Blog posts under the tag artificial-intelligence
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September 5, 2023 · Reading time: 12 min
A polar bear cub is harmed every time you use ChatGPT
I know, I know, the title of this post is atrociously click-baity. But if we allow Big Tech to get away with making outrageous claims about how their technology is saving humanity and release software that hallucinates, I hope you can forgive me for using the same tactic to bring up an important ...Read more -
July 18, 2023 · Reading time: 3 min
Leaning into our messy human experiences in a world of generative AI
I’m probably not alone in having a bit of an existential crisis as I see generative AI convincingly imitate human skills. Sure, you can argue that these AI models are just reshuffling words and pixels and other bits of language, but a lot of the work humans do can be described in similar ways. Th...Read more -
July 13, 2023 · Reading time: 10 min
Questioning the magic of digital oracles and the men behind the AI curtain
We seem to have an affinity towards the belief that we can influence the world through spells, prayers, incantations, affirmations. And now digital oracles have emerged on our screens that we can bend to our will through spells that have been rebranded as prompts. We call the digital oracles arti...Read more -
June 20, 2023 · Reading time: 8 min
Responsible AI needs responsible humans – like you
It’s great to see people talking about responsibility and AI in the same sentence. But the phrase “responsible AI” is really starting to bother me. It implies that responsibility is somehow a feature of machine learning models. It shifts our attention away from activities where humans should be t...Read more -
May 31, 2023 · Reading time: 8 min
Resources Are All You Need (to demystify ChatGPT and the generative AI tsunami)
If you visit any news or social media website, you’ll likely stumble upon articles about ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Opinion pieces, interviews with experts, latest and greatest prompting tips… Among all the buzz and noise, it can be hard to find quality resources to und...Read more -
May 24, 2023 · Reading time: 4 min
An open invitation to sit around the digital campfire and tell better stories
I fell in love with the Internet in the 90ies when I discovered I could use it to talk to people from all over the world. As I started building and exploring new worlds in Second Life in 2007, I imagined a future where we can all build experiences that bring us closer together and help us learn m...Read more