Human Intelligence™ News Update 11/14
Your weekly roundup about human creativity in the age of AI. [Nov 10-Nov 16, 2024]
Human Creativity
FUNNY STUFF - Onion Buys InfoWars
The new owners of humor publication The Onion won a bidding war for conspiracy cesspool InfoWars. “InfoWars has distinguished itself as an invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses,” stated The Onion in a hilarious diatribe that outlined their plans to “re-invest” in cult leaders. Read More »
FILM - Closed Curtains
Mubi Film Festivals showcases dozens of international films in major cities, but Turkish authorities banned the film Queer and shut down the sold-out Istanbul Film Fest’s Turkish edition, claiming "security reasons." It's a stark reminder that while we debate AI art, human artists still face real censorship. Read More »
MUSIC - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Musical collaborators Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel recently shared an emotional reunion, their first meeting after over a decade of estrangement. This story of two musical legends finding their way back to a 60-year friendship reminds us of the irreplaceable value of human connection. Read More »
ART ACTIVISM - Canvas as Conscience
Ireland's human rights chief hailed artists as society's truth-tellers. He argued that in an age of AI art, we need human artists to confront injustice more than ever. Michael O’Flaherty, the Commissioner of Human Rights, delivered a keynote address titled 'The Artist as Defender of Human Rights.' Read More »
Human VS Robot
ART VS. ALGORITHM - Humans Get Credit
New groundbreaking end credits in the film Heretic read: “No generative AI was used in the making of this film.” The filmmakers state they hope to spark a dialogue “about the need for human intersection in art.” Read more >>
SCREENWRITING - Plot Twist
Matthew Cooke's revealing interview with screenwriter Jason Hellerman describes a contest in which readers preferred the human script but some of them (ironically) thought the winning screenplay was AI-generated. Read More »
LANGUAGE - Silicon Valley's Empty Promise
A new book exposes how AI translation tools won't save endangered languages. Based on research in four Tibetan villages, the book reveals that the real barriers to preserving languages are economic and political. Read More »
RULES OF THE ROAD - AI Guard Rails
The EU unveiled a first Code of Practice for general-purpose AI, targeting tech's most powerful models. But there's a twist: Independent experts, not industry insiders, wrote new rules for copyright protection & risk assessment. Read More »
Artificial “Intelligence” & Other Myths
BRICK WALL — Fatal Flaws in AI
Transformer-based AI models (all current LLMs) seem to have hit a technical brick wall, based on a fundamental inability to capture aspects of linguistic meaning. In other words, as a surprise to no one, AI can’t really think. Read More »
HEALTHCARE - Code Blue for Empathy
A veteran ICU nurse shared his fears as AI infiltrates hospitals. "I've learned to recognize patterns from real human experience," he explains. "But these machines want to turn us into operators rather than healers." Read More »
SCIENCE BLUES - Empty Lab Coats
A troubling MIT study revealed that while AI boosted research productivity by 44%, it left 82% of scientists feeling less fulfilled. AI has begun handling the creative parts of discovery that once made science meaningful. Read More »
AI ELECTION - Lowering Our Guard
OpenAI claimed they blocked 250K attempts to generate fake images of presidential candidates, while deepfakes rose 900%. But with a new President promising looser AI oversight, the guardrails may not hold. Read More »
ZERO TRUST - Lies & More Lies
OpenAI's own research revealed that AI blatantly overstates how certain it is of its answers. While claiming 95% confidence, the actual accuracy was closer to 60%. Read More »