Last month Google’s AI research group published an academic paper in which they set out to define artificial general intelligence. I summarise this paper and provide my own commentary.
AI Needs to be Unmasked or we will Create a Bubble
Are we in an AI bubble? With the spending that’s going on and with the way AI products are being sold to us, yes, I believe we are. Hence, AI needs to be unmasked for what it is and what it can and can’t do.
No Silver Bullet for AI and Programming
A lot of people have been asking whether in this age of advanced AI it is still worth learning to code. I look back at a seminal essay written in the 80s to answer this question.
ChatGPT is Communist
An academic study has found that ChatGPT is left-leaning in terms of its political standpoints, despite its official stance of neutrality. I discuss here the implications of these findings.
AI and Sensationalist Media Reporting
AI is over-hyped. And the media are fuelling this hype with trashy, inaccurate reporting. It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt.
Security Film or Image Enhancing is Possible
How many times have we seen in a film somebody request security footage to be enhanced? Lots. We know it’s rubbish but in this post I present a possible scenario where this might actually be feasible.
How Deep Learning Works – The Very Basics
In this post I thought I’d try to explain how deep learining works. I want this to be a “Deep Learning for Dummies” kind of article.
Amazon Go and Just Walk Out Tech in 2023
It has been over five years since Amazon opened its cashierless stores to the public. How are things going with this project?
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is – Review
I write a review of a book written by Prof Smith on the Philosophy of the Internet.
The West Fears AI, the East Does Not
What is the attitude to AI in the East? Our western culture has a vastly different culture. Perhaps our fear of AI is not matched elsewhere.