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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I meant to say "Lots to think about". Probably a Freudian slip anyway.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-- Bob Primak </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 04:09:39 PM EDT, Robert Primak <bobprimak@yahoo.com> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">With my subscription to the NYT (digital, limited) I was able to read the article. Lost to think about there. Much of it is as I suspected, but I could never articulate the issues the way Noam Chomsky does. </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Definitely a lot to think about, and a lot for people to plan for as "AI" (chatbot) technology develops and spreads. </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">-- Bob Primak </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div>
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On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 03:13:08 PM EDT, Larry Wittig <9423lew@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv4686660752"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;" class="yiv4686660752gmail_default">Thanks for the link Mike.</div><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;" class="yiv4686660752gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;" class="yiv4686660752gmail_default">The article reminded me of an incident that took place about 50 years ago. I was at BBN but not in either of the groups involved. BBN was holding a meeting on Artificial Intelligence. (The "AI" acronym had not yet caught on.) Someone put a sign in the Lobby with an arrow pointing in the direction of the auditorium with the words "Artificial Intelligence this way". In less than an hour someone from the Architectural Acoustics group put up another sign with an arrow that said "Real Intelligence this way" pointing in their direction.</div><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;" class="yiv4686660752gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;" class="yiv4686660752gmail_default">Besides being a good joke it is and it was really much more profound. How long will it be before AI (going by riding on a robot) can/will understand both signs and the overall situation.</div><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;" class="yiv4686660752gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;" class="yiv4686660752gmail_default">BTW, the AI group had no sense of humor and quickly tore down the "real" sign.</div><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;" class="yiv4686660752gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;" class="yiv4686660752gmail_default">-- Larry</div><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;" class="yiv4686660752gmail_default"> </div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4686660752gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv4686660752gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 1:23 AM Michael Alexander <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mna.ma@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mna.ma@yahoo.com">mna.ma@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv4686660752gmail_quote"><div>
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For those who aren’t stymied by the NYT’s paywall: </div><div> An interesting attack on AIs that are based on training materials.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div> — Mike Alexander</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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