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The Proxy Problem: Why AI Can't Truly Understand Human Complexity
Proxies are fundamentally flawed, and AI can only see the map, not the territory.
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Andy McAdams
Mobile Musings: Video Game NPCs and Data Science Proxies
I’m trying something a little different today - I’m writing from my mobile because I’m not in front of my computer.
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Featured AI: Inworld.ai
February's featured cool, ethical use of AI is Inworld,ai, a company that develops agentic AI for video games.
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Andy McAdams
January 2025 AI Ethics Round-up
January 2025 has sure been a long year. Check out some of the highlights of the last 31 days for AI Ethics.
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Meta's Policy Changes: How to Leave Meta and Stay Gone
Develop an Exit Strategy to successfully leave Meta while maintaining social connections, and stay off these platforms long-term.
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Meta's Policy Changes: Reasons to Stay on the Platform and What You Can Do
You might have to stay on Meta's Platforms, but that doesn't mean you can't stick it to them...at least a little bit.
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Back in the Saddle: What to Expect from BSE in 2025
Plus, a little bit about what happened to me in 2024
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A Furry Little Robotic Demon-Spawn Helped Me Understand AI Policy
Stop me if you've heard this before: a Calculator and a Furby walk into Congress to talk about Artificial Intelligence
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What can Crowdstrike's Big Mistake Tell us about GenAI?
What's the old adage? Hope for the best, expect the worst?
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Is GenAI Worth it?
Is it worth to try and hammer a nail with an ice pick? Probably not, but maybe you like a challenge? Who am I to judge?
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Does Apple Intelligence Actually Matter?
No, it doesn't. It's not a pivotal moment for Apple, for GenAI or anyone else. It's a mostly forgettable entrance into a market already struggling to…
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June-ish 2024 AI Ethics Round-up
This week's article covers differing opinions about the impact of AI on creatives, the workforce, and elections from around the Substack-verse.
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