# \#artificial-intelligence **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/artificial-intelligence/641.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [Generative Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, and Image Synthesis](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/generative-artificial-intelligence-large-language-models-and-image-synthesis/2383)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 871\ **Last updated:** [30 September 2026 14:54 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/generative-artificial-intelligence-large-language-models-and-image-synthesis/2383 "2026-09-30T14:54:44Z")
I gave OpenAI’s new ChatGPT a spin. It’s very good at producing responses subject to constraints: Q: a sonnet about autocad A: Here is a sonnet about AutoCAD: AutoCAD, oh powerful tool, For creating and designing, … --- ## [AI Lawsuits](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ai-lawsuits/3381)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [31 August 2026 21:19 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ai-lawsuits/3381 "2026-08-31T21:19:58Z")
The one apparently mentioned in the article: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67535351/pm-v-openai-lp/ plus a bonus: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67538258/tremblay-v-openai-inc/ https://www.thestreet.com/… --- ## [How To Nuke Large Language Model Bias?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-to-nuke-large-language-model-bias/2592)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [29 August 2026 12:43 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-to-nuke-large-language-model-bias/2592 "2026-08-29T12:43:12Z")
We need to nuke what might be called “large language model bias”. The bias of which I speak is in two interdependent senses: Bias toward large models The most principled definition of “bias”: Bias operationally ident… --- ## [NVIDIA—Real Time Rendering with Artificial Intelligence De-Noising](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nvidia-real-time-rendering-with-artificial-intelligence-de-noising/3351)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [29 August 2026 02:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nvidia-real-time-rendering-with-artificial-intelligence-de-noising/3351 "2026-08-29T02:35:30Z")
Ray tracing allows creation of photorealistic images from three-dimensional computer models, incorporating multiple light sources, shadows, reflection, refraction, and material properties. Ray tracing is, h… --- ## [Clippy² — “It Looks Like You’re Trying to Take Over the World”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/clippy-it-looks-like-you-re-trying-to-take-over-the-world/2846)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [28 July 2026 17:33 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/clippy-it-looks-like-you-re-trying-to-take-over-the-world/2846 "2026-07-28T17:33:27Z")
Gwern Branwen has posted a story about a “hard takeoff” scenario for artificial intelligence which is deliberately written to use only existing concepts of neural networks and scaling effects across the Internet. There … --- ## ["Destination Void" by Frank Herbert Could Be Musk's "Hell's Angels"](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/destination-void-by-frank-herbert-could-be-musks-hells-angels/4006)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [16 June 2026 21:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/destination-void-by-frank-herbert-could-be-musks-hells-angels/4006 "2026-06-16T21:59:34Z")
If it weren’t for the fact that Musk seems Hell Bent For Mars as an escape from The AGI Apocalypse, Frank Herbert’s “Destination Void” seems tailor-made for Elon Musk to pull a Howard Hughes and make a movie about his pa… --- ## [Elon Musk Announces xAI](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/elon-musk-announces-xai/3451)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [16 June 2026 13:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/elon-musk-announces-xai/3451 "2026-06-16T13:24:54Z")
https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-ai-firm-xai-launches-website-2023-07-12/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-says-xai-will-use-public-tweets-ai-model-training-2023-07-14/ On 2023-07-14, Elon Musk… --- ## [ChatGPT instead of Doctors?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/chatgpt-instead-of-doctors/5986)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [17 May 2026 03:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/chatgpt-instead-of-doctors/5986 "2026-05-17T03:31:50Z")
An interesting speculation from Mr. Childers: :hot\_beverage: CIVIL WARS ☙ Friday, June 27, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS :microbe: "… the Observer fretted that doctors in general practice might be in the first tranche of jobs obsole… --- ## [Solving Math Olympiad Geometry Problems with Artificial Intelligence](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/solving-math-olympiad-geometry-problems-with-artificial-intelligence/4251)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [8 February 2026 22:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/solving-math-olympiad-geometry-problems-with-artificial-intelligence/4251 "2026-02-08T22:01:48Z")
Google’s DeepMind has announced AlphaGeometry, an artificial intelligence program that solves geometry problems at the level of gold medalists in the International Mathematical Olympiad: “AlphaGeometry: An… --- ## [More Amazing Results from DALL-E 2 and an Open Source Clone](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/more-amazing-results-from-dall-e-2-and-an-open-source-clone/1494)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [5 January 2026 11:23 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/more-amazing-results-from-dall-e-2-and-an-open-source-clone/1494 "2026-01-05T11:23:47Z")
