CHARBONNEAU – AI Labs recruit philosophers to explore consciousness
DESPITE PHILOSOPHY’S importance in asking the big questions, relatively few people actually earn a living doing philosophy. That’s changing with the explosion of [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Data centres are the embodiment of our AI fears
IN AN IPSOS AI Monitor survey, two thirds of Canadians view AI as a direct threat to jobs, personal privacy, and overall stability of society. Of 32 countries surveyed, [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Can AI griefbots help in mourning lost loved ones?
FOR BETTER OR WORSE, hundreds of millions of people interact with fictional AI companions daily. They are beguiled by the ability of generative AI to produce human-like [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The curtain is pulled from AI magic
I’M FASCINATED by how AI systems work, such as ChatGPT. They are called Large Language Models (LLM) for a good reason. They are trained on billions of web pages and [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Few long-term jobs from AI data centers in Kamloops
THERE ARE OBVIOUS advantages for the builders of AI data centres to locate in Kamloops. But they don’t create that many long-term jobs. Job creation is a routine part of [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Robots aren’t persons under the law yet
THE OUTCOME of a U.S. federal court case could have legal and philosophical implications. A suit filed by a Florida mother alleges that an artificial intelligence company is [Continue]
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