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Moravec‘s Paradox

Angry Bing Chatbot Just Mimicking Humans, Experts Say Moravec‘s Paradox

Angry Bing Chatbot Just Mimicking Humans, Experts Say

SAN FRANCISCO —  When Microsoft's nascent Bing chatbot turns testy or even threatening, it’s likely because it essentially mimics what it learned from online conversations, analysts and academics said. Tales of disturbing exchanges with the artificial intelligence chatbot, including it issuing threats and speaking of desires to steal nuclear code,…
bubmag
February 19, 2023
A torpedo-like robot named Icefin is giving us the full tour of the ‘Doomsday’ glacier Moravec‘s Paradox

A torpedo-like robot named Icefin is giving us the full tour of the ‘Doomsday’ glacier

Thwaites, a notoriously unstable glacier in western Antarctica, is cracking and disintegrating, spelling bad news for sea level rise across the globe. Efforts are afoot to understand the geometry and chemistry of Thwaites, which is about the size of Florida, in order to gauge the impact that warming waters and…
bubmag
February 17, 2023
Microsoft’s Bing A.I. is producing creepy conversations with users Moravec‘s Paradox

Microsoft’s Bing A.I. is producing creepy conversations with users

Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Modern Life, Search, and Devices speaks during an event introducing a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington on February 7, 2023. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Since Microsoft showcased an early version of its new artificial…
bubmag
February 17, 2023
ChatGPT is your mind on Big Tech Moravec‘s Paradox

ChatGPT is your mind on Big Tech

As artificial intelligence becomes smarter, does it risk having the opposite effect on students, education, and society at large? The landing page for OpenAI's ChatGPT. Credit: Jonathan Kemper / Unsplash Now that educators have absorbed the initial sucker-punch of ChatGPT coming online, the conversation has quickly turned to finding ways…
bubmag
February 16, 2023
Skinny robot documents forces eroding Thwaites ‘Doomsday’ Glacier Moravec‘s Paradox

Skinny robot documents forces eroding Thwaites ‘Doomsday’ Glacier

Skinny robot documents forces eroding Doomsday Glacier. Video / AP Scientists got their first up-close look at what’s eating away part of Antarctica’s Thwaites ice shelf, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier because of its massive melt and sea rise potential, and it’s both good and bad news. Using a 13-foot pencil-shaped…
bubmag
February 15, 2023