AI Quick Bits with Scot Pansing

In this episode I give some of my thoughts on the current (July 2023) state of artificial intelligence's value.

Episode transcripts on Substack: https://scotpansing.substack.com/

Carissa Véliz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carissa-v%C3%A9liz-a5781555_how-does-chatgpt-decide-what-to-say-next-activity-7084929111537672192-Maap

Benedict Evans, "AI and the automation of work": https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2023/7/2/working-with-ai

Similarweb, "ChatGPT Drops About 10% in Traffic as the Novelty Wears Off": https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/ai-news/chatgpt-traffic-drops/

Washington Post, "The FTC is investigating whether ChatGPT harms consumers": https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/ftc-openai-chatgpt-sam-altman-lina-khan/

Shopify announces Sidekick: https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1679114154756669441

Morgan Pansing Prints: https://morganpansingprints.com/

The Verge, "Google's medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals": https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/8/23788265/google-med-palm-2-mayo-clinic-chatbot-bard-chatgpt

Reuters, "Hollywood actors to strike at midnight, join writers on picket lines": https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hollywood-actors-union-sets-strike-vote-thursday-talks-break-down-2023-07-13/

In this episode I have a discussion with Dr. Desmond Patton, the Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. We talk about his research into the relationship between social media and gang violence and the cultural nuances in language amongst predominantly black and Hispanic youth, as well as current topics in AI and technology in general such as bias, intellectual property, and emotion simulating chatbots.

"Expressions of loss predict aggressive comments on Twitter among gang-involved youth in Chicago": https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-018-0020-x

Contextual Analysis of Social Media: The Promise and Challenge of Eliciting Context in Social Media Posts with Natural Language Processing: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/2022-09/Contextual%20Analysis%20of%20Social%20Media.pdf

Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D.: https://safiyaunoble.com/

The AI Dilemma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVJKj8lcNQ

In this episode I review the current developments (May 2023) in artificial intelligence at the United States government federal level.

Episode transcript with links on Substack: https://scotpansing.substack.com/

Maintaining American Leadership in AI: Presidential Executive Order 13859 (2019): https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/02/14/2019-02544/maintaining-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence

Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications: Presidential Office of Management and Budget (2020): https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/M-21-06.pdf

Artificial Intelligence Ethics Framework for the Intelligence Community: Office of the Director of National Intelligence (2020): https://www.intelligence.gov/artificial-intelligence-ethics-framework-for-the-intelligence-community

Promoting the Use of Trustworthy AI in the Federal Government: Presidential Executive Order 13960 (2020): https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/08/2020-27065/promoting-the-use-of-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence-in-the-federal-government

National AI Initiative Act (2020), law passed 2021: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6216/text

Model Risk Management Handbook: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (2021): https://occ.gov/publications-and-resources/publications/comptrollers-handbook/files/model-risk-management/index-model-risk-management.html

Trustworthy AI (TAI) Playbook: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2021): https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/hhs-trustworthy-ai-playbook.pdf

Artificial Intelligence at the National Institutes of Health (NIH): https://datascience.nih.gov/artificial-intelligence

Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Fairness Initiative: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) (2021): https://www.eeoc.gov/ai

Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (2022): https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/

Responsible Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Implementation Pathway: US Department of Defense (2022): https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jun/22/2003022604/-1/-1/0/Department-of-Defense-Responsible-Artificial-Intelligence-Strategy-and-Implementation-Pathway.PDF

Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022, proposed law: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6580/text

Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence: Library of Congress U.S. Copyright Office (2023): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-03-16/pdf/2023-05321.pdf

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): https://www.nist.gov/artificial-intelligence https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ai/NIST.AI.100-1.pdf

Strengthening and Democratizing the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Innovation Ecosystem: National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force (2023): https://www.ai.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/NAIRR-TF-Final-Report-2023.pdf

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): https://www.uspto.gov/initiatives/artificial-intelligence/artificial-intelligence-reports https://www.uspto.gov/blog/director/entry/with-artificial-intelligence-speeding-the

