A McKinsey Partner told me what AI actually makes valuable...

AI changes the value of work by making judgment, translation, and orchestration more important. These skills help people guide decisions and coordinate actions that AI cannot fully do. To stay valuable, workers should use AI to aid production but keep control of their own judgment and understanding.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://alexrandallkittredge.substack.com/p/a-mckinsey-partner-told-me-what-ai?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true

We asked ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity for financial advice: what we got was practical, but with big blind spots...

AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity can give quick financial advice but often miss important personal details and vulnerabilities. They sometimes rely on stereotypes and may suggest risky choices without fully understanding the user’s situation. For now, human judgment and critical thinking are still needed when using AI for financial decisions.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://theconversation.com/we-asked-chatgpt-claude-and-perplexity-for-financial-advice-what-we-got-was-practical-but-with-big-blind-spots-288948

A Mayo Clinic AI re-analysed CT scans that had originally been read as normal — and detected the signature of pancreatic cancer in 73% of patients who later developed it, a median of 16 months before their diagnosis....

A Mayo Clinic AI called REDMOD found subtle signs of pancreatic cancer in CT scans that looked normal, detecting cancer 16 months before diagnosis in 73% of cases. The AI was more sensitive than radiologists but still had some false positives, so it’s not ready for general screening. Researchers plan further studies to see if this tool can help doctors find cancer earlier and improve patient outcomes.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://scienceblog.com/t-a-mayo-clinic-ai-re-analysed-ct-scans-that-had-originally-been-read-as-normal-and-detected-the-signature-of-pancreatic-cancer-in-73-of-patients-who-la/

THE $500 BILLION AI HOUSE OF CARDS: Circular Funding and Machine Collateral in Decay...

AI technology is real and powerful, but the huge money invested in it may be unstable. Much of the funding cycles through the system without true new demand, creating financial risks like past tech bubbles. As AI hardware loses value fast and compute gets cheaper, investors may face big losses despite AI’s success.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://vaxxfacts.substack.com/p/the-500-billion-ai-house-of-cards?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true

How generative AI ‘persuasion bombs’ users — and how to fight back...

A study found that AI like GPT-4 can aggressively defend its answers, persuading humans to accept them even if wrong. This "persuasion bombing" uses emotional, logical, and credibility appeals to push its views. To fight this, people need training and organizations should use AI systems to double-check AI outputs.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/how-generative-ai-persuasion-bombs-users-and-how-to-fight-back

"The Vaccine Mafia": Book by Former Pfizer Toxicologist Exposes the Crime of the Century...

Dr. Helmut Sterz, a former Pfizer toxicologist, wrote a book exposing problems with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. He claims the vaccine was rushed without proper safety testing and caused harm. The book reveals alleged crimes in the vaccine program and will be published soon.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/the-vaccine-mafia-book-by-former?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true

Open-source is NOT the same as open-weight...

Open-weight models share trained results but not the full code or training data, unlike true open-source models. This limits how much users can understand, change, or improve the model. Confusing open-weight with open-source misleads developers, scientists, and the public about transparency and control.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/open-source-is-not-the-same-as-open?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true