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James Cameron says AI actors are ‘horrifying to me’

Avatar director, known for his advocacy of new technology, told interviewer generative AI performance puts ‘all human experience into a blender’Avatar director James Cameron has called AI actors “horrifying” and said what generative AI technology creates is “an average”.Cameron was speaking to CBS on Sunday Morning in the run-up to the release of the third […]

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Is AI making us stupid? – podcast

Artificial intelligence can execute tasks in seconds that once took humans hours, if not days to complete. While this may be great for productivity, some researchers are concerned that our increasing use of AI could be impacting our ability to tackle difficult problems and think critically. To find out where the science stands, and how

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Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?

Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool themSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereDatacentre power demand in Australia could triple in five years and is forecast to exceed by 2030 the energy used by electric vehicles.Datacentres now draw about

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The fight to see clearly through big tech’s echo chambers

As Silicon Valley tightens its grip on the narrative, insiders and regulators push back, consumers rethink upgrades, and states experiment with AI in the public sectorHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery. Today, I’m mulling over whether to upgrade my iPhone 11 Pro. In tech news, there’s a narrative battle afoot in

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‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itself

Anthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control Humanity will have to decide by 2030 whether to take the “ultimate risk” of letting artificial intelligence systems train themselves to become more powerful, one of the world’s leading AI scientists has said. Jared Kaplan,

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