yeah, what’s fair use about, about for the news?what’s fair use but an old-fashioned notion?what’s fair got to say, got to say about it?who needs copyright when hoovering up is so easy? there’s a case that fitsit’s legalitya court room awaits …criminality? it may seem i’m overreactingwhen you copy out my words …if i’m sounding… Continue reading What’s fair use got to do with it – limits on AI’s hoover up?
Elevating humanity – OpenAI’s narrative for AGI
Regarding the timeframe for achieving and qualifying Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), recently (December 4, 2024) on CNBC, Andrew Ross Sorkin interviewed Sam Altman, co-founder and C.E.O. of OpenAI, at the New York Times annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Altman said that quite capable AI agents (able to choreograph… Continue reading Elevating humanity – OpenAI’s narrative for AGI
Happy Thanksgiving 2024
My holiday digital card for 2024.
AI regulation faces a test in California
Benefits and costs of the new AI gold rush. Move fast and break things … vying for supremacy (“America’s AI edge,” like another Manhattan Project) … but … who’s a developer, and what are their responsibilities in some type of regulatory framework? Who does AI safety testing? Are there 3rd party evaluations? Certifications? Kill switches?… Continue reading AI regulation faces a test in California
The darkside of AI – outages and shortages
Another gold rush is underway. Recast as the AI tech boom. Yet, AI is power hungry, a voracious beast consuming vast amounts of electricity. And water [1]. And those gas-fired power plants [2] … Generative AI data centers are expensive to build, expensive to operate, and tax the electric grid and our limited water resources… Continue reading The darkside of AI – outages and shortages