AI – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:27:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Junk food for the mind https://www.openforum.com.au/junk-food-for-the-mind/ https://www.openforum.com.au/junk-food-for-the-mind/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:43:26 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46944 Generative AI is pumping out endless torrents of garbage books, pictures and social media posts for scammers and fraudsters - up to 70% of tweets on Elon Musk's X are generated by bots - undermining the public's trust in all kinds of online information.

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Back to the future https://www.openforum.com.au/back-to-the-future-4/ https://www.openforum.com.au/back-to-the-future-4/#respond Sat, 09 Mar 2024 21:11:12 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46975 The field of artificial intelligence has been running through a boom-and-bust cycle since its early days. Now, as the field is in yet another boom, many proponents of the technology seem to have forgotten the failures of the past – and the reasons for them.

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Sprint to success with AI https://www.openforum.com.au/sprint-to-success-with-ai/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 20:26:53 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46770 An artificial intelligence "Sprint" has been launched to help startups and entrepreneurs rapidly develop AI solutions to address pressing national issues including cost of living, governance, supply chain resilience, human and environmental well-being, and workforce transformation.

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Ersatz intelligence https://www.openforum.com.au/ersatz-intelligence/ Sun, 18 Feb 2024 23:25:49 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46669 AI is not intelligent or truly creative, but ersatz intelligence and creativity will be good enough for many humdrum commercial tasks for companies looking to cut expensive human staff.

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Balancing the risks and rewards of AI https://www.openforum.com.au/balancing-the-risks-and-rewards-of-ai/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 22:48:31 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=45407 The tricky balance between innovation and safety in the realm of artificial intelligence means policymakers, intelligence agencies, industry, civil society and researchers must work together to shape the future.

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Wising up or dumbing down? https://www.openforum.com.au/wising-up-or-dumbing-down/ https://www.openforum.com.au/wising-up-or-dumbing-down/#comments Fri, 13 Oct 2023 20:17:51 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=45080 Proponents of generative AI claim it will offer personalised content for schools, expedite writing and information analysis, and push the frontiers of scientific discovery, but if machines start thinking for us, will we have more time to think more deeply or have no need to think at all?

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Machines and men https://www.openforum.com.au/machines-and-men/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 20:46:30 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=45061 Narrow AI can enhance us by freeing us from routine tasks, enabling us to concentrate on higher level strategic goals and improving our productivity, but as artificial intelligence expands in capabilities, we have to make sure it serves the interests of humanity, not the other way around.

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Welcome to the AI life coach https://www.openforum.com.au/welcome-to-the-ai-life-coach/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 21:47:13 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=44010 Artificial intelligence is now being offered as the solution to every problem, and one application could be automated life coaches to help people manage their health and every day lives.

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Can you trust AI? https://www.openforum.com.au/can-you-trust-ai/ Sun, 23 Jul 2023 22:08:01 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=43866 AI offers another powerful tool to large tech firms looking to extend surveillance capitalism, which boils down to spying on you to make money off you.

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Threats and opportunities https://www.openforum.com.au/threats-and-opportunities/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 22:35:26 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=43716 Artificial intelligence offers a range of short, medium and long term opportunities and threats to humanity, a situation complicated by the fact that threats and opportunities are often different things to different people.

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Experts react to the Federal government’s AI discussion papers https://www.openforum.com.au/experts-react-to-the-federal-governments-ai-discussion-papers/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 21:46:49 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=43237 The Albanese government is reportedly considering a ban on “high-risk” uses of artificial intelligence and automated decision-making, warning of potential harms including the creation of deepfakes and algorithmic bias, and a range of Australian experts and researches have given a mixed reaction to the papers informing this debate.

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AI isn’t alive and won’t kill us – yet https://www.openforum.com.au/ai-isnt-alive-and-wont-kill-us-yet/ Sun, 21 May 2023 02:12:17 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=42983 AI researchers such as Eliezer Yudkowsky warn that the creation of 'artificial general intelligence' may herald the end of the human race, but more sanguine attitudes to the capabilities and intentions of AI are still possible.

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