by Andrew Maynard | Aug 15, 2023 | Blog
A list of ChatGPT prompts and example responses that are designed to help understand, explore, and become familiar with the platform — especially in an academic setting. All the links below will take you to a ChatGPT conversation. If you have an account with...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 14, 2023 | Blog
Having just finished teaching one of the country’s first undergraduate courses on using ChatGPT, I’m more excited than ever by how the tool stimulates creative and critical thinking I’ve spent the past six weeks reading over 2,000 conversations between...
by Andrew Maynard | Apr 27, 2023 | Blog
23 years ago, the Sun Microsystems co-founder raised serious concerns about out-of-control technology innovation. As we grapple with the latest wave of AI, it’s time to revisit his article. In April 2000, Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy shook the world of...
by Andrew Maynard | Apr 27, 2023 | Blog
We need new thinking, research, ideas, and strategies, for ensuring advanced technologies are harnessed to ensure a better future for as many people as possible. And we need them fast! This is, by any measure, a procrastination post. I’m supposed to be writing a...
by Andrew Maynard | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog
Given how all over the place conversations are on safe, responsible and beneficial AI development at the moment, I thought it worth posting this chapter from the 2018 book Films from the Future In 2018 I wrote about thinking in broad, creative, and deeply...