AI Quick Bits: Snackable Artificial Intelligence Content for Everyone

In this episode I speak with Rong Yan, Chief Technology Officer of HeyGen.

HeyGen: https://www.heygen.com 

In this episode I speak with Louis Rosenberg, CEO & Chief Scientist of Unanimous AI.  Louis is also the co-author of the newly released book Our Next Reality, and many scientific papers, including "The Manipulation Problem: Conversational AI as a Threat to Epistemic Agency."

Unanimous AI: https://unanimous.ai/ 

Our Next Reality: https://ournextreality.com/ 

The Manipulation Problem: https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.11748 

The AI Dilemma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSi4d75gFZQ 

Privacy Lost: https://www.privacylost.org/ 

Arrival Mind: https://www.outlandpublishing.com/arrival-mind

Friend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Q1hoEhfk4 

"AI Quick Bits" art: Jamillah Knowles / Better Images of AI / Data People / CC-BY 4.0

In this episode I have a fascinating conversation with Nell Watson, long standing maven in AI Philosophy, Safety, and Ethics, and author of the newly released book Taming the Machine: Ethically Harness the Power of AI.

Nell's website: https://www.nellwatson.com/

Taming the Machine: https://tamingthemachine.com/

Safer Agentic AI Foundations: https://www.nellwatson.com/agentic

Nell's video "Machines for Moral Enlightenment": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrZMapO1mEE

"Sunny" on Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/sunny/umc.cmc.7c5t9dde8dxoaxwyl5rkuw38p

"AI Quick Bits" art: Jamillah Knowles / Better Images of AI / Data People / CC-BY 4.0

In this episode I have a conversation with Johan Brandstedt, Business and Concept Development at HiQ, an IT Services and Consulting firm in Stockholm, Sweden.  But you may know Johan like I know him, as a persistent critic of generative artificial intelligence in its current and common form.  There's almost no AI post that I see where he does not comment, and he appears to relish debate on many facets of the ecosystem.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/johan-cedmar-brandstedt-a77b311/

In this episode I have a conversation with Nick Martin, Co-Founder of Direqt, a company that provides chatbot services to many of the world's top publishers.

Direqt: https://www.direqt.ai

In this episode I have a conversation with Sarah Fairweather, Senior Program Manager of Ethics at WellSaid Labs, an AI voice generation platform that turns text into voiceovers.

WellSaid Labs: https://wellsaidlabs.com

In this episode I dive into many fascinating aspects of artificial intelligence and society with X Eyeé.  X is the CEO of Malo Santo, an AI consulting firm whose mission is to ensure AI helps more people than it harms, and to empower companies to build AI that scales across geographies, cultures, and within communities.

In this episode I dig into the controversies surrounding artificial intelligence tools and art with Laura Miller.  Laura is the Director of Ethics at Shadowing AI, an AI-powered career development platform that focuses on helping everyone proactively practice and improve their soft skills, problem solving skills, communication skills and critical thinking skills.  Laura and I also discuss the differences between Responsible AI and Ethical AI.

There I Ruined It: https://www.youtube.com/@ThereIRuinedIt

Will Actors REALLY be Replaced? (VFX Artists Explain): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62-aWHGKeMo 

Shadowing AI: https://shadowing.ai/

Laura's photography: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lmiller-ethicist/details/featured/1635471709323/single-media-viewer/?profileId=ACoAAAgI_m0BiXGQ5sWTqY621F_xgvy2v2Xkuzk&lipi

In this episode I have a conversation with Paula Phelan, COO of Intelligent Relations, a company that is evolving the way growing businesses connect with journalists and amplify their brand stories.

Intelligent Relations: https://intelligentrelations.com/ 

Paula’s art: https://www.paulaphelan.com/

In this episode I have a chat with Steve Wasick, founder and CEO of infoSentience, a company that uses AI to provide millions of automated reports to customers like CBS Sports, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and others.

infoSentience: https://infosentience.com/

AI Quick Bits on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScotPansing

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

In this episode I speak with John de Lancie, an actor, writer, and director with a wonderful and storied career, probably best known for his portrayal of the character Q on Star Trek: The Next Generation and several subsequent Star Trek properties.

We spoke about generative artificial intelligence, the Hollywood strikes, voice acting, the Kent State University shootings which he experienced, music, and last but not least, sailing!

In this episode I speak with Andrew Gamino-Cheong, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Trustible, an artificial intelligence governance management platform.  Trustible recently published a whitepaper titled “Generative AI Risks & Considerations,” and the bulk of this episode reviews this content blow-by-blow.

https://www.trustible.ai/

Ignore The AI Utopists And Doomers: The Need For Louder AI Pragmatists: https://www.trustible.ai/post/ignore-the-ai-utopists-and-doomers-the-need-for-louder-ai-pragmatists 

Whitepaper: Generative AI Risks & Considerations: https://www.trustible.ai/post/generative-ai-risks-considerations 

Greg Rutkowski Was Removed From Stable Diffusion, But AI Artists Brought Him Back: https://decrypt.co/150575/greg-rutkowski-removed-from-stable-diffusion-but-brought-back-by-ai-artists 

What Socrates Can Teach Us About AI: https://time.com/6299631/what-socrates-can-teach-us-about-ai/ 

Samsung Bans ChatGPT Among Employees After Sensitive Code Leak: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/05/02/samsung-bans-chatgpt-and-other-chatbots-for-employees-after-sensitive-code-leak 

Inject My PDF: Prompt Injection for your Resume: https://kai-greshake.de/posts/inject-my-pdf/ 

(Ab)using Images and Sounds for Indirect Instruction Injection in Multi-Modal LLMs: https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.10490

Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/

Director's Blog: the latest from USPTO leadership: https://www.uspto.gov/blog/director/entry/with-artificial-intelligence-speeding-the

https://www.databricks.com/

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/