AI Reading for Sunday, November 24
Court rejects some claims about AI training but says, if AI spits out a copy of an article while removing the byline, there's a valid claim. - The Intercept
Google appears to be prepping Android APIs allowing apps to expose functionality to agents. - The Verge
Google made a better correction algorithm for quantum computers, inching it closer to practicality - Decrypt
Google sponcon says governments are using AI to be more productive. - The Atlantic
Eric Schmidt on his book, AI, and the DOJ's move to break up Google - NPR
Should you still learn to code in an AI world? - NY Times
Should you learn to drive, or write? How are you going to tell if the AI is doing it right?
WSJ readers talk about how they use AI. - WSJ
Elon Musk, cautionary AI voice? - BostonGlobe.com
Writer proposes models that evolve as they do inference practice. - YouTube
A robot feeder that only feeds red squirrels, recognizes individual squirrels and counts them. - Yahoo Tech
Is AI ruining photography? - YouTube
Is it turning into 'promptography?' - Fast Company
Is it OK to lie to a chatbot? - Geekwire
I'm no philosopher but I think Kant’s categorical imperative of ‘do what you believe should be universal law’ trumps 'thou shalt not lie'?
People Who Say They Hate AI Art Appear to Actually Prefer It in a Blind Test. - Futurism
Vertical AI agents vs. SaaS. - Geeky Gadgets
Orgs can get a ton of mileage from AI agents that talk to a lot of horizontal SaaS products. Think Zapier, Make.com, Automation anywhere talking to all your office APIs. It’s hard to make a vertical SaaS solution for a niche industry that is also flexible enough for everyone in the industry and evolves with it. When the vertical solution is almost but not quite right, people could enhance it with AI add-ons, or just decide to to use horizontal solutions linked with AI, which might limit pricing power of SaaS solutions for narrow niches.
Researchers clone subjects with gen AI but can you trust research that uses them?
Seems like it could be useful to dry-run expensive social science research but that’s about it. But the corporate surveillance and manipulation angle is a bit dystopic.
Drumroll please! A drum machine robot that literally beats the skins with sticks. - Yahoo News
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