We're just not good at fact checking things. We skim them, assuming they're accurate, and then the errors settle in, like stones at the bottom of a pond. Sharp ones. Stones that may well cut our feet when we inadvertently step on them later.
Tag: Artificial Intelligence
Mark Stickells on AI & the role of Humanities in STEM
Taking a different tack with this episode, a wonderful chat with the remarkable Mark Stickells, AM, CEO of Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, on AI and the role of Humanities in STEM. "I fundamentally believe knowledge is a human insight. And we work with these tools that are incredibly powerful, but can be incredibly stupid." "We… Continue reading Mark Stickells on AI & the role of Humanities in STEM
Pascal Elahi on Quantum Computing, the value of a broad education, and a lot more!
A fantastic conversation with Quantum Computing specialist and all round fascinating thinker, Dr Pascal Elahi. The worst data mistakes I've seen, besides let's say using obviously biased data to prove a result you want is also usually, uh having data, and being like I'm gonna ignore the bits that contradict the answer I want to… Continue reading Pascal Elahi on Quantum Computing, the value of a broad education, and a lot more!
Set an AI to Catch an AI
we can't detect AI enabled writing with any reasonable degree of confidence. And no, we can't mark student work with LLMs, or solve real world problems with LLMs, or replace the people doing jobs requiring judgement, compassion, or rationality with LLMs. Not without suffering painful regrets when it comes time to deal with the consequences!
Making Sense of AI
So you haven’t got time to read through hefty books about the AI industry. You’ve had fun with image generators, and you find chatbots useful although occasionally alarming. But there’s information firing at you from all directions, and it’s wildly contradictory, alarming, exciting, and horrifying, all at the same time. What the heck are you supposed to do?