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  • when close enough often enough ≠ correct – tracking tech

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    As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found more “good enough” things to be just that – versus always seeking the so-called “best.” But trusting “good enough” data – approximate or inaccurate data – that works most of the time can take us down rabbit holes. Saying “the tech made me do it” is no excuse for knee-jerk actions. Recheck those disclosures! This article contains a telling…

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  • Better to ask forgiveness than permission? – Big Tech regulatory framework

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    You want your kids to be good citizens, conscientious & responsible; but also resilient to new challenges and hardships (as “sh** happens”). So, how do you come up with guidelines for their growth that are as dynamic as the novel circumstances they’ll face? Ditto for economic and social health and growth? As noted elsewhere as a comment to my post “Lords of AI,” the news…

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  • AI prompt engineering – employment opportunities

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    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 expert: ‘You can learn the basics in 2 hours’” by Tom Huddleston Jr. (Sep 22 2023) – Everyone needs to learn prompt engineering. Prompt engineering is essentially the skill of refining and inputting text commands…

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  • Shaping and stirring the AI boom – Time’s 10^2 influencers

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    The most influential people in AI … movers & shakers, shaping the good, bad, & ugly. Only the beginning … • PR Newswire > “TIME Reveals Inaugural TIME100 AI List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence” (Sep 7, 2023) The 2023 TIME100 AI list features 43 CEOs, founders and co-founders … The list features 41 women and nonbinary individuals, … The youngest…

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  • Will androids be less tribal? – restraining AI ‘replicator’ risk

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    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 he [Hinton] had some time to reflect on his post-Google life and mission” – in his “new career as a philosopher.” The fears Hinton is now expressing are quite a shift from the previous time…

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