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AI prompt engineering – employment opportunities9/23/2023
Prompt engineers are in demand. This article notes salary ranges. • CNBC > makeit > “This is the No. 1 ‘most important’ AI skill you need to know, says MIT … Read more
Shaping and stirring the AI boom – Time’s 10^2 influencers9/9/2023
The most influential people in AI … movers & shakers, shaping the good, bad, & ugly. Only the beginning … • PR Newswire > “TIME Reveals Inaugural TIME100 AI List … Read more
Will androids be less tribal? – restraining AI ‘replicator’ risk8/11/2023
AI chatbots are like replicators. What could go … In his latest Plaintext newsletter, Steven Levy recounts his conversation earlier this summer with legendary artificial intelligence researcher Geoffrey Hinton, “after … Read more
Fusion dreams – big science tokamak travail7/22/2023
No “Mr. Fusion” in the near future. Perhaps not even a giant tokamak. Here’s a tale of ongoing Big Science travail, Big Science going bust. A schedule that just keeps … Read more
AI chatbot reality check – the bottom line?6/5/2023
Generative AI chatbots might be cool to many. But the heat (greenhouse gas emissions) and cost may deflate hype as a reality check for the botton line. Generative AI data … Read more

jph on AI chatbot reality check – the bottom line?8/5/2023
[Image credit: Montage from simpsons.fandom.com] So, hype-cycles are not new to Silicon Valley. And the 100's of millions, the billions…
jph on ChatGPT – an illusion of understanding?8/4/2023
This Wired article reminded me of the classic Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 7 "The Lonely" (November 13, 1959). In…
jph on AI tech and society’s slippery slope8/1/2023
AI safety So, in guarding against adversarial attacks on AI chatbots, is a policy of "gradualism" realistic? – counting on…
jph on Lords of AI – Tech giants and an International Agency7/29/2023
The tenor of AI regulation debate in Congress: the elephant in the room – Cold War missle gap redux •…
jph on Lords of AI – Tech giants and an International Agency7/21/2023
Will pledges by the most influential AI tech companies – to mitigate the risks of emerging AI platforms – lead…