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.
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.
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.
A research review of The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian.
What it’s about: How researchers and engineers align machines and humans and what kinds of things go wrong.
Why It Matters: AI alignment is one of the most important and difficult scientific and philosophical challenges today.
Highlight: Comprehensive, deeply researched guide to the state of the art and science.
Read it if: You want to get up to speed on AI alignment in one place.
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The Artificiality Weekend Briefing: About AI, Not Written by AI
