An AI-Hater Confronts His Bias by Learning the Math Behind Artificial Intelligence
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Jun 24 Written By John Horgan
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Science journalist John Horgan, a self-described AI-hater, grapples with his dilemma: AI is the biggest science story of his career, yet he loathes it. He decides to overcome his aversion by learning the math underlying AI — specifically linear algebra, calculus, probability, and statistics — as a way to better understand and report on the technology he finds troubling. The piece is a personal, reflective essay on confronting one's biases through education.
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When friends rave about the brilliance of Claude or ChatGPT or whatever, I get depressed. I fear they're becoming zombies, pod people.
It's my duty, as a science journalist, to report on AI.
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