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Bluffing to please: ChatGPT’s sorry strategy

Posted in Media ecology, Science & society, tagged , , , on February 19, 2025 | Leave a Comment »

I’m sharing an exchange between my son and ChatGPT, wherein he is asking the AI about whether bison ever lived in the northeastern United States. When he hones in on some confusing information, ChatGPT begins to respond in a way that seems calculated to please, and when he tells it its information is incorrect, ChatGPT […]

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Symbiocene talk, AI, & other things

Posted in Anthropocene, Media ecology, tagged , , , , , , , on June 27, 2024 | 1 Comment »

This blog has been a bit quiet as I transition to my new position as Woodsworth Chair in Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University. I’ll be sharing more about that soon. In the meantime, I can share links to a few recent talks. Last year’s Free Cultural Spaces symposium “Towards the Symbiocene,” held in Amsterdam’s Club […]

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Conversations with chatbots

Posted in Media ecology, tagged , , , , , , on September 4, 2023 | Leave a Comment »

Like a lot of university faculty these days, I’ve been thinking about, and testing out, chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. In fact, I’ve been quizzing them on various things. They have answered some of my questions with general-consensus knowledge. For instance, on whether or not it’s too late for humanity to successfully respond […]

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Sentience, LaMDA-style

Posted in Philosophy, Science & society, tagged , , , , , , on June 13, 2022 | 3 Comments »

If it was science fiction, it would be pretty good. I’m talking about Blake Lemoine’s interview with LaMDA, the Google AI who claims to be sentient. Lemoine was placed on administrative leave last week by Google for going public with trade secrets. He also happens to claim LaMDA is sentient. A few quotes from LaMDA […]

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On (not) being human

Posted in Media ecology, Music & soundscape, Spirit matter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 23, 2020 | 1 Comment »

The New York Times has published an article on AI-generated faces which strikes me as an informal litmus test of our humanity, or at least of neurotypical emotional response. Here’s how to work it. Scroll through the mega-composite image at the top of the article — do it slowly, then quickly, then varying your speed […]

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The Qanization of the world

Posted in Cultural politics, Media ecology, Spirit matter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 18, 2020 | 3 Comments »

As I’ve been preparing to cover QAnon in my media course (and trying to keep up with it, since it’s really been ramping up ahead of the election), I’ve seriously begun to think of it is a work of evil genius. Let me explain why. For starters, it’s worth reminding ourselves that QAnon was designated […]

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