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Is AI getting closer to human values? It’s no secret that algorithms can produce systemically biased recommendations, such as in lending decisions. Some good news: A team at Anthropic tested the hypothesis that “language models trained with reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) have the capability to ‘morally self-correct’ — to avoid producing harmful outputs...
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Where were you on 30 November, 2022? When OpenAI made ChatGPT vers. 3.5 generally available? By some accounts, the heavens opened up, showering us with new knowledge and tools for creating valuable content. Five months on, consumer-facing, generative AI has started a frenzy, and is often confused with “artificial intelligence” ~ although it’s but one...
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Continuing our analysis of how the new bots are supporting their statements with evidence. Things are changing so rapidly that some of the responses we wrote about just several weeks ago have changed substantially. Today we look at ChatGPT, Bard, Bing, and scite. Bing shines with its presentation design. ChatGPT. When we ask Should I take zinc for...
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House Hunters International is great guilty-pleasure viewing, especially while nursing a cold or avoiding the plague. (Pro: Insider views of interesting cities. Con: Reminders of the unique pain of choosing a place to live.) It’s easy to add city center, natural light, and extra bedrooms to your wish list, but painful to accept the inevitable...
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Museum musings.

Pondering the places where people interact with artificial intelligence: Collaboration on evidence-based decision-making, automation of data-driven processes, machine learning, things like that.

Recent Articles

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9 May 2023
Can you trust AI with your next decision? Part 3 in a series on fact-checking/citation
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25 April 2023
How is generative AI referencing sources? Part 2 in our series
15 March 2023
Can AI replace your CEO?
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28 February 2023
What’s state-of-the-art when an AI cites sources of evidence? Part 1 in our series
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19 August 2021
How to blame a robot for mistakes: Do your finger pointing properly.