We distinguish the digital from the real
One of the things our grandchildren will find quaintest about us is that we distinguish the digital from the real, the virtual from the real.
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The singular of data is anecdote
The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote. xkcd, on statistics in Sports Commentary
It is fundamentally dishonest to have a machine […] using first-person pronouns
I would argue that it is fundamentally dishonest to have a machine emit many categories of sentences, including any sentences using first-person pronouns. Ted Chiang arguing that No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious, but more importantly… Generative AI is harmful enough when we understand it as a conventional technology, but
However bad a writer you think you are, you are not worse than AI
However bad a writer you think you are, you are not worse than AI. But you still keep letting it do your writing for you, as if I won’t be able to tell. Listen: I can tell. I can always tell. You think I won’t notice, but I
A man in an armchair, charmed by his own reflection
What we got instead was a man in an armchair, charmed by his own reflection. Mike Hall on The Skeptic, disputing Richard Dawkins’ AI consciousness arguments