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Hurricane Ian Destroyed Their Homes. Algorithms Sent Them Money
When Hurricane Ian churned over Florida in late September, it left a trail of destruction from high winds and flooding. But a week after the storm passed, some...
Google Borrows From TikTok to Keep Gen Z Searching
In July, the Google executive who oversees the company’s lucrative and dominant search engine made a surprising admission. Younger users were diverting questions that would once have naturally...
Google Search Is Quietly Damaging Democracy
Google’s aesthetic has always been rooted in a clean appearance—a homepage free of advertising and pop-up clutter, adorned only with a signature “doodle” decorating its name. Part of...
Blake Lemoine Says Google’s LaMDA AI Faces ‘Bigotry’
But it calls itself a person.Person and human are two very different things. Human is a biological term. It is not a human, and it knows it’s not...
The Soul of a New Machine Learning System
Hi, folks. Interesting that congressional hearings about January 6 are drawing NFL-style audiences. Can’t wait for the Peyton and Eli version!The Plain ViewThe world of AI was shaken...
LaMDA and the Sentient AI Trap
“There’s a lot of snake oil out there, and mixed in with all the hype are genuine advancements,” Brin says. “Parsing our way through that stew is one...
