Tag: risk
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Is generative AI a threat to the idea of a university?
Is it worth pointing out that universities only became interested in AI when it was broadly available to students? I can’t get away from the idea that universities are responding to a perceived threat that only manifested when students had access to this technology.
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Comment: Microsoft has created a tool to find pedophiles in online chats
On the basis of words and patterns of speech, the system assigns a rating for the likelihood that one of the participants is trying to groom the other. Companies implementing the technique can set a score (for example, 8 out of 10) above which any flagged conversations are sent to a human moderator to review.…
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Extinction Risk from Artificial Intelligence.
…when I started reading about AI safety, I was great at finding reasons to dismiss it. I had already decided that AI couldn’t be a big danger because that just sounded bizarre, and then I searched for ways to justify my unconcern, quite certain that I would find one soon enough. Cohen, M. (n.d.). Extinction…
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Teaching, learning and risk
I’ve had these ideas bouncing around in my head for a week or so and finally have a few minutes to try and get them out. I’ve been wondering why changing practice – in higher education and the clinical context – is so hard, and one way that I think I can make some sense…