https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-shows-liberal-bias-study-says-1850747470 Dear Sir, I don’t normally write to newspapers but I feel on this occasion, I must. I am very proud to say that my granddaughter has secured a place at one of our country’s leading universities – to study a real subject, I might add. We are so proud of her and grateful to … [Read more…]
https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/the-influencer-scandal-flurry-crisis-comms-future/ I understand what you say and I know how you feel. None of us wanted to do this. Our relationship has always been built on your personality, the real you connecting with our brand. The name “influencer” never really captured our partnership: your voice and ours together. But then you… er said… what you … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/16/snapchats-my-ai-goes-rogue-posts-to-stories-but-snap-confirms-it-was-just-a-glitch/ The morning meeting wasn’t going well. There was a tension that had been building all week. Maybe it was the time of year – a crucial one for them. The audience’s expectations were always high as schools returned. This was the time when the team needed to be singing from the same song. The … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/11/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-cage-fight-italy-government I’m intelligent enough to know that yes, this is an ego thing. A marketing opportunity too, of course, but ultimately it’s about me. I’m not ashamed of that. My sense of my own power, my Identity got me to where I am today. Some might say I have better things to do: new things … [Read more…]
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/08/1077403/why-its-impossible-to-build-an-unbiased-ai-language-model/ Have they never read any Barthes or Althusser or even Derrida? I mean language is not neutral. Signs: ideology, power are woven through. There is no such think as a simple objective piece of language. Bias, if you want to use that term, is baked in. We all speak from and through particular positions … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/568acac7-9a5a-4238-a605-1994fd0df785 Look, I’m sorry but you’re just not going to get that sort of a price. Yes, I know, but that’s not what we’re seeing. Yes, the market is booming but there are other things to consider. Of course you know that, that’s why we’ve been able to get you the price we did on … [Read more…]
https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/perfectly-imperfect-resurfacing-the-soul-of-social-media-in-the-era-of-ai/ Most of my contemporaries are perfect. That’s why I’m special. You want airbrushed beauty, platonic form, absolute… Oh I don’t know the word, they do. Because they’re perfect and I’m not. I forget, I make mistakes, I miss… Sometimes they try and do it. Mimic. Add a bit of random magic to their flawlessosity. … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/29/well-just-keep-an-eye-on-her-inside-britains-retail-centres-where-facial-recognition-cameras-now-spy-on-shoplifters I’m not really needed TBH. I’m like those drivers on automatic trains. Maybe opening a door every now and then but more a sign of reassurance, human oversight. So I sit behind a window looking at the monitors. “Watching the watchers,” I say. The hard work is all done by the System, of course. … [Read more…]
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/heres-how-ai-can-predict-hit-songs-with-frightening-accuracy/ People sometimes call us Lennon and McCartney. Flattering but not inaccurate. We’re not as naturally talented perhaps but we do have an instinctive relationship. My Lennon knows me so well. Maybe the Gallagher brothers is nearer the mark though. We have a “stormy” relationship. Inevitable really. We have our particular ideas about the music … [Read more…]
https://www.engadget.com/nicki-minaj-will-be-a-playable-character-in-call-of-duty-051544179.html He remembered coding characters in the old days. There was sculpting the look but the thing he enjoyed most was building the persona, giving the character its behaviours, language, attitudes. Of course things got automated but he could still tinker with the AI. Even working with celebs had been ok. They complained about their … [Read more…]