@UlrikeHahn @ExcelAnalytics @emilymbender

There is certainly variation in the output, thus "stochastic" in the term "Stochastic Parrot".

But is there novelty of the sort "that works"? In the sense of being tested within a "meaningful" environment of interaction, such that "what works" tends to persist and contribute to an increasing context of meaning-making over increasing scope of interaction?

I think the current generation have not crossed that threshold, but that in the near future, machine intelligence will.

The opportunity, and challenge, for us will be how to form effective synergistic relationships with these rapidly evolving agents.

#chatbots #LLM #machineIntelligence #AI #risk #technologyAndSociety

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/yuval-harari-ai-chatgpt.html?unlocked_article_code=Y_k5hDeYPEWAocY0_0wi-RWd__BFmI9uYHYGfaRyW55eGBMBy8m0DYDVLKuryn5SUuuPMk8hOz3-dhl3U6ZXs_8X0GmLcflI8ue8EGIHscZpkPzBDOR78OYbsejmOc6pL_4pWmsfFguAi83712TZ_4qr0AB1ibsSYrdS5HTt5Ls0eW0bwgv9xoLcKIP-jcJZBEGBPV4Ws5K57HUs60zdapCUeYweksnc8JQ-JR-HrofdBXpVszfwSRGErav6qkoiyFDuEyAdSXooJWB9TcxzITErzPpqTlHm_u6R5Wtprl9anSHIXSZOWj7uuYngwmAWwb38f4qQt31Uwyuraw_nSzY&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"Language is the operating system of human culture. From language emerges myth and law, gods and money, art and science, friendships and nations and computer code. A.I.’s new mastery of language means it can now hack and manipulate the operating system of civilization. By gaining mastery of language, A.I. is seizing the master key to civilization, from bank vaults to holy sepulchers."

"What would it mean for humans to live in a world where a large percentage of stories, melodies, images, laws, policies and tools are shaped by nonhuman intelligence, which knows how to exploit with superhuman efficiency the weaknesses, biases and addictions of the human mind — while knowing how to form intimate relationships with human beings? In games like chess, no human can hope to beat a computer. What happens when the same thing occurs in art, politics or religion?"

…

"We can still choose which future we want with A.I. When godlike powers are matched with commensurate responsibility and control, we can realize the benefits that A.I. promises."

#TechnologyAndSociety #MachineIntelligence

We need a workable system for reputation management that is

- decentralized and transparent in its operation

- robust, and immune to being gamed [see the first item...]

- multidimensional, since people's strengths and weaknesses, and impacts on others, vary with type

- discounts past behavior in favor of more the more recent

I think we have evidence that reputation management works in small groups, villages, families—so the challenge is how to apply our new tools for information management to our new, larger, social groups.

We need to apply new technologies to our new circumstances, to scale up our collective awareness and decision-making to match the exponentially increasing flood of data and connections.

And not by delegating to an independent agency such as an AI, or a 'trusted' leader or organization, or to an electoral system that fails on many of the criteria listed above.

Next, a system for modeling our values, multilayered and fine-grained, with increasing coherence over increasing context of meaning, and increasing scope of consequences…

#ReputationManagement, #CollectiveIntelligence, #CollectiveDecisionmaking, #TechnologyAndSociety #Democracy #Values

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From Seth's bog:

Shields up

…

What I want is a junkblocker. A big button on my browser that says “shields up.” And just imagine if it was set to on by default.

No celebrity gossip. No conspiracy theories. No weight loss breakthroughs. It would automatically block fist fights, trolling, urgent but unimportant breaking news, insights about the royal family, discussions of whatever happened to a star from thirty years ago, aliens, UFOs, MLMs, the latest pump-and-dump schemes, things that are true but irrelevant, things that are relevant but didn’t actually happen and stories designed to demean, degrade or intentionally inflict distress with little recourse available.

When you put it that way, who doesn’t want a button like that?

Somehow, we survived as a culture for centuries without exposing ourselves to thousands of profit-driven manipulations dumped on our living room carpet all day, every day.

No wonder we’re exhausted after a day online.

https://seths.blog/2023/03/shields-up-2/

#quality #consumerism #bullshit #reason #hype #news #stupidity #culture #TechnologyAndSociety

Advances in machine intelligence:
- ChatGPT,
- deepfake video,
- VALL-E voice duplication,
- automatic image editing,
- etc.
promise to do much of our thinking for us.

Making it even more vital that we learn and practice thinking for ourselves.

#TechnologyAndSociety #CriticalThinking

"ChatGPT’s Fluent BS Is Compelling Because Everything Is Fluent BS"

"The AI chatbot was trained on text created by humans. Of course its writing is superficially impressive and lacking in substance."

"Fluent bullshit is everywhere: in viral LinkedIn posts and rules for life podcasts, in fundraising decks and academic journals, even in this article itself."

https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-fluent-bs/

#Bullshit #Culture #TechnologyAndSociety

[repost] January 16-19, 2023, I'm organising and teaching a #WinterSchool on #AI & #society (and #semiotics) in Olomouc, Czechia! Open and free participation to all students. Apply until Dec 20, 2022. More info ➡️ https://oltk.upol.cz/aktuality/#c68751

@semiotics #technologyandsociety #scienceandtechnology #artificialintelligence #intelligentautomation #automationbias #culture #STS #socialconstruction #linguistics #digitalhumanities #HUGOD #HumanitiesGoingDigital

Today begins the 19th National Week of Technology and Science. The event is hosted by the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology. Until Sunday my colleagues and I will be representing our Institution and it's researches.

I'm the first from the left to the right wearing the 'Legend of Zelda' T-Shirt

#snct22 #science #technology #ScienceWeek2022 #technologyandsociety #brazil2022 #sciencegeek #history #ecology #informationscience

January 16-19, 2023, I'm organising and teaching a #WinterSchool on #AI & #society (and #semiotics) in Olomouc, Czechia! Open and free participation to all students. Apply until Dec 20, 2022. More info ➡️ https://oltk.upol.cz/aktuality/#c68751

@semiotics #technologyandsociety #scienceandtechnology #artificialintelligence #intelligentautomation #automationbias #culture #STS #socialconstruction #linguistics #digitalhumanities #HUGOD #HumanitiesGoingDigital

The importance of influence..
Tiktok in china vs US
#education #technology #technologyandsociety #technologyenabledlearning

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0j0xzuh-6rY

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