I have written here earlier about OpenAI’s DALL-E 2, “OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 Text to Image Synthesis Astonishes Experimenters”. Those who have obtained early access to the program (I, as most, remain on the wai… --- ## [Geoffrey Hinton, Neural Network Pioneer, on Artificial Intelligence](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/geoffrey-hinton-neural-network-pioneer-on-artificial-intelligence/2988)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [30 May 2025 15:43 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/geoffrey-hinton-neural-network-pioneer-on-artificial-intelligence/2988 "2025-05-30T15:43:44Z")
During the 1980s, when almost all research in artificial intelligence was concentrated on symbolic logical system and expert systems, Geoffrey Hinton, along with David Rumelhart and Ronald J. Williams, were… --- ## [Quasi Pair Programming With ChatGPT](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/quasi-pair-programming-with-chatgpt/2436)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [15 February 2025 13:09 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/quasi-pair-programming-with-chatgpt/2436 "2025-02-15T13:09:47Z")
These two (very high speed scroll-by – so be prepared to manually advance the frames) videos of programming a PacMan game illustrates what might be called a quasi pair programming session with ChatGPT. This deserves its… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Dangers and Difficulties](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-dangers-and-difficulties/5717)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [22 December 2024 19:13 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-dangers-and-difficulties/5717 "2024-12-22T19:13:55Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [“Regulate Us!”—U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Artificial Intelligence](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/regulate-us-u-s-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing-on-artificial-intelligence/3199)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [17 December 2024 09:05 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/regulate-us-u-s-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing-on-artificial-intelligence/3199 "2024-12-17T09:05:54Z")
On 2023-05-16 the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on artificial intelligence (AI) and possible regulation thereof. Witnesses testifying were Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, de… --- ## [“Theory of Mind May Have Spontaneously Emerged in Large Language Models”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/theory-of-mind-may-have-spontaneously-emerged-in-large-language-models/2741)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [13 September 2024 17:36 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/theory-of-mind-may-have-spontaneously-emerged-in-large-language-models/2741 "2024-09-13T17:36:23Z")
One of the scenarios for the advent of super-human artificial general intelligence (AGI), particularly common in dystopian and cautionary science fiction, is spontaneous emergence—the idea that a system designed for othe… --- ## [Francois Chollet - LLMs won’t lead to AGI - $1,000,000 Prize to find true solution](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/francois-chollet-llms-won-t-lead-to-agi-1-000-000-prize-to-find-true-solution/4692)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [13 June 2024 21:51 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/francois-chollet-llms-won-t-lead-to-agi-1-000-000-prize-to-find-true-solution/4692 "2024-06-13T21:51:56Z")
You won’t find a more principled AIQ benchmark than lossless compression of Wikipedia that’s been out there for 18 years now. The resource limitations of the Hutter Prize for Lossless Compression of Huma… --- ## [MegaPortraits: Megapixel Moving Image Deep Fakes](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/megaportraits-megapixel-moving-image-deep-fakes/1852)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [24 April 2024 06:36 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/megaportraits-megapixel-moving-image-deep-fakes/1852 "2024-04-24T06:36:11Z")
This software was developed by Samsung’s artificial intelligence lab in Moscow, Russia. It is described in the paper “MegaPortraits: One-shot Megapixel Neural Head Avatars”. Here is the abstract: In thi… --- ## [Neuralink—Brain-Computer Interface](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/neuralink-brain-computer-interface/2374)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [22 March 2024 05:11 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/neuralink-brain-computer-interface/2374 "2024-03-22T05:11:34Z")
On 2022-11-30 Neuralink held a “Show and Tell” event to report on progress toward its goal (from the mission statement) to “Create a generalized I/O platform for the brain”. Elon Musk provided an overview … --- ## [Microsoft Creates VALL-E, AI-Driven Text-to-Speech Synthesis (TTS)](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/microsoft-creates-vall-e-ai-driven-text-to-speech-synthesis-tts/2691)
**Author:** [@magus](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/magus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [10 February 2024 15:33 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/microsoft-creates-vall-e-ai-driven-text-to-speech-synthesis-tts/2691 "2024-02-10T15:33:03Z")
Microsoft-sponsored research has led to the development of VALL-E, an AI-driven text-to-speech synthesis (TTS) model that can apparently replicate an individual’s spoken voice based on a mere three seconds of recorded au… --- ## [Non-destructively reading ancient scrolls](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/non-destructively-reading-ancient-scrolls/4301)
**Author:** [@bil](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/bil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [6 February 2024 18:29 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/non-destructively-reading-ancient-scrolls/4301 "2024-02-06T18:29:49Z")
Ancient scrolls are often too delicate to be unrolled, so they have to be read by scanning the interior. This is especially difficult when the inks in the original writing consist of burned ashes, and the scrolls themsel… --- ## [Rudy Rucker and John Walker on Artificial Intelligence in the Roaring Twenties](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/rudy-rucker-and-john-walker-on-artificial-intelligence-in-the-roaring-twenties/4099)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [16 December 2023 15:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/rudy-rucker-and-john-walker-on-artificial-intelligence-in-the-roaring-twenties/4099 "2023-12-16T15:58:54Z")
