[Autosave is for Wimps]

[Autosave is for Wimps]

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How shall we make those darn AIs seem friendlier? Let’s ask an AI!

How shall we make those darn AIs seem friendlier? Let’s ask an AI!

Its eyes follow me around the room (eyes do that, you know)

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Jul 14, 2023
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Photo of some eggs in an egg box with little googly eyes attached to each egg.
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What AI needs right now is a pair of googly eyes.

Whenever a laboratory fills up with white-coated scientists trying to work out how to make an overly complex and ugly robot acceptable to the public at large, they invariably rub their chins, nod in unison and come to the same conclusion. Is th…

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