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Totally fine and not at all terrifying that AI researchers made some tweaks, accidentally turned ChatGPT into a Hitler admiring arsehole, and have no idea why this happened

My new TED Talks is here! Based on my book History for Tomorrow, it reveals 3 essential lessons from the past for tackling the urgent challenges of our turbulent times + the power of disruptive movements to create change. Please share with changemakers! go.ted.com/romankrznaric25

My son's visualization of the love/fear/dislike relationships between two households dogs and a cat.

A *lot* of food for thought here.

My son did some baking to celebrate this special day...

A law professor friend tells me that LLMs have completely transformed the way she relates to grad students and postdocs - for the worse. And no, it's not that they're cheating on their homework or using LLMs to write briefs full of hallucinated cases. 1/

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Blind sky-seeking life. Spring banked high as winter roots. Now, despite it all.

I mentioned Tom Chatfield here, and his excellent new book Wise Animals. There are not 'unintended consequences' in technology - just 'consequences'.

"Won't someone think of the fictional children?" is not a recipe for evidence-based pollicymaking. Discuss.

Get set for a gaming takeover! This week's special issue celebrates the return of smash-hit drama #TheLastofUs as the show's creators share what to expect from the new season, plus get to know the UK developers nominated at this year's Bafta Games Awards. Also in this issue: 🕹️

Terrific to see this, and so glad to have been a part of it!

Episode 2 is the brilliant Tom Chatfield about the algorithmic marking fiasco of 2020 (remember that?). Trust, he says, is not just about "statistically sound results", it's about "perception and human judgement". youtube.com/watch?v=Qnv6XO…

In retrospect, hindsight bias is a bigger problem than I thought.

When an algorithm decides your future... and gets it wrong. Tech philosopher Tom Chatfield joins Pardeep Dhanda to unpack the 2020 A-Level algorithmic marking fiasco — and what it tells us about tech, trust, and automation. When Technology Goes Wrong — Ep 2 out now. Listen here:

Night is a valley Of rubble and burials. Don't look down or back.

"The real world, with its quiet repetitions and constraints, offers something the digital cannot: room for contemplation. The possibility of meaning. Familiarity, unlike novelty, is the ground from which philosophy grows..." erikjlarson.substack.com/p/the-last-hum…

Feather-headed grass Greets the life I do not live: Glad long summer days.