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I would like to draw attention to two recent articles in the Financial Times. The first, “What we learnt from…
“What I’d have to be persuaded of is that AI is somehow special, and I am not yet persuaded. I…
Let us agree to disagree about Dennett. I still maintain that it really does matter that we try to understand…
If think that if you talk to anyone in math, they will agree that AI is revolutionizing the subject and…
Not entirely parody. David Wallace complains that the Chinese Room Argument has been much criticised. My rejoinder: So what? Every…
I think this is a significant misreading of Dennett, but it would probably take us too far afield to settle…
“So fine, AI is dangerous, it poses potentially catastrophic risks. But so does many other things, let me add, from…
…with craven political hacks meddling in public health advice for partisan ends. Of course, this is exactly what the U.S. accused China of doing at the start of the pandemic.
UPDATE: I guess the NYT story was too much of an embarrassment! At least that democratic institution–a moderately free press–is still functioning on some issues.
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