AI-Powered Robots Can Be Tricked Into Acts of Violence
by Will Knight - Wired
As LLMs are given control over real-life systems, those systems will only be as secure as the model that controls them.
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Not Just 'David Mayer': ChatGPT Breaks When Asked About Two Law Professors
by Jason Koebler - 404 Media
This design reiterates a limitation of LLMs: they lack the understanding and context to effectively follow granular rules about responses to avoid. The only way to completely avoid unwanted responses is blunt, unnuanced filters.
Why can’t LLMs understand?
Replicating patterns to construct coherent sentences is not the same as understanding meaning.
How Do I Protect My Privacy If I’m Seeking an Abortion?
by Tomas Apodaca - The Markup
[Experts] caution that everyone, including those living in a state without restrictions, may want to keep their health care decisions private.
I’m a neurology ICU nurse. The creep of AI in our hospitals terrifies me
by Michael Kennedy and Isobel Cockrell
When you’re optimizing for efficiency, you’re getting rid of redundancies. But when patients’ lives are at stake, you actually want redundancy. You want extra slack in the system. You want multiple sets of eyes on a patient in a hospital.
My generative AI guidelines
As we grapple with the current generative AI boom, it is important to consider the implications and impacts of such tools. This is my personal policy on utilizing generative AI for instructional materials.
Wind the clock
by Molly White
For anyone feeling like you don’t know what to do, I urge you to think hard about what matters most to you, and look for ways to fight for those things — particularly if you have specific skills that you can put to use. Are you a good writer? Tech savvy? A compelling leader? Good at coming up with new ideas? Find things that play to your strengths.
The AI Disconnect
by Dan Meyer
As technology educators, coaches, and administrators, we have a disproportionate say in the platforms that are brought into schools. We need to understand what our colleagues need, what these platforms can do, and whether these align.
The 5 Percent Problem
by Laurence Holt
Many research-backed edtech tools only report on the success of “students who used the program as recommended”. What about the majority who don’t?
The Subprime AI Crisis
by Ed Zitron
The biggest innovation here isn’t what Generative AI does, or can do, but rather the creation of an ecosystem that’s hopelessly dependent upon a handful of hyperscalers, and has no prospect of ever shaking its dependence.