Archive - Understanding AI

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Congress shouldn't rush into regulating AI

Sam Altman's proposal to license foundation models isn't ready for prime time.

May 18 •

The AI safety debate is focusing on the wrong threats

Singularism vs. physicalism: two very different ways of looking at AI risk.

May 9 •

Hollywood writers strike to keep AI out of their industry

AI doesn't pose a serious threat to screenwriters—at least not yet.

May 4 •

April 2023

Why I'm not worried about AI causing mass unemployment

Software didn't eat the world and AI won't either.

Apr 24 •

I cloned my voice with AI and my mother couldn’t tell the difference

The technology is getting shockingly cheap and easy to use.

Apr 13 •

March 2023

Copyright lawsuits pose a serious threat to generative AI

Stable Diffusion and other AI systems are in uncharted legal waters.

Mar 30 •

Let's learn about AI together

My new newsletter will cover AI in a "full stack" way. Please join me!

Mar 30 •

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