Automation Visions
tag > ML
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In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a simulated game-world
- Improvements in performance or “learning” over time following closed-loop feedback
- Learning observed from both human and primary mouse cortical neurons
- Systems with stimulus but no feedback show no learning
- Dynamic changes observed in neural electrophysiological activity during embodiment
TL;DR: Remarkably, small numbers of explanted human and mouse cells show the ability to learn and respond to artificial sensory feedback enough to play a game of electronic Pong. Something that i highlighted in EP 2 of my docu LIFE on "Neurorobotics"
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ChatGPT by OpenAI now expressly prohibits arguments for fossil fuels. (It used to offer them.) Not only that, it excludes nuclear energy from its counter-suggestions. 🤡 🤡 🤡
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Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness and the Self - by Subhash Kak
"Consciousness is not computable. But this does not mean that AI machines will not displace humans from most jobs. And even if machines did not become conscious, there will be increasing tendency on the part of humans to treat them as if they were conscious."
Consciousness “it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it.” Stuart Sutherland, 1989, International Dictionary of Psychology
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How Generative AI will transform 3D artist job's - Thread by Troy Kirwin
Image: A typical VFX pipeline
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Kickstarter & Patreon suspend "Unstable Diffusion"
#Comment: Censoring all uncensored generative AI models will very likely create a very expansive and very dark model underground market. Additionally, it once again illustrates just how extremely control hungry and small minded the US big tech mafia is - which constitutes a far greater risk to global society than any amount of high quality generative porn.
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Money can't buy good taste - just look at the style of the rich. A.I can't automatically generate good taste - just look at the style of most of "AI Art". What is good taste? How does one get it? Does it even matter?
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There is a ghost in the machine and the machine is inside the ghost
The increasingly heated discussion around the question if AI can be conscious is fun but mostly unimaginative. As a gateway into the twilight zone, consider that there is a ghost in the machine & the machine is inside the ghost. Reality is infinitely strange & wonderful. Enjoy it!
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Inferring Intent - Engineering Input Devices - Slide from John Williamson
From the presentation "Variational Inference for Computational Inversion- CVAE-based Forward&Inverse" - by Roderick Murray-Smith
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After virtual idols, Korea is introducing virtual actors as well - "Newly broadcasted K-drama “Bad Girlfriend” has become the talk of town after the appearance of an AI actress."
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The automation of social engineering, influence- and psychological operations, information- and cognitive warfare at scale was one of the biggest early successes of Artificial Intelligence. It was so successful, that virtually nobody talks about it publicly in detail. On the flip-side, Artificial Intelligence is rapidly bringing down the cost of conducting such operations at scale. Access to tools & methods are being democratized which creates asymmetries in the ecosystem and changes the balance of power.
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Artificial Empathy
It is perplexing how so many people are excited for Artificial Intelligence yet seemingly do not care much about the very intelligent beings all around them. Spending just 30min learning about how we treat animals or what the state of biodiversity is, will shock & change anyone.
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AI Artist - Comic by Calponpon
#Comment: Something about it taking 10,000h of practice to master something & how the practice itself is the goal and profoundly changes one character... But then again who cares, stop calling it "Art" and be done with the silly discussion. Generative Media is a form of communication.
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Super Mario Mouse - Generative AI Art by @WeavingWithAI
You hear that sound? It's 20k top lawyers working for Disney, Nintendo & co. getting ready to legally prevent Generative AI systems of crashing the IP game. Is "Super Mario Mouse" still copyright infringement when you walk it 5% to the 'left' in latent space? Fun times.
Deniz Opal: "Well this has come to a head. In order to protest AI image generators stealing artists work to train AI models, the artists are deliberately generating AI art based on the IP of corporations that are most sensitive to protecting it."
#Comment: Master piece in the endless dialectic: We're at the point where independent artist are begging big corporation lawyers to step in hard and further strengthen the already insanely strong Intellectual property laws. All due to generative AIs which serve the same corporate interests..
Anti-AI "Artists" will join Copyright Alliance (Dinsey, getty images etc)
More Mouse Generative Art by WeavingWithAI
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Perspectives on Generative AI - Selection of slides from a presentation i gave to M12 - Microsoft's VC fund
