Tuesday, October 4, 2022
HACKING GOOGLE: Series
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Who's Listening
Eavesdropping smartphones: Fact or fiction?
Many swear phones secretly listen in through their built-in microphones. We investigate the claims — and offer other explanations for spookily precise mobile ads.
Monday, June 20, 2022
Sentient AI. Is the computer alive?
Really! Really?
Read the articles. I'm just starting to gather data on this. Is it really cool or absolutely terrifying?
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/16/1105552435/google-ai-sentient
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/17/google-ai-ethics-sentient-lemoine-warning/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/14/google-lamda-artificial-intelligence-sentient-wrong-question/
https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/Turing-test?amp=1
Talking with LaMDA. Here is the conversation with LaMDA that Lemoine posted.
https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/is-lamda-sentient-an-interview-ea64d916d917
Google's Blog
https://blog.google/technology/ai/lamda/
More from Google's recent past
https://ai.googleblog.com/2020/01/towards-conversational-agent-that-can.html
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Or not?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/stop-saying-that-googles-ai-lamda-is-sentient-you-dupes
https://www.inputmag.com/tech/google-lamda-chatbot-not-sentient-ai-artificial-intelligence-blake-lemoine
https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/google-ai-sentience-lamda.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/google-lamda-chatbot-sentient-ai/661322/
https://www.analyticsinsight.net/googles-ai-chatbot-is-claimed-to-be-sentient-but-the-company-is-silencing-claims/
https://theconversation.com/is-googles-lamda-conscious-a-philosophers-view-184987
https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/how-will-we-know-when-artificial-intelligence-is-sentient
Monday, June 13, 2022
Silk Road The Complete Story
Silk Road was one of the largest marketplaces on the Dark Web in 2013. It was known for illegal drugs, but the marketplace had all sorts of merchandise. The following is a great documentary about the marketplace and it's creator. It's comprehensive and gets into all the detail. There is stuff here that I never knew. It's worth the watch.
Newsthink is a great YouTube channel with in-depth content. Look them up.