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It’s been a long year in the AI hype mines. And no matter how many claims Emily and Alex debunk, there's always a backlog of Fresh AI Hell. This week, another whirlwind attempt to clear it, with plenty of palate cleansers along the way.**Fresh AI Hell:**Part I: EducationMedical residency assignments)"AI generated" UCLA course)"Could ChatGPT get an engineering degree?")AI letters of recommendation)Chaser: 'AI' isn't Tinkerbell and we don’t have to clap)Part II: Potpourri, as in really rottenAI x parenting)Et tu, Firefox?)US military tests AI machine gun)"Over-indexing" genAI failings)AI denying social benefits)Chaser: AI 'granny' vs scammers) Part III: The Endangered Information EcosystemFake Emily quote in LLM-written article)Protecting Wikipedia)AI: the new plastic)Google AI on 'dressing')"AI" archaeology)Misinfo scholar used ChatGPT)OpenAI erases lawsuit evidence)LAT "AI" bias meter)WaPo AI search:) The Washington Post burns its own archive)
Chaser: ShotSpotter as art)
Part IV: Surveillance, AI in science/medicineApple patents "body data")Chatbots "defeat" doctors)Algorithm for healthcare "overuse")"AI friendships")"Can LLMs Generate Novel Research Ideas?")Another LLM for science)Chaser: FTC vs Venntel)
Part V: They tell us to believe the hype
Thomas Friedman: AGI is coming)Matteo Wong on o1's 'reasoning')WIRED editor: believe the hype)Salesforce CEO: The "unlimited age")
Chaser: Emily and Alex's forthcoming book! Pre-order THE AI CON: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want )
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Music by Toby Menon.Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park). Production by Christie Taylor.