PinnedSteve ShwartzinTowards Data ScienceDon’t Fear Artificial General IntelligencePeople worry that AI will progress to the point where evil robots gain artificial general intelligence and take over the world. Don’t…Nov 13, 2020Nov 13, 2020
Steve ShwartzDon’t Be Fooled By ChatGPT: It’s Not As Smart As You ThinkChatGPT can write a sonnet that would make Shakespeare jealous, whip up code like a Silicon Valley prodigy, and hold a conversation that…Jul 3Jul 3
Steve ShwartzinTowards Data Science12 Twitter Sentiment Analysis Algorithms Compared12 sentiment analysis algorithms were compared on the accuracy of tweet classification. The fasText deep learning system was the winner.Jan 31, 20211Jan 31, 20211
Steve ShwartzinTowards AIWill Self-Driving Cars Really Reduce Accidents?Many people assume self-driving cars will be safer than human drivers. This assumption may be both wrong and dangerous.Jan 31, 2021Jan 31, 2021
Steve ShwartzinDigital DiplomacyLevel 3 Self-Driving is a Really Bad IdeaMany of today’s consumer vehicles have Level 2 self-driving capabilities. This means that the car will automatically stay in the correct…Jan 29, 2021Jan 29, 2021
Steve ShwartzBig Brother Is Watching You With Facial Recognition AIAI facial recognition is being used for surveillance by governments and law enforcement. The result may be a 1984-style Big Brother…Dec 14, 2020Dec 14, 2020
Steve ShwartzAI and Cybersecurity: Friend or Foe?Imagine the damage an intelligent virus could inflict. It would arrive at the network perimeter. Or worse, it would penetrate your…Dec 9, 2020Dec 9, 2020
Steve ShwartzDriverless Cars Are Coming to an Area Near You and You Should Be WorriedState and local governments are starting to permit testing of driverless cars. This will likely result in accidents and traffic jams.Dec 7, 2020Dec 7, 2020
Steve ShwartzAI Meets Natural Stupidity RevisitedYale Professor Drew McDermott criticized AI researchers in 1976 for using terminology that over-hyped AI. His comments are still…Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Steve ShwartzinTowards Data ScienceWhy You Can’t Have a Real Conversation With Your ChatbotPersonal assistants like Siri and Alexa can only provide canned responses to pre-programmed inputs and lack a human-like understanding of…Nov 27, 2020Nov 27, 2020