New issue of my newsletter: “Asking Good Questions Is Harder Than Giving Great Answers” — The tests we are using to assess the intelligence of AI are missing an essential aspect of human inquiry — the query itself
New issue of my newsletter: “Asking Good Questions Is Harder Than Giving Great Answers” — The tests we are using to assess the intelligence of AI are missing an essential aspect of human inquiry — the query itself
For those who might be interested in traveling to our archives and special collections at Northeastern University to do research for an extended period, there’s a fellowship from the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (deadline: Feb 1, so act soon)
New issue of my newsletter: “The Unresolved Tension Between AI and Learning” — If education is accelerated using AI, will we lose some crucial aspects of learning that will prove to be problematic?
The Catalog of Distinctive Type, a visual catalog of distinctive and damaged printing type originating in books published in England from 1660 to 1700
A periodic reminder that you can subscribe to my newsletter Humane Ingenuity on my website
New issue of my newsletter: “Books, AI, and the Public Good: A New Grant” — A Mellon-funded project to develop an ethical, public-interest way to incorporate books into artificial intelligence
New issue of my newsletter: “Synths and Sensibility” — From Beethoven to Kraftwerk, innovative artists have used new technology to make music more human, not less
New issue of my newsletter: “No Happy Medium for Books” — A court ruling curtails the circulation of the written word
New issue of my newsletter: “Break Expectations” — Where does the ability of AI to mimic human expression end? Poetry provides a helpful case study
New issue of my newsletter: “AI Comes for Music”—As the record labels sue AI companies for generating derivative songs, let us ask: What makes a song original and human anyway? (Includes non-spoiler references to Robin Sloan’s new novel Moonbound.)
