AI
— OpenAI predicts “superintelligent” AI within this decade and is seeking top talent to ensure it aligns with human values. Philosophy has shaped AI from its origins and remains crucial for addressing future ethical and consciousness questions.
AI
— OpenAI predicts “superintelligent” AI within this decade and is seeking top talent to ensure it aligns with human values. Philosophy has shaped AI from its origins and remains crucial for addressing future ethical and consciousness questions.
Social Media
— Election disinformation is a critical issue, often exacerbated by AI-powered bots that mimic real users to spread misleading information. These bots can influence public opinion and voter behaviour by amplifying false narratives at a massive scale.
Media
— In the new year, consider improving your news diet. Be wary of biased algorithms on social media, seek diverse viewpoints, recognise attention-seeking, share balanced sources, and beware of emotional manipulation.
Analysis
— If we decide that AI helps us think freely, we may need to give it rights too.
Democracy
— If people were dropped into a new situation tomorrow, how would they choose to govern themselves?
Tech
— AI can manipulate a real event or invent one from thin air to create a ‘situation deepfake.’ These deepfakes threaten to influence upcoming elections, but you can still protect your vote.
Political Cartoons
— Computer programmers and coders could see their jobs reduced to almost nothing in 5 years, thanks to AI. They are literally training their replacement. | Political Cartoon by FM Hansen.
Long-Read
— Professor Chris Grey on the UK’s ambition to lead global AI regulation after Brexit, and the challenges and opportunities it faces, with the competition from other countries and regions, especially the EU.
COMMENT
— AI is now able to generate photo-realistic images of human hands. It can now take images like photos and make them realistically detailed. With this new technique, the possibilities of what AI can do are endless.
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