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Part of the "New Atheist" movement, best known for work on consciousness, free will.

(1) BITTER KARELLA (“MIDNIGHT PALS”) Q&A. The Horror Writers Association blog continues its “Nuts & Bolts” series in an “Interview With Bitter Karella, Creator of The Midnight Pals”. The Midnight Pals microfiction series started as a simple but inspired running gag on Twitter. Storytellers gather around a campfire a la Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark?,

Authors keep finding what appear to be AI-generated imitations and summaries of their books on Amazon. There's little they can do to rein in the rip-offs.

With a politically contentious issue like AI, it is all the more important that readers access a wide range of views and then make up their own minds.

Behind the OpenAI news cycle is a more fundamental question: just how intelligent are LLMs? And what can we learn about human intelligence from LLMs? It's a...

As software starts its takeover of art and literature, we should mourn the erosion of our creative skills and the ineffable human bonds between creators and consumers.

Two capital letters of the alphabet which could reverse 300,000 years of human evolution: Not so long ago the letters A and I, put together, would occasion controversy and consternation, and generally raise bells of...

A podcast interview (posted 2023-06-29) with noted AI researcher Douglas Hofstadter discusses his career and current views on AI (via Edward Kmett). …

Mews Unfold 2023 is the year’s most exciting hospitality event. That’s a fact. Set in the stunning Muziekgebouw in central Amsterdam, it will see hundreds of hoteliers and industry leaders share their thoughts on the new standard in hospitality.

Our HAI community offered up the best books in AI that they’re reading.