“Hubris and entitlement are inherent in the development of transformative tech..A small group of people needs to feel confident enough…But generative AI stretches this dynamic to point of absurdity.” OpenAI Just Gave Away the Entire Game - the Atlantic
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OpenAI Just Gave Away the Entire Game - The Atlantic archive.ph/AL81B I’ve been saying this for a while now: Sam Altman is the new Tyrell

“If you’re looking to understand the philosophy that underpins Silicon Valley’s latest gold rush, look no further than OpenAI’s Scarlett Johansson debacle” archive.ph/AL81B via ⁦The Atlantic⁩

Generative AI? Conversational AI? Public Thinker Gerd Leonhard explains buff.ly/4dSWzoU
#generativeAI #botshit #publicthinker

Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI situation. Wow:

The Paradigm Shifts of the 2020s Live Global Talk by Peter Leyden gerd.fm/3rPqVFb #gerdtalks good stuff by Peter Leyden

“The engineers who are developing this model of labor have a bold ambition to atomize entire careers into micro-tasks that almost anyone, anywhere in the world, can carry out online. They’re banking on the idea that any technology that can make a complex… wired.com/2016/06/its-no…

The most realistic video calls ever | Project Starline Prototype - YouTube buff.ly/43MgHU0
Is this the future of keynotes, too? @google tell me more

I'm working on a brand-new keynote /story/narrative on what personal AI assistants might do to/for our society, riffing of u know who 'Bicycles for the mind' - but 'Bullets 4 the Soul'. I will announce a new #gerdtalks live stream soon, stay tuned via YT buff.ly/3J3albJ

Europe needs to start WRITING its preferred future. The EU AI act is a key step in this direction. imho. #thegoodfuture

Must read about the past and future of the internet The Great Flattening buff.ly/3QL6vqy

“Moreover, this was only v1; it turns out that the flattening can go even further:

LLMs are breaking down all written text ever into massive models that don’t even bother with pages: they simply give you the answer.”

The Great Flattening
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Worst immigration line I’ve ever seen today at sfo, coming from Zurich . Hard to believe the ESTA machines are gone and everything is done manually. WTH? The most techie city in the world but immigration procedures are stone-age San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ✈️ not next time if I can avoid it

Gerd Leonhard - AIVOLUTION buff.ly/3vBtblE meet me in Lisbon may 28 for this amazing AI event

“Intellectuals are not defined according to the jobs they do, but [by] the manner in which they act, the way they see themselves, and the [social and political] values that they uphold.[page needed]” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellect… #publicthinker

The Good Future Film. Dubbed in Greek! Futurist Humanist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard buff.ly/3WHQR30

O bom futuro? Tecnologia e Humanidade. Palestra imersiva em tela ampla do #futurista Gerd Leonhard buff.ly/3wyViCN

“Creating counterfeit digital people risks destroying our civilization. Democracy depends on the informed (not misinformed) consent of the governed. By allowing the most economically and politically powerful people, corporations, and governments to… theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

“New chatbot technology can talk, laugh and sing like a human. What comes next is anyone’s guess.” nytimes.com/2024/05/14/tec… via @Instapaper

“governments around the world are weighing up options from wealth taxes to levies on shipping. The US is planning to fund the IRA by raising $300bn over the decade by requiring large corporations to pay a 15 per cent minimum tax on their profits, as well… ft.com/content/6873d9…