Weekly Top Picks #94
OpenAI o1 isn't a chatbot / Invisible progress / Prepare for what's coming / OpenAI agents / Is AI slop good? / Against false positives / The risk of being anti-AI / The denial of AI / AI music
The week in AI at a glance
OpenAI o1 isn't a chat model (and that's the point): OpenAI's o1 redefines interaction by focusing on goals and reasoning, requiring users to unlearn traditional AI prompting.
Why AI progress is increasingly invisible: AI's rapid advances are underreported, leaving the public unprepared for transformative developments.
Whatever happens next we have to prepare: As AI capabilities grow, societal preparation—not just technical alignment—is urgently needed.
Why OpenAI is taking so long to launch agents: OpenAI delays launching agents due to risks like prompt injection, which could erode trust in AI.
AI slop may not be that bad after all: Cheap, weaker AI models can outperform stronger ones in generating synthetic training data under a fixed budget.
Accusations of AI use must stop now: The rise of indistinguishable AI risks making false accusations of its use more common and damaging.
The incalculable damage of the anti-AI discourse: Anti-AI rhetoric rooted in outdated metaphors hinders understanding and progress in AI discourse.
Why AI invites as much denial as death: Creative figures often resist AI’s rise, not from hope, but from a plea against its perceived threats.
CEO of an AI music startup says it’s not enjoyable to make music now: Suno’s CEO laments the loss of joy in music-making while driving its commodification through AI.
The week in The Algorithmic Bridge
(PAID) Weekly Top Picks #93: ChatGPT Pro losses / Nvidia DIGITS / AI art can be good / The year of the robot / Meta AI creators flop / Anthropic $60B / Transformers, visualized / When ChatGPT flips out.
(FREE) Why Obsessing Over AI Today Blinds Us to the Bigger Picture: Seeing the Hogwarts Express reminded me how past wonders shape our view of progress and how we often dismiss the magic of the present as normal. AI feels like the same shifting puzzle—impossible to solve today because it keeps changing. I know someday it’ll be like rivers and mountains to us: ever-changing, ever-lasting, and just part of the world.