Ppl have a natural tendency to undervalue investments in the present with future payoffs, explaining interest in #AI companions, which bring immediate payoffs that may be less than those of human relationships, which pay off in the longer run, argues Rahul Ravi
theconversation.com/from-ai-comp...
#AI can help ppl by productive but also can also dull critical thinking, though #AI "breaks" and other methods can mitigate this problem (before it's too late!)
www.economist.com/business/202...
A recent Auditor General's report shows that Ontario civil servants are using #AI in ways that may compromise citizen's #privacy, though responses to this issue aren't as straightforward as you might guess, argues @jmmcgrath.bsky.social
www.tvo.org/article/anal...
This isn't a one-off, it's a pattern! #AI generated text proliferates expressions like This-isn't-X, it's-Y beyond all necessity and simply obfuscates whatever point is being made, argues Joshua Gonzales
theconversation.com/slanguage-wh... #chatbots
One way to prevent collapse of beneficial currents in the North Atlantic might be to dam the Bering Strait (you read that correctly), though that doesn't mean the project is advisable, explains @sarahashemi.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c... #geoengineering
Ppl fall for their #AI companions, but the emotional safety those provide could also keep users from developing the emotional resources fostered in relationships with other real but imperfect human beings, explains Sarah Laing
www.thestar.com/life/relatio...
"Stardust Solutions" is a private company proposing to cool the Earth using clouds of tiny particles of amorphous silica, raising questions of efficacy and whether management of the climate should be a private enterprise
www.economist.com/science-and-... #geoengineering
#AI generated music and "slopaganda" help fuel the Alberta separatist movement and promote its anti-immigration, white nationalist themes, argue Jamie Meyers-Riczu & James Deaville
theconversation.com/how-ai-gener... #politics
If this network of #YouTube channels promoting #AI generated "slopaganda" is to be believed, Albertans can't wait to become the 51st state, though the material seems to originate outside of #Canada, explains @alexboyd.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/news/investi... #politics
The Ontario Auditor General concluded that #AI scribes are too inaccurate for use in medical offices, but @drgorfinkel.bsky.social begs to differ: issues can be addressed and the scribes save doctors screen time they can spend with patients
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #medicine
The concept of a ‘discount rate’ helps to explain why humans prioritize what feels good or easy now even when it leads to worse outcomes over time.
Negation-based language is cognitively ineffective. And when amplified by AI-generated writing it distorts how people engage with ideas.
theconversation.com
A preliminary study suggests that blocking off the waterway between Russia and Alaska could help the survival of a key system of ocean currents. But there could be potential unforeseen consequences, p...
Private money is bringing new ideas—and new concerns—to solar-geoengineering research
www.economist.com
Anthems generate emotional responses, tying communities together, and deepfake, inauthentic and foreign-generated videos are part of what’s circulating.
