Amazon Wants You to Throw Out Your BMW’s User Manual in Favor of AI
“We want you to be able to throw out your user manual,” was one of the first things Dean Miles, Amazon’s director of product for its smart vehicles, told me…
Magic: The Gathering Posts, Defends, and Then Backtracks From Obviously AI Art
Three weeks ago, Wizards of the Coast made the bold declaration that use of generative AI tools at any stage of the creative process for Magic: The Gathering products was…
All the Ways AI Could Suck in 2024
Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing (Getty Images) As 2024 begins, there has been plenty of speculation about what lies ahead for artificial intelligence. AI was the hottest industry in the world last…
As 2024 Begins, Silicon Valley Wants You To Be Optimistic About AI
Gif: PixelChoice (Getty Images) More people are making video games than ever before, but most games are still designed by teams of professionals. There’s a barrier of technical skills that…
Google Wrote a ‘Robot Constitution’ So Its Machines Won’t Kill You… Hopefully
Gif: Google On Thursday, Google announced a new “Robot Constitution” that will govern the AI that runs its upcoming army of intelligent machines. Based on Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of…
In 2024, AI Will Spark an Indie Video Game Renaissance (and Nightmare)
More people are making video games than ever before, but most games are still designed by teams of professionals. There’s a barrier of technical skills that keeps the average person…
Researchers Say There’s a 5% Chance That AI Will Cause Human Extinction
Photo: josefkubes (Shutterstock) A survey of the leading AI scientists says there’s a 5% chance that AI will become uncontrollable and wipe out humanity. In the short term, researchers estimate…
The Dumbest AI Moments of 2023
Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock) By now you’ve probably heard that ChatGPT has a penchant for making up lies and stating them as fact, or what experts refer to as an AI…
Siri Will Stop Being an Idiot in 2024. Your Life Will Never Be the Same.
I want to love Siri. I really do. Every day, I walk around with a little robot that lives in my pocket and responds to simple commands. It is a…
How to Check If Something Online Was Written by AI
Generative artificial intelligence is everywhere you look these days, including on the web: advanced predictive text bots such as ChatGPT can now spew out endless reams of text on every…