It’s the middle of February, and the air is dry. There are fine lines emerging on my forehead, maybe because I don’t moisturize enough, but maybe as a harbinger of something greater: each day I grow closer to my own death. Soon, I will be 30. I will never be younger than I am right … Read more
American artificial intelligence company Anthropic – which has developed the family of large language models named Claude – has created a unique position in their firm. Amanda Askell says there is a “human-like element” to models, adding that they will “inevitably form senses of self.” (askell.io) The role is occupied by Amanda Askell, resident philosopher, … Read more
A private school that’s opening campuses from New York to California uses AI bots to teach kids their academic subjects in just two hours a day – claiming its Silicon Valley methods could shake up the future of US education. Alpha School – a chain of private and charter schools founded in Austin, Texas in … Read more