No one appreciates the power of this venerable technology better than physicists and mathematicians, who infinitely prefer the humble blackboard to its high-tech rivals. The question is, why? What does slate-and-chalk offer, which cannot be simulated by paper or plastic? - Nautilus
One of the most important conceptual developments of the past few decades is the realisation that belief comes in degrees. We don’t just believe something or not: much of our thinking, and decision-making, is driven by varying levels of confidence. - Psyche
Devised at a time before computers were widely available, the index was certainly an impressive achievement. It had taken 24 researchers some five years to complete by hand and had cost nearly a million dollars to produce. - The Conversation
A.I. is in the phase when kids live like tiny energetic monsters, before they’ve learned to be thoughtful about the world and responsible for others. That’s why I’ve come to feel that A.I. needs to be socialized the way young children are... It needs, in short, to be parented. - The New York Times
If A.I. is the key to a gleaming utopia or else robot-induced extinction, what does it matter if a few poets and painters got bilked along the way? - The New Republic
Chatbots will expand well beyond digital text by handling photos, videos, diagrams, charts and other media. They will exhibit behavior that looks more like human reasoning, tackling increasingly complex tasks in fields like math and science. - The New York Times
Beau Brummell’s a really interesting figure. He’s often called the first influencer, the inventor of sponcon (sponsored content). He was a Regency-era (early nineteenth century) London social figure who was not an aristocrat. - The Public Discourse
This stance toward the reader as a peer is ultimately, I think, what differentiates good nonfiction from the dross. All the sins of lazy thinking and immature writing I’ve discussed here follow from the author writing for “an audience of imagined idiots." - 3 Quarks Daily
"Creative introverts dread campaign season. They’re allergic to the self-promotion. Not to mention that the world is designed to reward extroverts. ... But you can’t reap the harvest in awards season if you don’t plant seeds." - MSN (Los Angeles Times)
Young users "said that relevance and proximity were key to defining news, but that relevance was personal and individual rather than public, and that proximity was emotional rather than geographical. And subjectivity was considered more desirable than objectivity." - Nieman Lab
The New York Times is "spending a fortune creating what’s unfortunately now called content - the articles, investigative pieces, analysis, puzzles, recipes, product recommendations and more that make up ... a newspaper. OpenAI is just taking the fruits of that labor, that newspaper, to train their technology." - Slate
If you look at the reaction to our robots, humanoids get 10 times the reaction to anything else. So if you care about people responding, you have to care about that. We got fantastic reaction to the “Do You Love Me” video, and contrary to what some people think, we did it for pure fun. - Wired
