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Turkle made the point that AI companions aren’t qualified to converse with you about life’s challenges because they don’t have *standing* to do so: they haven’t lived a life. They haven’t suffered loss or fell in love or struggled with parenthood. I thought this was a nice point.
AI as Golem and Egregor
Matthew B. Crawford
In general, the chief compliance officer at any company has a dial in front of her that she can turn to get More Crime or Less Crime, and at a normal company — a bank, for instance — her job consists of (1) turning it most of the way toward Less Crime, but (2) not all the way, and (3) acting very contrite when politicians and regulators yell at her about the residual crime. “We have a zero-tolerance policy for crime,” she will say, and almost mean.
Money Stuff: Bed Bath & Beyond Got Its Deal Done
Matt Levine
You are approaching this like an established natural sciences field where old classics = good. This is not true for ML. ML is developing and evolving quickly.
Ask HN: What Are the Foundational Texts for Learning About AI/ML/NN?
ycombinator.com
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