Tag: software studies
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You might want to write these words off as mere figures of speech, but in a way that’s the point. What is a chatbot other than a figure — a mask, a… more ›
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The last post hereabouts was a doozy. “AI EEEEEE!!” was my somewhat feverish take on AI, and I am still working through feedback from the piece, most insistently from my… more ›
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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… more ›
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Over the past few months, AI chatbots like ChatGPT have captured the world’s attention due to their ability to converse in a human-like way on just about any subject. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/why-ai-chatbots-are-the-ultimate-bs-machines-and-how-people-hope-to-fix-them/ more ›
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Everything you can do just right, a computer can do for free.Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin. He’s the bestselling author of 20 books and a long-time… more ›
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Snowflake, Wilson Bentley, ca. 1910Please excuse the off-schedule transmission. https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/phase-change/ more ›
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I made an AI clock for my bookshelves! It composes a new poem every minute using ChatGPT and mysteriously has an enthusiastic vibe which I am totally into. Here’s are… more ›