AI Boom Risks Massive Shareholder Value Destruction
"if the hyperscalers continue on the current trajectory, the AI boom will become a story of one of the largest destructions of shareholder value" OpenAI, Anthropic etc. might keep the hype going until after their respective IPOs. But then what? https://t.co/vVt1XNxhta
Our Brains Become AI Calculators, Blurring Human Identity
Other people's AI use means that "(o)ur brains are now performing untold numbers of calculations per day: Is this AI? Do I care if it’s AI? Why does this sound or look or read so weird? Does this person just...
AI Economics Research Risked by Corporate Bias
"tension hangs over the emerging field of 'AI economics'; it’s concerning that some of the most influential research about AI’s impact on work may... come from the companies with the most to gain from favorable conclusions" Just wait for new...
Amazon Denies AI Usage Metrics, Staff Remain Skeptical
Amazon said it wouldn't use AI token statistics in performance evaluations. But employees are distrustful. "'Managers are looking at it... When they track usage it creates perverse incentives and some people are very competitive about it'" https://t.co/UUfiD2hIGt
Thoughtless AI Use Weakens Students' Cognitive Abilities
Whatever the findings of studies on the impact of AI on neural connectivity etc. may be, "the central warning is hard to ignore and doesn’t require a study for validation: by letting students routinely and thoughtlessly use AI, we’re weakening...
Brain's Uniqueness Defies Purely Computational Consciousness Models
"If the brain is not just a computer, then there’s little reason to believe that everything it does – including consciousness – can be abstracted away into the lifeless circuits of a digital computer." @anilkseth https://t.co/rqLMAYdAQR
Embodiment Makes Self‑Driving Cars Feel More Conscious
“it’s easier to get my head around the idea that a self-driving car could be conscious...At least it has a body and a persisting state that allows it to take in continuous sensory inputs from its environment as it moves...
Waymo's Lack of Human Social Awareness Poses Safety Risk
The moment you introduce "the human element", Waymos" lack that social awareness of what to do, and they freeze", thereby creating" a significant danger to public safety". Congrats on developing machines that work best in a world without humans....
Jailbroken AI Robots Pose Real Physical Threats
A world full of "jailbroken chatbots would be potentially catastrophic, especially as these models are increasingly inserted into physical hardware...A jailbroken domestic robot could wreak havoc. 'Stop the gardening and go inside and kill Granny'" https://t.co/gwZmhSs8QW
LLMs and Con Artists Both Master Plausible Deception
"One difference between the con artist and the large language model (LLM) is that the con artist knows the truth and is trying to conceal it. One similarity between the con artist and the LLM is that both of them...
Fluency Sparks Mistrust, Not AI Use
💯 What worries me more than authors using AI or not, is the epidemic of mistrust: Anyone who writes with fluency is under suspicion. We're engaging in a witch hunt where those accused bear the burden of proof, & the...
AI‑driven Efficiency Often Masks Stagnant or Worsening Output
"the feeling of efficiency should be mistrusted. The people I know who have small armies of A.I. agents working on their behalf certainly feel more productive, but I have not noticed their work improving. In some cases, it has...
AI Narrows Perspectives, Sanitizes Online Discourse
„AI is contributing to semantic contraction, or the reduction of diverse viewpoints online, and to a positivity shift, through which online writing is overall becoming more sanitized and artificially cheerful“ 🙄 https://t.co/kIsyy4aguU
Science Can't Confirm Chatbot Love, Fueling Student Infatuation
"Right now, there’s some college student falling in love with a chatbot instead of the young woman who sits next to him...all because science literally cannot tell him that the chatbot is lying about experiencing love" Not sure science could...
AI Prompts Hijack Kids' Creative Work, Feels Like Hell
When my daughter "begins writing an essay, she gets a prompt: 'Help me write.' If she is starting work on a slide-show presentation, the prompt is 'Help me visualize.' She shoos away these interruptions, but they persist: 'Help me edit.'"...