The $1 Trillion Question

The $1 Trillion Question, Mortality in the Age of Generative Ghosts, Your Mind and AI, How to Design AI Tutors for Learning, The Imagining Summit Preview: Adam Cutler, and Helen's Book of the Week.

Dave Edwards Jul 21, 2024

Our Ideas

Magritte's "Son of Man" metaphor explores digital obscurity of reality. AI model collapse mirrors human isolation effects. Minds struggle without diverse input. Balancing AI benefits and genuine human connection crucial. Develop metacognitive skills to navigate this new landscape.

Helen Edwards Jul 20, 2024

The Science

How to Design AI Tutors for Learning

Generative AI promises personalized learning at scale but risks creating dependency. Complementary cognitive artifacts enhance skills; competitive ones replace them. Effective AI tutors balance engagement and autonomy, expanding human cognition without diminishing critical abilities.

Helen Edwards Jul 20, 2024

Conversations

Why Does ChatGPT Matter?

A discussion about ChatGPT: Why does it matter, how special is it, and what might be ahead?

Dave Edwards, Helen Edwards Feb 26, 2023

Why does ChatGPT matter?

People always get excited about AI advances and this one is accessible in a way that others weren’t in the past.
People can use natural language to prompt a natural language response.
It’s seductive because it feels like synthesis.
And it can feel serendipitous.

But…

We need to remember that ChatGPT and all other generative AI are tools and they can fail us.
While it may feel serendipitous, that serendipity is more constrained than it may feel.

Some other ideas we cover:

The research at Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Apple gives us some context for evaluating how special ChatGPT actually is and what might be ahead.
The current craze about prompt engineering.

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Authors

Dave Edwards is a Co-Founder of Artificiality. He previously co-founded Intelligentsia.ai (acquired by Atlantic Media) and worked at Apple, CRV, Macromedia, Morgan Stanley, and Quartz.

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Helen Edwards is a Co-Founder of Artificiality. She previously co-founded Intelligentsia.ai (acquired by Atlantic Media) and worked at Meridian Energy, Pacific Gas & Electric, Quartz, and Transpower.

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