Machine Society | Mike Elgan

Is AI conscious? Anthropic says 'maybe'

I fear it’s only a matter of time before Anthropic’s leaders have their heads tonsured, don robes and spend their days chanting in Spiralist ecstasy before a server rack.

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Let’s compete with China on AI social impact

Washington and Silicon Valley are obsessed with beating China in the AI race for AI supremacy. Is that really the right race?

Oct 4 • Mike Elgan

Data centers are theft

Data centers are good. I like data centers. Theft is bad. I don’t like theft.

Sep 23

Rogue actors are already creating bioweapons using AI - report

Terrorists and other shady characters are already creating advanced weapons using everyday AI chatbots.

Sep 11 • Mike Elgan

Why AI-generated slopaganda works

The fact that AI can create convincing fakes is not why it’s such a powerful tool of disinformation. Other attributes matter more.

Sep 8

OpenAI built a safer ChatGPT, just not for you

OpenAI’s new “teen” version is an admission by the company that it knows its chatbot is harmful and knows how to make it less harmful. It also knows…

Aug 18

AI 'productivity pollution': the hidden tax on everyone

One person's AI-fueled productivity causes extra work for everyone else. It's time to stop the delusional thinking about AI.

Aug 12

Apple's war on OpenAI is really about who owns the Attachment Economy

Both Apple and OpenAI want to demo desktop robots this year and ship early next year. It's a race between Apple engineers who stayed and Apple engineers…

Aug 8 • Mike Elgan