"These systems are trained on data. It needs so much data...The amount of computing power it takes is massive." Listen to @davideliot.bsky.social on KLWN Radio's Lewis at Large discussing his book, ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT: The Very Human Story of AI. bit.ly/4r2Fr6C
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Finally published! I have a chapter, 'Platform City People', out in this fully #openaccess book, Being Human in the Digital World, edited by Val Steeves and Beate Roessler, from Cambridge. Please read everything in it!
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I’m reading Norbert Weiner’s original texts for the first time… I need to be honest… I get why so many researchers became cybernetic deciples.
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Navigating the doom and gloom surrounding AI. Watch @davideliot.bsky.social on @cp24-mirror.bsky.social discussing his book, ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT: The Very Human Story of AI. @uoftpress.bsky.social
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If you find yourself at either the Eaton Center or The Well Indo stores in Toronto, you might find a little surprise inside your copy of Artificially Intelligent! @utpress.bsky.social
Europe’s AI Act defines a values-based path for innovation. Natali Helberger, José van Dijck and Claes de Vreese argue that if Europe wants to deliver on its ambitions of technological sovereignty, it must resist pressure to deregulate.
Artificially intelligent is starting to fill bookshelves across North America! Get your copy today #ai #NewBooks
On the left: an image of a robotic hand throwing a businessman in a trash bin on a blue background. On the right: text that reads “Will AI take your job? Believe it. Skilled workers and factory hands alike may fast become obsolete. But we are not powerless”
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping industries, but AI researcher David Eliot stresses the importance of rejecting complacency. “Even in a world dominated by machines, humans, and our decisions, are at the centre.” thewalrus.ca/will-ai-take-you...
"My fear is more about humans and the way that we treat technology, and less about the technology itself." Watch @davideliot.bsky.social on This Is Revolution discussing his book, ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT: The Very Human Story of AI. bit.ly/4o7XG94 @uoftpress.bsky.social
A really fun interview on a really cool show! Make sure to check it out, and order your copy of Artificially Intelligent today!!
Fine, take my chat gpt… but why did the universe need to go after clash of clans?!?
“My concern is that due to the feeling that we can’t understand AI, we are undemocratically giving the technologists an immense power to shape our society.” https://macleans.ca/technology-3/railway-tycoons-shaped-canada-dont-let-ai-barons-do-the-same/
A wide-ranging discussion with David Eliot about his new book, Artificially Intelligent, that covers many important topics in today's AI debates--including the impact of AI on jobs and human flourishing.
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"We're seeing a lot of what we call AI psychosis, of people having mental health episodes because the AI, their friend, is telling them what they want to hear." Watch David Eliot on Cowboy State Daily Show at 3:25:40 discussing his book, ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT bit.ly/4h5QQOA @uoftpress.bsky.social
Listen to David Eliot on The Lebenthal Report discussing his book, ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT, and how AI is reshaping our economy, the future of work, and everyday life—often in ways we don’t even realize: bit.ly/43cZeWQ @uoftpress.bsky.social
On my way to an AI conference to give a talk about the risks of AI mediating our information…. Ironically I almost missed my train because Googles Scheduling AI misread my train ticket and I trusted google instead of checking my ticket
Why is it that when I’m trying to hit a daily writing goal, every paragraph I write feels like 200 words but is actually like 80. And when I need to stay under a word count every paragraph feels like 80 words but is actually 200…?
No where near as dangerous— but my parents bought me an LSAT study book on Amazon that turned out to be AI generated. So many of the answers were wrong, and the advice it gave would have been detrimental to anyone studying for the first time. After numerous complaints it’s still for sale on Amazon
Has anyone tried unplugging America and plugging it back in again?
You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
Yuki when max leaves and Horner gets fired
Can we all agree that Yuki is the real main character of this F1 season?
The cherry on top is that Planters Peanuts paid for a Mr. Penut animatronic to have a lead role as an MLK figure turned freedom fighter in the robot rights movement.
Adapted fro text critical of contemporary advertising…
I am obsessed with the failure of “The Electric State” film. I feel like the case touches on so many of my interests
From a storytelling and writing approach— to a philosophical approach— And how the changes that contribute to the films failure embody the critical themes of the original book.
Live shot of the CPC rolling out a new slogan every second day #canpoli
I just learned that the Swiss government has invested millions of dollars into research on why the average amount of holes per square inch Swiss cheese has been decreasing
(Obviously my work week is off to a great start)
Wow! A lot of heavy hitters in this edition!
