With the pope quoting Gandalf in an encyclical about AI, the obvious question is “How is AI like the one ring?” There are some trivial comparisons. It makes the user invisible. It requires a lot of energy to make it. It uses a mysterious technology. Its creators pour some of themselves into it. The bigger…
Summary: AI-powered document summaries are becoming embedded in workplace tools, but many companies haven’t considered the copyright, confidentiality, and governance risks involved in allowing sensitive content to be processed by AI systems. Organizations need to evaluate how these tools handle data, clarify internal AI policies, and remain vigilant as software vendors quietly introduce new AI…
Summary: AI companies increasingly claim they can build “moral AI” by training systems on human values, but human morality is rooted in value-laden perception of the world and lived emotional experience, not just patterns of language or rules. Because AI lacks the embodied experience that gives moral concepts their meaning, its “morality” will always require…
Summary: This article is based on a talk I gave at the Niche Media Conference in Orlando. You can read it, or you can skip to the video at the bottom of the page. This is not a happy article. This is not positive, rah-rah stuff. This is reality. And it’s scary. If you’re willing…
Del Spooner (Will Smith) lived a life of guilt and regret because an unfeeling robot chose to save him rather than a child. “Any human would know better!” Are we making the mistake that Asimov predicted? Science fiction is full of dystopian futures with “thinking machines.” Is there a good future? Can we imagine the…
Summary: AI is not a mind that thinks like a human, but it’s also far more than a simple autocomplete engine predicting the next word. Its outputs come from layers of statistical processes, pattern recognition, and structured systems that make the results surprisingly sophisticated — even though the underlying mechanism is still just math. Social…
Are you unintentionally sharing your own or your client’s confidential information with AI? Some AI features are on by default. Just today I was looking at a Google doc and noticed the summary on the side. In order to make that summary, Gemini had to read that document. You should check that, and you might…