This is a story about lawyers and moronicans, laziness and greed, and why blame for bad AI results should frequently rest with people, not technology. You should be skeptical about reports of flaws and problems with AI – but also skeptical about the results you get from your own use of AI, and skeptical about…
Foreigners sure talk fast, don’t they? When you listen to someone speaking a foreign language, you’re sure they’re speaking very quickly, far faster than you speak in your more refined native language. It turns out they think exactly the same thing about the way you talk. It’s the “Gabbling Foreigner Illusion.” Speech scientists have studied it…
I’ve written about how AI is great and AI research will change the world and you should use it to plan your trips, while cheerleaders kick up their heels and wave their pom poms, rah rah sis boom bah. That’s part of the story. I don’t apologize a bit for being a cheerleader for AI. It’s a great big beautiful…
AI is taking over online searches. At the moment, that’s good news – the AI summaries are increasingly reliable and helpful. In the long term, they might be so good that paradoxically, they contribute to the enshittification of the internet. It’s a big, complicated, nuanced AI world! Let’s go through a little history, then talk…