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AI: Is it a nasty April Fools joke, or something special?

2025 April 1st meeting at 7:00PM-8:30PM– AI: Nightmares, Dreams, and Solid Accomplishments

In this meeting, we will discuss AI in more detail

Nightmares:  Stan Koper will discuss the “arms race” between employers and employees and the role AI plays in the story

AI used to grade history papers https://cograder.com/ai-grading

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2018/11/ai-outperformed-radiologists-in-screening-x-rays-for-certain-diseases.html 

Driverless cars https://www.brookings.edu/articles/securing-the-future-of-driverless-cars/

Labor and AI: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-02647-9\  

David Cope https://computerhistory.org/blog/algorithmic-music-david-cope-and-emi/ 

Daniel Dennett on AI and consciousness: https://now.tufts.edu/2023/10/02/daniel-dennetts-been-thinking-about-thinking-and-ai 

AI in your home and working life  — Drew on AI app for queries, Co-pilot in Word to help you write, Drew pastes his document into Co-pilot to correct grammar 

Use of AI in scams:  fake job contract

AI fake video: https://youtu.be/vitG0mFfr9k?si=EW2UUGmnKFdfeTaL

Drew uses Gemini, Perplexity, ChatGPT and Co-pilot every day, mixing and matching

Questions? 

Please call Adam Frost at 617-522-1049  adamfrost@computerCareandLearning.com


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