Viewing AI as Alien Intelligence

Large Language Models with Artificial Intelligence (AI) are neural networks whose hardware is very different from the human brain.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://avi-loeb.medium.com/viewing-ai-as-alien-intelligence-f1d08286267f

The AI-Writing Paradox

My father must have been using ChatGPT for over 50 years based on how people think AI-generated content can be identified at a glance. A well written content! But not all well-written content is AI-generated.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://debralawal.medium.com/the-ai-writing-paradox-43e4fbae2435

When AI Triggers Our Imposter Syndrome

Several people have spoken to me about not feeling qualified to talk to their students about AI. Such feelings aren’t limited to this emerging technology. For many, the imposter syndrome has become part of what it means to be a faculty member in higher education.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/when-ai-triggers-our-imposter-syndrome

She interviewed for 15 AI roles before landing a Microsoft offer. It made her realize how the job market has changed.

Prior to securing her new role, she spent the last two years developing and managing data and AI solutions at Morgan Stanley. She said the job market for AI roles has changed drastically since she was on the hunt about two years ago.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-ai-job-market-changed-interviews-companies-expect-llm-experience-2024-7

Los Angeles Unified School District chatbot provider Allhere goes belly up

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Los-Angeles-Unified-School-District-chatbot-provider-Allhere-goes-belly-up-after-taking-over-2-million-for-three-months-of-poor-performance-while-violating-student-data-privacy.856641.0.html

Gradually, then Suddenly: Upon the Threshold

A fundamental feature of many important technologies is that they improve over time.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/gradually-then-suddenly-upon-the

AI's new cost-free knowledge hype clashes with reality

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.axios.com/2024/07/03/ai-power-knowledge-cost-future

Google’s AI Overviews Coincide With Drop In Mobile Searches

A new study by search industry expert Rand Fishkin has revealed that Google’s rollout of AI overviews in May led to a noticeable decrease in search volume, particularly on mobile devices.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-ai-overviews-coincide-with-drop-in-mobile-searches/521303/

Her guacamole recipe tops Google. She fears AI will change that.

Recipe bloggers want Congress to scrutinize Google’s “AI Overviews.”

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/26/google-ai-overviews-congress-web-publishers-raptive/

Listen to your favorite books and articles voiced by Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds and Sir Laurence Olivier

Thanks to partnerships with their estates, the voices of legendary stars of stage and screen Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds, and Sir Laurence Olivier are now part of the library of voices on our Reader App.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/iconic-voices/

AI Outperforms Students in Real-World “Turing Test”

A study at the University of Reading revealed that AI-generated exam answers often go undetected by experienced exam markers, with 94% of such answers going unnoticed and achieving higher grades than student submissions.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://scitechdaily.com/ai-outperforms-students-in-real-world-turing-test/

Former NSA chief revolves through OpenAI's door

Equally misguided is the contention by Western leaders that if Putin is not defeated in Ukraine, he will gobble up more and more of Europe, beginning with Poland and the Baltics.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/former-nsa-chief-revolves-through-openai-s-door/

OpenAI introduces CriticGPT, an AI tool that helps coders identify bugs and improve code quality

OpenAI has introduced CriticGPT, a new AI model based on GPT-4, designed to identify errors in code produced by ChatGPT. In trials, CriticGPT improved code review outcomes by 60% when used compared to those who did not.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/openai-introduces-criticgpt-an-ai-tool-that-helps-coders-identify-bugs-and-improve-code-quality-434987-2024-06-28

Eternal You review – thought-provoking look at new AI product for the grieving

Death is a booming business. For one thing, it’s inevitable. For another, it brings a uniquely vulnerable and receptive market for any product that promises to numb the grief. Enter artificial intelligence.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/30/eternal-you-review-thought-provoking-look-at-new-ai-product-for-the-grieving

Gemini’s data-analyzing abilities aren’t as good as Google claims

One of the selling points of Google’s flagship generative AI models, Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5 Flash, is the amount of data they can supposedly process and analyze.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/29/geminis-data-analyzing-abilities-arent-as-good-as-google-claims/