Leslie found the following texts helpful for maintaining a broad AI cultural currency. Her choices address the economy, racism, medicine, new AI tools, and more. The resources are orderd chronologically to ease updating, which will happen at least quarterly. Enjoy!
Resources
Wilson, Jordan (Host). (1 Oct 2024). "NotebookLM: The Best AI Tool You've Probably Never Used." Youre
verydayai.com. Youtube.com. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
- Don't let Wilson's AI enthusiasm turn you away. He is on top of the AI news (every Monday); he talks with experts about AI in the business world; and he shows us how to use new tools--all for free. This episode reviews Google's free "NotebookLM" tool, which allows us to limit the texts AI uses to answer questions, reducing hallucinations and errors. This may be a real gift to faculty and students. Available as podcast, live stream, and Youtube recordings.
Miller, Katharine. (3 Sept. 2024). "Covert Racism in AI: How Language Models Are Reinforcing Outdated Stereotypes."
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
Stanford University. Accessed 23 Sept. 2024.
- Miller reports on an article in the journal
Nature
that found that efforts to reduce
overt
bias in genAI outputs has actually increased the tools'
covert
biases.
Khullar, Dhruv. (2 Sept. 2024). "How Machines Learned How to Discover Drugs."
New Yorker.
Accessed 23 Sept. 2024.
- Khullar, a medical doctor, describes how researchers are teaching AI to identify promising compounds that may help humans combat antibiotic resistance in deadly microbes.
Roose, K. and C. Newton (Hosts). (20 Sept. 2024). "OpenAI's Reasoning Machine, Instagram Teen Changes and Amazon R.T.O Drama." (Audio Podcast).
Hard Fork. New York Times.
Accessed 23 Sept. 2024.
-
Listen to learn
about OpenAI's new tool, OpenAI 01, a "reasoning" tool that answers queries using a process called "Chain of Thought."
Zeff, Maxwell. (30 Aug. 2024). "California's Legislature Just Passed AI Bill SB 1047: Here's Why Some Hope the Governor Won't Pass It."
TechCrunch.
Accessed 23 Sept. 2024).
- Zeff outlines the contents of SB 1047, which aims to regulate the AI industry in California. He then summarizes supporters' and critics' arguments regarding the bill.
Gerken, Tom. (28 Aug. 2024). "AI Lets Us Cut Thousands of Jobs--but Pay More."
BBC.com.
Accessed 23 Sept. 2024.
- Financing company Klarna is laying off thousands of employees, admitting it's possible because they're "using AI in marketing and customer service." Klarna leadership says the government needs to support these and other thousands who lose their jobs to AI.
Rosenbluth, Teddy. (10 July 2024). "In Constant Battle with Insurers, Doctors Reach for a Cudgel: AI."
New York Times. Accessed 15 July 2024.
- Doctors are using AI to write more successful requests and appeals for coverage of patient services.
Roose, K. and C. Newton (Hosts). (31 May 2024). "Google Eats Rocks, A Win for AI Interpretability, and Safety Vibe Check." (Audio podcast).
Hard Fork. New York Times.
Accessed 1 July 2024.
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Listen to learn
why it will be difficult for Google to keep nonsense out their AI "summaries" and how an Anthropic researcher is mapping the AI "mind" in an effort to open the AI "black box."
