What does “good” coverage of AI mean to you? I wrote about how the disparate views that very smart people have about existential risk are making it hard to calibrate how to cover advancements in artificial intelligence.
https://www.platformer.news/p/why-im-having-trouble-covering-ai
@caseynewton 'baseline scepticism' sounds good! I understand the 'here's a cool new thing' impulse but we've all lived through the un/intended consequences of those cool new things so I prefer pieces that also ask questions about externalities - what does it mean for minorities, the environment, people previously paid for that work.
Probably the biggest service journalists could do is pulling back the 'AI' curtain to reveal... LLMs, and helping people understand them
@caseynewton and you mentioned 'AI safety' but not AI ethics - is the first an attempt to frame the questions they want society to ask. A bit 'how do I stop my diamond shoes from hurting my feet'?
I don't think journalism can reduce our human propensity for seeing personality and intelligence in chat bots, but it'd be nice if it could!
Casey Newton
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