Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was a very good read. As in Never Let Me Go, Ishiguro makes a few small tweaks to the world, but does this just out of the reader’s sight. As the resulting ripples propagate around the corner, we learn a great […]
Category: AI
Comment on: Rules for bringing AI into the classroom
from the FT 16 Aug 2021: https://www.ft.com/content/ef231955-e97d-4552-8dcc-f1afe01ad613 This is a good idea and an approach that adds value in several ways. There seems to be quite a lot of effort spent on trying to make so called artificial intelligence systems autonomous with the objective of replacing an alternative. However, by focusing on specific tasks and […]
Comment on: What separates humans from AI? It’s doubt
A Big Read item from the FT by Stephen M Fleming April 16 2021 https://www.ft.com/content/1ff66eb9-166f-4082-958f-debe84e92e9e This is an excellent article and the work on self-examining systems is fascinating. I look forward to hearing more about that. I find the “confidence” ascribed to AI s often misunderstood by potential consumers of AI/intelligent systems. The software itself […]