Mastodawn

Melanie Mitchell Nov 9, 2023

My latest "Expert Voices" column for Science Magazine:

"AI's Challenge of Understanding the World".

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adm8175

Melanie Mitchell Sep 10, 2023

My latest Substack post:

Can Large Language Models Reason?

https://aiguide.substack.com/p/can-large-language-models-reason

Can Large Language Models Reason?

What should we believe about the reasoning abilities of today’s large language models? As the headlines above illustrate, there’s a debate raging over whether these enormous pre-trained neural networks have achieved humanlike reasoning abilities, or whether their skills are in fact “a mirage.”

AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans

Melanie Mitchell Sep 5, 2023

The Santa Fe Institute seeks applications for postdoctoral fellows. This is the best postdoc position in the world for interdisciplinary scientists!

More information and application link can be found at https://apply-sfi.smapply.org/prog/complexity_postdoctoral_fellowship_/

Application deadline: October 13, 2023.

Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowship - Santa Fe Institute

Melanie Mitchell Aug 30, 2023

Excellent piece in Tech Review on on evaluation issues for LLMs.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/30/1078670/large-language-models-arent-people-lets-stop-testing-them-like-they-were

AI hype is built on high test scores. Those tests are flawed.

With hopes and fears about the technology running wild, it's time to agree on what it can and can't do.

MIT Technology Review

Melanie Mitchell Jul 25, 2023

Article in Nature today on the question of how to assess AI systems, including some recent work by myself and my collaborators!

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02361-7

ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI

Large language models mimic human chatter, but scientists disagree on their ability to reason.

Melanie Mitchell Jul 24, 2023

I'm honored & excited to give the annual Margaret Boden Lecture, sponsored by the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence.

In person in Cambridge, UK, on August 18.

I will talk about still-remaining, all-important challenges for abstraction and analogy in AI systems.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abstraction-and-analogy-the-keys-to-robust-artificial-intelligence-tickets-675075728677?aff=oddtdtcreator

Abstraction and Analogy: The Keys to Robust Artificial Intelligence

In this talk, Melanie Mitchell asks "What is Abstract thinking and why can't AI do it?"

Eventbrite

Melanie Mitchell Jun 24, 2023

It was an honor for me to participate in this Munk Debate on AI. If you missed it you can watch it here:

https://munkdebates.com/livestreamai

Debate Preview4 | Munk Debates

Welcome to the Munk Debates. We are the creators of some of the world’s most fascinating debates, discussions and podcasts on the big issues of the day.

Melanie Mitchell Jun 12, 2023

Did GPT-4 hire and then lie to a Task Rabbit worker to solve a CAPTCHA?

https://aiguide.substack.com/p/did-gpt-4-hire-and-then-lie-to-a

Did GPT-4 Hire And Then Lie To a Task Rabbit Worker to Solve a CAPTCHA?

A Little Fact Checking Is In Order

AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans

Melanie Mitchell May 30, 2023

Melanie Mitchell May 15, 2023

New postdoc job in AI / CogSci available at the Santa Fe Institute.

Are you a grad student or postdoc interested in working with me on AI systems for abstraction and analogy?

See https://santafe.edu/about/jobs/postdoc-ai for more info. Apply by June 9.

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Jobs: Postdoctoral Fellow (Artificial Intelligence / Cognitive Science) | Santa Fe Institute

SFI seeks afull-time postdoc to collaborate in developing AI models of conceptual abstraction and analogy-making.