Chatting with ChatGPT
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Chatting with ChatGPT

Nearly 20 years ago, when I was completing a PhD in computer vision, I was drawn to an AI technique called “machine learning” for recognizing different images. I recall being astounded at the profound elegance of “training” a computer with example images and then observing how well it could identify new images. My early experiences…

Finding the fakes
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Finding the fakes

“Computers: Are they conquering our world?” That was the title of an article published in Christian Courier (CC) more than 40 years ago. “The possibilities for manipulation of people,” columnist and labour expert Harry Antonides wrote in 1982, “by controlling and slanting information and news via the new systems of communication are staggering.” He was…

The robots are coming
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The robots are coming

Could you tell if this editorial was written by a robot? I started asking this question in mid-December right around the time my husband, Jakob was spending his evenings talking to something (someone?) who wasn’t human at all. He had discovered ChatGPT, a large language model developed by OpenAI, a company co-founded by Elon Musk….

Faithful text prediction
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Faithful text prediction

A friend recently emailed me about how God had used a hard time in his life for good. When I responded with “I’m glad you are –” Gmail suggested “– doing well.” I paused, wondering if that phrase sounds lazy and superficial. If it hadn’t popped up, I might have written something like “I’m glad you’re seeing…

Psalm 8 Includes Computers
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Psalm 8 Includes Computers

The moon and stars, flocks and herds, wild animals, birds and fish. Psalm 8 lists each of these as part of God’s creation. But how do computers fit into creation?

When your toaster becomes a target
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When your toaster becomes a target

However, while smart and connected devices provide convenience and other benefits, they come with a variety of security and privacy concerns.

Artificial Intelligence II: Watson, Tay and driverless cars

Artificial Intelligence II: Watson, Tay and driverless cars

A number of you may have seen the computer program Watson from IBM defeat two strong human players on Jeopardy! in 2011 to win a one-million dollar prize. Ken Jennings, one of the humans defeated by Watson, suggests that the program is taking the same approach that he does in answering these trivia puzzles, analyzing many possible questions suggested by the answer provided.