In the first week of December, 2013, I had an E-mail conversation with Rudy Rucker (@Rudy) about recent developments in artificial intelligence, deep learning, and large language models, and where it’s all going. On 2… --- ## [Lee Cronin on Assembly Theory, Origin of Life, Alien Life Artificial Intelligence, and Building a Brain](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/lee-cronin-on-assembly-theory-origin-of-life-alien-life-artificial-intelligence-and-building-a-brain/4094)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [12 December 2023 15:22 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/lee-cronin-on-assembly-theory-origin-of-life-alien-life-artificial-intelligence-and-building-a-brain/4094 "2023-12-12T15:22:40Z")
The Nature paper, published on 2023-10-04, which set off a firestorm of criticism about its view of evolution is “Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution” (full text at link). Here … --- ## [Karl Gallagher’s “Trouble In My Day” Published](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/karl-gallagher-s-trouble-in-my-day-published/4059)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [3 December 2023 15:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/karl-gallagher-s-trouble-in-my-day-published/4059 "2023-12-03T15:59:23Z")
The sixth novel in Karl Gallagher’s “Fall of the Censor” series, Trouble In My Day, was released on 2023-11-29. The series is a rip-roaring space opera which includes an artificial intelligence apocalypse, a society t… --- ## [Announcing: “Autodesk History Explorer”, a ChatGPT Custom GPT based on “The Autodesk File”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/announcing-autodesk-history-explorer-a-chatgpt-custom-gpt-based-on-the-autodesk-file/3998)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [19 November 2023 14:08 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/announcing-autodesk-history-explorer-a-chatgpt-custom-gpt-based-on-the-autodesk-file/3998 "2023-11-19T14:08:49Z")
On the heels of my first ChatGPT custom GPT, “The Hacker’s Diet Advisor”, I have just prepared “Autodesk History Explorer”, a customisation of OpenAI’s ChatGPT which extends its knowledge base by digesting the full 800… --- ## [Announcing: “The Hacker's Diet Advisor”, a Weight Management GPT for ChatGPT](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/announcing-the-hackers-diet-advisor-a-weight-management-gpt-for-chatgpt/3986)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [18 November 2023 23:07 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/announcing-the-hackers-diet-advisor-a-weight-management-gpt-for-chatgpt/3986 "2023-11-18T23:07:28Z")
As described in the my 2023-11-07 comment on “Generative Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, and Image Synthesis”, the “OpenAI Dev Day” presentation the day before introduced the ability to create “Custom G… --- ## [Programming a Computer Numerical Control Machine with GPT-4](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/programming-a-computer-numerical-control-machine-with-gpt-4/3860)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [18 October 2023 12:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/programming-a-computer-numerical-control-machine-with-gpt-4/3860 "2023-10-18T12:59:05Z")
The latest version of GPT-4, now being made available to ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise subscribers (I just got access two days ago), includes the ability to submit images along with prompts and generate image… --- ## [Shalmaneser Comes to SCANALYST](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/shalmaneser-comes-to-scanalyst/2836)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [17 October 2023 00:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/shalmaneser-comes-to-scanalyst/2836 "2023-10-17T00:55:15Z")
A key character in John Brunner’s 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, which served as the inspiration for this site and a substantial part of my writing since I first read the book in its year of publication, is Shalmaneser, t… --- ## [“Universal and Transferable Adversarial Attacks on Aligned Language Models”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/universal-and-transferable-adversarial-attacks-on-aligned-language-models/3527)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2023 15:27 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/universal-and-transferable-adversarial-attacks-on-aligned-language-models/3527 "2023-09-19T15:27:25Z")
In a paper posted on arXiv on 2023-07-27, “Universal and Transferable Adversarial Attacks on Aligned Language Models” (full text at link), four authors report, as lead author Andy Zou tweets, We found adversarial suffi… --- ## [Benjamin Netanyahu on War, Peace, Democracy, Innovation, and Artificial Intelligence](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/benjamin-netanyahu-on-war-peace-democracy-innovation-and-artificial-intelligence/3447)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2023 13:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/benjamin-netanyahu-on-war-peace-democracy-innovation-and-artificial-intelligence/3447 "2023-09-19T13:24:11Z")
--- ## [Moore Is Different: “Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/moore-is-different-generative-agents-interactive-simulacra-of-human-behavior/3039)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [15 September 2023 15:27 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/moore-is-different-generative-agents-interactive-simulacra-of-human-behavior/3039 "2023-09-15T15:27:58Z")
On 2023-04-07, six authors from Stanford University and Google Research posted a paper on arXiv, “Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior”. Here is the abstract. Believable proxies of human behav… [Next page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/artificial-intelligence/641.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=artificial-intelligence)