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John Battelle's Search Blog Get An Agent Who Works For You (opens the original)
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Well, it’s finally happening. The long awaited “agent revolution” is here, in the form of Muse, Meta’s two-week-old entry into the AI platform wars. The early reviews are in, and they’re quite positive (“blown away!” gushed the Times). Muse quickly hit No. 1 in app store downloads. Wall Street cheered, giving Meta’s stock an 11 percent bump. Watching all this, I’ve never felt more like the wheezy Lorax, scolding from the stump of the last Truffula tree: Do not use these agents, do not I implore!
John Battelle's Search Blog ai (opens the original)
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Of all the think pieces, manifestos, hand wringing, and news analysis I’ve read about AI threats and opportunities, the one piece that feels critical to consider is a plea from Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI. Its subhead lays out its core argument: “AIs do not have rights, feelings, or consciousness. And we must not train them to act as though they do.” Suleyman opens with a very clear point of view. Let’s call it Suleyman’s Conjecture:
John Battelle's Search Blog On Suleyman’s Conjecture: Should AI Have Rights? (opens the original)
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Of all the think pieces, manifestos, hand wringing, and news analysis I’ve read about AI threats and opportunities, the one piece that feels critical to consider is a plea from Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI. Its subhead lays out its core argument: “AIs do not have rights, feelings, or consciousness. And we must not train them to act as though they do.” Suleyman opens with a very clear point of view. Let’s call it Suleyman’s Conjecture: “AIs are not conscious. They do not feel, experience
John Battelle's Search Blog Google Has Lapped ChatGPT. Now What? (opens the original)
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You’ve noticed it, but maybe you’ve not thought too hard about it. Over the past few months, your Google search habits have changed. What was once mostly call and response – query, results, click, repeat – is now more of a conversation. If you’re anything like me, you’ve started typing longer and sometimes less precise questions into Google, because you know they’ll get picked up in “AI Mode.” Once you’re in that chatbot interface, you’ve probably found Google’s gotten pretty good at answering y
John Battelle's Search Blog AI Data Dustups, Bond Market Tremors, and Whatever Muse Is (opens the original)
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I might just have to make a weekly news roundup part of the regular rotation here, as once again the noteworthy stories crowding my inbox are so numerous this morning I feel compelled to comment on each of them in turn. If you hate roundups, skip this post – but here are the top stories I find worthy of additional comment today: *It also looks like a thumb with handsless arms, but whatever. You can follow whatever I’m doing next by signing up for my site newsletter here. Thanks for reading.
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