I’m changing my mind about generative AI. I don’t think hallucination is the show-stopper anymore. I think we are. Perplexity.ai, which I’ve been using as my main AI research assistant, has this month launched a Deep Research tool, essentially an upgraded version of itself, which doesn’t just do a cursory web search and build its … Read more
We’ve been poor about trying to predict the real, lasting impact of generative AI. It’s not through lack of trying: some have talked about rethinking the way our economies run and how we think about our lives, to treating it as an existential risk, to treating AI as a foundational, or general purpose, technology that will change everything. I’m … Read more
Artificial intelligence puts us in a bind that in some ways is quite new. It’s the first serious challenge to the ideas underpinning the modern state: governance, social and mental health, a balance between capitalism and protecting the individual, the extent of cooperation, collaboration and commerce with other states. How can we address and wrestle … Read more
It’s easy for most people — journalists included — to look the other way as Julian Assange’s case grinds to its (likely) grim end. He doesn’t fit neat holes — is he a journalist? An activist? A political operator? A source? An intermediary? A publisher? A whistleblower? This means that those who are supporting his … Read more
OpenAI’s attempts to make ChatGPT a tool for everyone is not only flawed, but dangerous