI. Morality aside, the legal issues are far from clear cut. Gen AI makes an end run around copyright and IMO this can't be fully resolved by the courts alone. (HT Sayash Kapoor not another bot for helpful discussions.)

I invited Luxembourgish Artist Alain Welter to my home & showed him LetzAI.

The resulting video offers a glimpse into a traditional artist's first interaction with AI.

If you're curious about AI, or if it seems daunting to you, this video is for you.

Anyone interested in learning more about generative AI? Fully online option available for folks outside of Des Moines.

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I have a systematic philosophical overview of the last ten years of research in deep learning (and recommendations for promising next targets) hopefully heading soon to a bookstore near you. Have a look at the table of contents if this might interest you.

So long Cal and Stanford.

Back when we were writing the Second Machine Age, Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 and I would play a game where we try to name an occupation that could not be done by AI or robotics.

Barber seemed like a good candidate.

Excited to be a part of this!

Don't score AI using tests designed for humans. In particular because, with humans, the default assumption is that *they haven't already seen* the content you're giving them. With a LLM, the default assumption should be that, *if it's on the Internet, it's already been memorized*

This is going to be a great event. Excellent panelists & a timely topic. Especially looking forward to hearing from Heidi Mannetter. Thanks for putting this together, Christopher Porter. Drake University

A thread of interesting Bing Search examples:

🖥️ 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤, 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙!

The Wolves' newest threads pay homage to Iowa's place in computing history and hit the floor TOMORROW ⚫️🟢

AUCTION: bit.ly/3YcHuXg

Why does chatGPT make up fake academic papers?

By now, we know that the chatbot notoriously invents fake academic references. E.g. its answer to the most cited economics paper is completely made-up (see image).

But why? And how does it make them? A THREAD (1/n) 🧵

6 incredible resources developed by top universities to help you become a proficient academic writer — totally free:

I love a good ML course that doesn't shy away from going deep into maths.

Here is a recent one that does exactly that: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

William Shatner on his Blue Origin flight to space: 'It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered.' variety.com/2022/tv/news/w…

A workshop at Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Formal Epistemology is starting with a talk by Christopher Porter on learning, randomness, and depth!

.IA Architectural FDN selects Laura Porter as new Foundation Director. bit.ly/3A3sz6U #DSMUSA

One like = one spicy take about AI policy.

We're going to have to change our courses/assignments immediately to deal with the effects of AI on higher Ed. This coming school year faculty in writing intensive courses will notice a dramatic improvement in the quality of student written work.