ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/deepminds-145-page-paper-on-agi-safety-may-not-convince-skeptics/
Saturday, April 5, 2025
DeepMind’s 145-page paper on AGI safety may not convince skeptics
Google DeepMind on Wednesday published an exhaustive paper on its safety approach to AGI, roughly defined as AI that can accomplish any task a human can. AGI is a bit of a controversial subject in the AI field, with naysayers suggesting that it’s little more than a pipe dream.
ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/deepminds-145-page-paper-on-agi-safety-may-not-convince-skeptics/
ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/deepminds-145-page-paper-on-agi-safety-may-not-convince-skeptics/
An AI Model Has Officially Passed the Turing Test
One of the industry's leading large language models has passed a Turing test, a longstanding barometer for human-like intelligence.
ORIGINAL LINK: https://futurism.com/ai-model-turing-test
ORIGINAL LINK: https://futurism.com/ai-model-turing-test
The New Student in Class: Generative AI
For three McGill professors in the Faculty of Arts, the conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching took off in 2023. ChatGPT, an AI chatbot built on OpenAI’s foundational large language models (LLMs), had become popular one year earlier.
ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2025/03/the-new-student-in-class-generative-ai/
ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2025/03/the-new-student-in-class-generative-ai/
AI and the Paradox of Education: Generative Teaching, Agentic Learning, and Education's Singularity
"It’s true - @stevehargadon is a national treasure." @markjotter "Steve is an amazing facilitator. He brings this wonderful combination of humility, hospitality and insight to conversations that matter in education.
ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.stevehargadon.com/2025/03/ai-and-paradox-of-education-generative.html
ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.stevehargadon.com/2025/03/ai-and-paradox-of-education-generative.html
A New Old Way: Learning in Conversation with AI
There is a line in Charles Handy’s The Age of Unreason where he quotes an anonymous Irishman: “How do I know what I think until I hear what I say?” (Others have said similar things.
ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.stevehargadon.com/2025/03/a-new-old-way-learning-in-conversation.html
ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.stevehargadon.com/2025/03/a-new-old-way-learning-in-conversation.html
Session 123: "AI and Libraries: with Lib2.0"
Steve Hargadon joins as host of the 56,000-member Library 2.0 online community, for a discussion on the evolving role of artificial intelligence in libraries. Drawing from two years of hosting free large-scale mini-conferences on AI and libraries as well as paid webinars and workshops.
Steve will
ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZl17i1kuoE&t=177s
ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZl17i1kuoE&t=177s
Sunday, March 30, 2025
You’ll Laugh at This Simple Task AI Still Can’t Do
Most human children learn how to tell time around ages six and seven — but artificial intelligence still, apparently, can't parse a clock face.
ORIGINAL LINK: https://futurism.com/ai-simple-task-fail-clock
ORIGINAL LINK: https://futurism.com/ai-simple-task-fail-clock
Your A.I. Lover Will Change You
A future where many humans are in love with bots may not be far off. Should we regard them as training grounds for healthy relationships or as nihilistic traps?
ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/your-ai-lover-will-change-you
ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/your-ai-lover-will-change-you
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