Crash Course: Zen and the artificial intelligence: We should be "somewhat scared," says OpenAI CEO, not paralyzed

Sam Altman and his Buddhist teacher have stopped worrying and learned to love the bot. What about the rest of us? [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaGtidTc4M3QyZS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGRXA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZW1lZnRqdjVlZy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Zen and the artificial intelligence: We should be "somewhat scared," says OpenAI CEO, not paralyzed Language models of human intelligence are themselves comparable to a type of AI "knowledge model," by even a modestly interdisciplinary definition. Any human lingua franca is used to store and retrieve information, trained by every new generation to incorporate both novel concepts and ancient memory into the electrified biochemical mess between our ears — our own homegrown neural network. [Read the rest from Rae Hodge.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdWNiYXlib201dy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (DALL-E / Rae Hodge) Marjorie Taylor Greene shows off her Confederate beer cooler in a new workout video [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNnFjZjg3NGttNC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), R-Ga. posted a short clip to Twitter on Friday, in which she boasts of her agenda to impeach President Biden. In the clip, Greene is shown pumping iron in her garage while listening to rock music — not unusual in that she's shared similar videos of herself in the past — but what stands out about this one is the congresswoman's decision to not hide her Confederate beer cooler (surely not filled with [Bud Light](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvM2F2MDE4aDhxby8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)) before hitting record. 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Experts are skeptical - From Fonzie to Cousineau, [Henry Winkler](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYjB6eGUxMzhiMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) shares his 50-year acting secret: "Cool is authenticity" - This [creamy artichoke pasta](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOW9kdjUyb2t0Ni8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) with zesty breadcrumbs will become your family's new favorite go-to - How to eat like a Vermont farmer — starting with this [luscious burrata salad](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZmV4MDR1N2VtMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - [How do we know what is true?](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcjA2M2trcnFybC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) In an age of war, pandemic and conspiracy theory, it's not easy - "I'm not quiet, but my voice still warbles": [Amanda Shires](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveWx0eW5vZGs0di8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) on her new album and owning her strength - Celebrities are talking openly about [menopause](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOXU2N3EyMnZ4Yi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). 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It all boils down to narratives The last three years have revealed a strange, fundamental truth about [American society](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvc3I3cTB5dGdlOS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): we do not exist in a world where we all perceive the same reality. Rather, we exist in a universe of competing beliefs about the nature of the world. And for myriad reasons — including the fundamental way that the internet [shapes our reality](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmTdA7P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcXV2dWtzbGJ5MS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTZucTJxZzFwOGQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI8S2tklzI1OFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) and provides alternative "facts" to every conceivable scenario — there is no shortage of sources that bolster these competing worldviews. 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