{"id":1212542,"date":"2023-12-18T07:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212542"},"modified":"2023-12-18T07:30:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T12:30:50","slug":"a-song-of-hype-and-fire-the-10-biggest-ai-stories-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212542","title":{"rendered":"A song of hype and fire: The 10 biggest AI stories of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hype_and_fire_hero_1-800x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration of a robot accidentally setting off a mushroom cloud on a laptop computer.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hype_and_fire_hero_1.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"675\" data-width=\"1200\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Here, There, and Everywhere&#8221; isn&#8217;t just a Beatles song. It&#8217;s also a phrase that recalls the spread of generative AI into the tech industry during 2023. Whether you think AI is just a fad or the dawn of a new tech revolution, it&#8217;s been impossible to deny that AI news has dominated the tech space for the past year.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen a large cast of AI-related characters emerge that includes tech CEOs, machine learning researchers, and AI ethicists\u2014as well as charlatans and doomsayers. From public feedback on the subject of AI, we&#8217;ve heard that it&#8217;s been difficult for non-technical people to know who to believe, what AI products (if any) to use, and whether we should fear for our lives or our jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in keeping with a much-lamented <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2022\/12\/please-slow-down-the-7-biggest-ai-stories-of-2022\/\">trend of 2022<\/a>, machine learning research has not slowed down over the past year. On X, former Biden administration tech advisor <span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Suresh Venkatasubramanian<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/geomblog\/status\/1734662794518384831?s=20\">wrote<\/a>, &#8220;How do people manage to keep track of ML papers? This is not a request for support in my current state of bewilderment\u2014I&#8217;m genuinely asking what strategies seem to work to read (or &#8220;read&#8221;) what appear to be 100s of papers per day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1988213#p3\">Read 24 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1988213&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1988213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A song of hype and fire: The 10 biggest AI stories of 2023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards) &#8220;Here, There, and Everywhere&#8221; isn&#8217;t just a Beatles song. It&#8217;s also a phrase that recalls the spread of generative AI into the tech industry during 2023. 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