Whilst it was once a distant concept from a futuristic world, artificial intelligence (AI) is now becoming ever more integrated within modern society. From personal assistants on our mobile devices and in our homes, to academic and professional AI-driven shortcuts and tools, it seems impossible to avoid using AI at some point in our lives. […] … learn more→
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Should you introduce your children to AI?
AI is our ‘Promethean fire’: using it wisely means knowing its true nature – and our own minds
Future historians may well regard 2023 as a landmark in the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). But whether that future will prove utopian, apocalyptic or somewhere in between is anyone’s guess. In February, ChatGPT set the record as the fastest app to reach 100 million users. It was followed by similar “large language” AI models from Google, Amazon, Meta and other […] … learn more→
Google’s Gemini AI hints at the next great leap for the technology: analysing real-time information
Google has launched Gemini, a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that can seemingly understand and talk intelligently about almost any kind of prompt – pictures, text, speech, music, computer code and much more. This type of AI system is known as a multimodal model. It’s a step beyond just being able to handle text or images as previous […] … learn more→
The prompts that make AI cross legal limits
From making an atomic bomb to undressing the protagonists of a photo… The prompts (instructions, questions or texts) that manage to force artificial intelligence to break legal limits are present in open forums. The new prompt war JFK promised that Americans would reach the Moon before the end of the 1960s. There was a space and arms […] … learn more→
If intelligence is flexibility, then “artificial intelligence” is not intelligent at all
How ironic that some of my species think that the ultimate in human intelligence is to create technology that reproduces and replaces that intelligence, like a God creating humans in his image. Quite the contrary, I prefer to think that what we learn from artificial intelligence should inspire much more humility in our so-called super-powerful human […] … learn more→
The educational skills that help us in the face of artificial intelligence
I put on a podcast where they tell me how to make a recipe. Listening to the description makes my mouth water, the way of telling it impresses me. I imagine the result on the table and I can’t wait. I buy everything that is required quickly and I’m on my way. Regarding that “a pinch of salt” thing, […] … learn more→
The hidden cost of the AI boom: social and environmental exploitation
Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) have been dominated by a few key concerns, such as whether superintelligent AI will wipe us out, or whether AI will steal our jobs. But we’ve paid less attention the various other environmental and social impacts of our “consumption” of AI, which are arguably just as important. Everything we consume […] … learn more→
What test to do to an artificial intelligence to discover that it is not human
For hundreds of years, human beings have studied and tried to figure out what separates them from animals. Biology, sociology, anthropology and even philosophy are nourished by this existential question. Even the law, where it was established that certain groups of animals and in certain circumstances can be considered ” legal person “. Will artificial intelligence have rights, then? Will […] … learn more→
AI could shore up democracy – here’s one way
It’s become fashionable to think of artificial intelligence as an inherently dehumanizing technology, a ruthless force of automation that has unleashed legions of virtual skilled laborers in faceless form. But what if AI turns out to be the one tool able to identify what makes your ideas special, recognizing your unique perspective and potential on the issues where […] … learn more→
Artificial intelligence can support architects but lacks empathy and ethics
Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many different industries in recent years. It gained a lot of attention and popularity with the launch of ChatGPT, a tool capable of writing poems, solving equations and producing articles on different topics. With the fast-paced implementation of AI in different fields, will it take the place of architects and architecture schools […] … learn more→