A new study surveys Canadians’ attitudes towards and use of generative AI. Many worry it could be used to manipulate voters or interfere with democratic processes
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Editing any photo, anywhere, is cheaper and easier than ever. What does that mean for having ‘visual proof’ of something?
Generative AI tools look backwards, where governments are supposed to look forwards.
As the tide of AI ‘slop’ rises, it’s more important than ever to hone your reality-checking skills.
Generative AI tools are constantly improving — making it increasingly difficult for us to detect which images are AI-generated and which are real.
From clay tablets to electronic tablets, technology has played an influential role in shaping human knowledge for centuries.
Critics worry AI search features could decrease traffic to their websites if users rely on them too heavily and ignore the website links displayed in the search results.
My experience taught me there is a way to embrace AI’s capabilities without losing the human touch in music.
Understanding its limitations can help you decide when the human touch might be better.
How can we create new ways for understanding how AI image-production models inform our experience of the world?
Strategies to combat misinformation often focus on written materials and fact-checking. Identifying deepfakes requires different skills.
Big tech has spent billions developing AI. Now they want you to start paying.
Humans understand that ‘red ball’ makes sense but ‘ball red’ does not. Large language models? Not so much.
The technology is always on call and is quite competent. But it lacks the contemplation and attention to detail that yield great works of art.
Some people ask generative AI health questions that would usually require clinical advice, such as whether to go to hospital for certain symptoms.
But there are easy steps everybody can take to strengthen their critical thinking skills.
OpenAI has rolled out a new feature on ChatGPT that can produce reports at the level of a ‘research analyst’. But it doesn’t mean we can replace human thinking.
US law tries to strike a balance between free speech and protecting people from harm. When it comes to child pornography, AI makes that task all the more difficult.
AI systems that can autonomously make decisions on our behalf will be a huge time saver – but we must deploy them with care.
In Ontario and elsewhere, we still need reforms that give decision-makers the power to bring robust democratic oversight to EdTech in schools.
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Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New England
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Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Law and Emerging Technologies, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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Professor of Philosophy and Director of Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Professor in Computational Intelligence, Australian Catholic University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; University of Toronto
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Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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Director of Sydney Executive Plus, Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business, University of New Brunswick
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