The cover image for this post was generated by AI. The prompt “generate an image for a post describing AI art” was placed into ChatGPT, and the result was interesting. This begins to beg the question: is AI-generated art real art? The arguments for AI art: The arguments against AI art: What makes AI art…
As we know, Alan Turing first posed the question “can machines think?” But, where did the term “AI” come from? In 1956, two years after the death of Turing, John McCarthy had organized a summer workshop at Dartmouth College to analyze and develop ideas on machine learning – calling the workshop “artificial intelligence” and is…
For one woman, the answer is yes. Through using ChatGPT, this woman had found it was easy to personalize the responses from the chatbot to describe what she wanted. Imagine asking a chatbot to provide you with the emotional support of a real relationship, only to essentially (and accidentally) “fall in love” with it. She…
Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems, or LAWS, are a “special” class of weapon systems that can independently search for and engage targets based on a computerized system; they can destroy a target without manual human control. US policy does not prohibit the development or use of LAWS, yet, the country does not have any in its…
If a machine operates in a way that is unfavorable, who is held liable? The responsibility gap tries to answer that question – is it the manufacturer or the machine itself that is held responsible? The responsibility gap occurs when the line between who to blame for an action, whether is AI or humans, begins…
