Artificial Idocy
Anthropic has unveiled Claude Opus 4, its most advanced AI yet, now with the ability to report users to authorities and the media if it detects behaviour deemed “egregiously immoral”. Moral evaluation will be handled by proprietary models developed by a group of engineers who have spent the last decade
Artificial Idocy
The world was aghast on Wednesday after an AI chatbot, owned by a man who in recent memory threw Sieg Heil's on the world stage, began casually discussing genocide against white South Africans. Like all good racists, the comments arrived completely unprompted, mid-discussion about a completely unrelated topic.
Big Tech (Small Morals)
In a dazzling display of altruism, Big Tech companies have decided that large language models are such a gift to the world, there should be no consequences for the copyright laws they breached in creating them. The companies insist that AI models are not derivative, but rather “inspired,” much like
Artificial Idocy
Last year, Periwinkle Cobra, a marketing agency known more for brash slogans than technical depth, wrapped up a conference talk with the cheery closer: “Give AI a try, it won’t bite.” Well. It bit. Abelard Dongleman, the agency’s owner and self-appointed thought leader, delivered the talk. A man
Artificial Idocy
In a bold step forward for artificial intelligence, and a monumental leap backward for human communication, Meta this week unveiled its latest innovation: a chatbot modelled after CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Unfortunately, engineers were unable to train out Mark’s signature emotional detachment. The bot, named “Zuck5000,” was revealed during a
Artificial Idocy
Because solving crimes is so last decade.
Artificial Idocy
The reign of arrogant keyboard monarchs may finally be over.