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OMG GenAI could cause us to think less! I’m joking but research released today by Microsoft and Carnegie Melon is stealing headlines because it says that GenAI use could cause us to use less critical thinking. Please. AI is not going to make us all dumb. A calculator can multiply 247 times 75 faster than I can, but that doesn’t make me dumb. However, this type of research is worthy to be aware of because when it comes to governing AI, we really do need to explore every risk.
People are angry! Angry that candidates for jobs use AI, like ChatGPT, to respond to questions from employers. For some reason, this old issue has resurfaced pretty strongly this past week. Here is my quick advice to employers and to candidates: just be transparent with each other. Using AI is just another tool so if you let your candidates know your objections to it, i.e. that they may not get the job, then it is on them to take the risk. And vice versa. If you use AI to screen job applicants, let them know so they can try to tailor their resume so they are not screened out for the wrong reasons.
Two megalomaniacs are at it again - Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Elon Musk offering to buy OpenAI for $97.4b and Sam Altman quipped back that he would buy X (formerly Twitter) for $9.74b. It often seems like the feud between those two is made up. I have seen arguments that Musk’s hostile takeover is an attempt to keep AI free and available to everyone. I don’t know about that. I am skeptical of any of his motives but if that was true, wouldn’t he have to be making the same kind of noise at Anthropic or Microsoft? I think the real issue here is that if a non-profit is allowed to easily convert to a public benefit corporation, then why doesn’t every company start as a non-profit?
Wow! New York banned the use of DeepSeek on government owned devices and Congress is considering doing the same for Federal government employees! Okay, for the sake of clarity, we are talking about a ban on the DeepSeek version of ChatGPT. Here is what is true: if you use DeepSeek R-1 chatbot or their API, then their terms of service clearly state that your data will be used in compliance with applicable law. Guess what law is applicable? China’s.
But, it is important to make a distinction. These bans are for the chatbot that you can download from the Apple App store, not the open source version of DeepSeek. Open source means you take the code and run it locally on your own device without calling DeepSeek servers and without sending your data to China. Frankly, this all seems geopolitical. So if you want to talk about it on Valentine’s Day, make sure you have your facts straight.
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