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.

Mar 9 • 

Andy McAdams

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February 2025

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.

Feb 23 • 

Andy McAdams

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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.

Feb 17 • 

Andy McAdams

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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.

Feb 2 • 

Andy McAdams

4

January 2025

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.

Jan 26 • 

Andy McAdams

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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.

Jan 20 • 

Andy McAdams

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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

Jan 15 • 

Andy McAdams

2

August 2024

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

Aug 18, 2024 • 

Andy McAdams

4

July 2024

What can Crowdstrike's Big Mistake Tell us about GenAI?

What's the old adage? Hope for the best, expect the worst?

Jul 29, 2024 • 

Andy McAdams

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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?

Jul 14, 2024 • 

Andy McAdams

4

June 2024

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…

Jun 23, 2024 • 

Andy McAdams

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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.

Jun 9, 2024 • 

Andy McAdams

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