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The AI Echo Chamber
This is only the beginning… Imagine a time where billions of people use large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT to help write everything from novels and academic articles to emails and social media posts. Many of these pieces will end up circulating on the internet, and over time, be used to train the LLMs. … Continue reading The AI Echo Chamber
A 20 Year Project
August 27, 2003: the day when Mars reached its closest point to Earth in 60,000 years. There was a lot of hype (and hoaxes) around this Mars opposition. I was also preparing for it by making a 12.5” F6 Newtonian. Still a Ph.D. student at the time, I got help from several friends to make … Continue reading A 20 Year Project
Problem-Solving in Robotics?
One of the primary obstacles impeding the widespread application of robotics lies in their lack of problem-solving capabilities. Enabling robots to independently resolve unforeseen situations could facilitate the adoption of autonomous robots in a broad range of applications such as agriculture, healthcare, exploration, and environmental protection. As robot designers or programmers, we have a tendency … Continue reading Problem-Solving in Robotics?
AI Neuroscience and AI Psychology: A New Era in Understanding Artificial Intelligence
As humans, when we encounter concepts or phenomena that we don’t fully understand, we create new disciplines to study and comprehend them. Emergent behaviors, in particular, often baffle us – these are instances where the whole is drastically different from its individual building blocks. We might comprehend the blocks fairly well, but the complex constructs … Continue reading AI Neuroscience and AI Psychology: A New Era in Understanding Artificial Intelligence