Tag Archives: artificial intelligence

New from me: Truth-Agnostic Chatbots Show the Need for a Search Alternative

Over at CIGI. Is it a problem that search engine companies, whose only job is to return information that people can trust and use, have hitched their wagon to a technology that produces falsehoods? Yes. Yes it is. If companies … Continue reading

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New(ish) from me: Tech world sees trust as a weakness not a glue

Over at the Toronto Star, I discuss the question of trust and tech, focused on (wait for it…) Large Language Models and ChatGPT. Far too many of the more-optimistic takes on chatbots, say, how they will help people better express … Continue reading

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Why it’s a mistake to compare calculators to ChatGPT

Courtesy of one of my morning papers, a discussion of how Canadian universities are reacting to ChatGPT, which includes this quote from University of Calgary Associate Professor of Education Sarah Elaine Eaton: “There’s a complete moral panic and technological panic … Continue reading

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New from me: Unlike with academics and reporters, you can’t check when ChatGPT’s telling the truth

Over at The Conversation. Please do check it out. Looking at the comments (protip: never look at the comments), I think it’s important to clarify that my point isn’t that you can trust journalists or academics because they’re academics or … Continue reading

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New from me: ChatGPT Strikes at the Heart of the Scientific World View

My latest for CIGI. I’m usually pretty good at writing quickly, but it’s taken me a couple of months to figure out how to think about ChatGPT. It’s a longer piece, but I’m quite happy with it, so please do … Continue reading

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