While in Western capitalist societies “artificial intelligence” appeared in the sphere of consumption (e.g. chatGPT…) with the immediate aim of looting personal data and, in the near future, applications in …
Mechanical, very mechanical: comments on artificial general intelligence
Will smart machines produce value? Despite the plethora of related analyses, the entire discussion (at least in mainstream media) around artificial intelligence seems to have reached a dead end, trapped …
robot wars: the empire of the USA and geopolitics in the robotic age
Robots fascinate humans. Whether it is dystopian stories of cyborg warriors or growing concerns about mass unemployment, the robot is a science fiction archetype that haunts our cultural unconscious. But …
the parrot’s question: how far does thought fly?
A man considered the godfather of artificial intelligence (AI) resigned from his job, warning about the increasing risks due to developments in this field.Geoffrey Hinton, 75 years old, announced his …
do machines feel remorse?
In the 1990s, shortly after the successful cloning of the famous (or infamous) Dolly, one of the dominant themes of the discussions of the time regarding new technologies was that …
a discussion about artificial intelligence (somewhere far away…)
The following text is a transcript of a discussion that took place between certain academics in a distant country, prompted by the emergence of ChatGPT a few months ago. First …
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The blonde, blue-eyed Fedha may not represent the typical appearance of women in Kuwait. Her uncovered head may not express the mainstream view there regarding female dress codes. Ultimately, she …
Technological metaphysics (a note on “artificial intelligence”)
The ChatGPT app gained 100,000,000 (100 million) active users in just two months from its release: it is a world record for the speed at which a technological application has …
BabyX
If “artificial intelligence” is already so good, so attractive, so friendly, so communicative, it can only get even better! There are many people working on this. Even with unexpected goals. …
“artificial intelligence”: large language models in the age of “intellectual” enclosures
They can write poems and stories on their own, they can converse with a person with impressive naturalness, they have a particular knack for writing college assignments on behalf of …
For laughs (and for tears)
For laughs (and tears) > Microsoft’s ChatGPT “broke the bank”! It was accepted as a game, proving (if proof was needed) that some technologists of the 4th capitalist industrial revolution …
Make me a summary
Amazon has long been notorious for its harsh anti-union practices and the working conditions that prevail in its warehouses. Its latest achievement? According to an internal company document that leaked, …