Creativity can’t happen without sentience, and there are now arguments that some AIs are indeed sentient. If that is true now or in the future, then creativity might be possible. I view this possibility with a certain dreadful fascination. Would I forbid the teaching (if that is the word) of my stories to computers? Not even if I could.
-Stephen King
You’ve heard that Stephen King’s books were used to train AI. Now hear from King himself on that subject. (subscription required.)
August 23 from The Atlantic: My books were used to train AI.
August 30 from Fox News: The SEC has started regulating the first ever non-human financial advisor.
August 30 from CNN: Rising labor costs (and potential massive job loss) are making AI stocks more attractive
August 30 from Axios: Walmart is giving its 50,000 non-store employees access
August 30 from TechCrunch: Google Duet can now write your emails
→This can’t be free, right?
August 29 from CNBC: Google is going to charge $30 a month for enterprise use of its AI tool in Gmail and other office apps
→Right.
August 28 from Tech Crunch: DoorDash launches AI-powered voice ordering technology for restaurants
August 28 from The New York Times: The U.S. Air Force has launched an experimental aircraft, piloted by AI (subscription required)
The ‘say what, now?’ story of the week:
August 30 from NPR: U.S. Employers are using AI to essentially reduce workers to numbers in the workplace.
A 6-minute must listen with Ifeoma Ajunwa, author of The Quantified Worker. She explains her term ‘Mechanical Manager’- we may need to understand what we will all become.
August 30 from The Motely Fool: Two AI companies to invest in right now.
August 29 from Forbes: How we can protect against deceptive AI political ads
→As they say, I’m just going to set this here…
August 28 from Shelly Palmer: Talking to data—the real power of generative AI
August 28 from PEW Research: Most Americans haven’t used ChatGPT. Few think it will impact them.
→Congrats. By simply reading this blog, you’re ahead.
August 25 from HBR: How to reskill your workforce in the age of AI
August 28 from CNET: AI glossary – basic terms you should know
You will want to bookmark these:
From the U.S. Copyright Office: Copyright and AI resource center.
From Nieman Lab: AP and AI. Positioning and AP Stylebook updates.