Joint Statement on Enforcement Efforts Against Discrimination and Bias in Automated Systems: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Dept. of Justice's Civil Rights Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (2023): https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/cfpb_joint-statement-enforcement-against-discrimination-bias-automated-systems_2023-04.pdf

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Promote Responsible AI Innovation that Protects Americans' Rights and Safety: White House Statement (2023): https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/04/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-promote-responsible-ai-innovation-that-protects-americans-rights-and-safety/

Oliver Patel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-patel/

In this episode I have a discussion with Theo Priestly, technology futurist, international speaker, and author. We discuss the potential effects of artificial intelligence on the future of labor, the entertainment and content industries, as well as the ethical implications of therapy chatbots and what happens when people believe that machines are alive.

Goldman Sachs: The Potentially Large Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Economic Growth https://www.key4biz.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Global-Economics-Analyst_-The-Potentially-Large-Effects-of-Artificial-Intelligence-on-Economic-Growth-Briggs_Kodnani.pdf

World Economic Forum: The Future of Jobs Report 2023 https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2023/

In this episode I speak with Paula Boddington, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Healthcare, Geller Institute of Aging and Memory, at the University of West London. She is also the author of the newly released "AI Ethics: A Textbook" released by Springer Publishing in March of 2023.

AI Ethics: A Textbook https://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Artificial-Intelligence-Foundations-Algorithms/dp/9811993815?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=scotpansing-20

In this episode I describe my recent experience asking ChatGPT (using the premium version GPT-4) to write basic HTML and JavaScript code for a simple website.

SMERL: Synthetic Media Elections Restriction List https://smerl.io/

In this episode I talk with Lori Mazor, CEO of Synthetivity, a company that develops AI and metaverse applications as well as providing design, consulting, and workshop services in the space. We discuss chatbot personas, ethics, prompting, bias in Midjourney, and more.

10% off of Synthetivity workshops, use code: QUICKBITS10 https://www.synthetivity.net/

In this episode I discuss the power of conversation, especially when having one with a computer. Plus I get into chatbots and many of the relationship possibilities they open up, and where companies are pushing this technology now and into the near future.

Podcast feedback: https://sites.libsyn.com/458310/scotpansing/contact

"Conversation" Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversation

Replika: https://replika.com/

Artificial intelligence: Italian SA clamps down on 'Replika' chatbot: https://www.garanteprivacy.it/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/9852506#english

Article 13 EU GDPR: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-13-gdpr/

'It's Hurting Like Hell': AI Companion Users Are In Crisis, Reporting Sudden Sexual Rejection: https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3py9j/ai-companion-replika-erotic-roleplay-updates

Thankful: https://www.thankful.ai/

In this episode I go over some of my own recent generative AI experiments with readily available tools, ask some more provocative questions, and review a sampling of generative AI visual tools currently available.

My experiment with ElevenLabs voice synthesis and D-ID photo animation: https://studio.d-id.com/share?id=7c16e6fe728afa5ab8deb9604ebca1aa

D-ID: https://www.d-id.com

My Midjourney experiments on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imscotpansing

Getty Images Claims Photo Theft, Demands $1.8 Trillion from AI Generator: https://metanews.com/getty-images-claims-photo-theft-demands-1-8-trillion-from-ai-generator

Ben's Bites: https://bensbites.beehiiv.com

Cleanup.pictures: https://cleanup.pictures

Illustroke: https://illustroke.com

PatternedAI: https://www.patterned.ai

Stockimg.ai: https://stockimg.ai

Iconify.ai: https://www.iconifyai.com

Looka: https://looka.com

Gen-1 by Runway: https://research.runwayml.com/gen1

Beatoven https://www.beatoven.ai

Soundful https://soundful.com

Soundraw https://soundraw.io

Musico https://www.musi-co.com

Riffusion https://www.riffusion.com

Emergent Drums by Audiolab https://audialab.com

Chord AI https://www.chordai.net

Staccato https://staccato.ai

Maroofy https://maroofy.com

Playlist AI https://www.playlistai.app