Google engineer claims AI technology LaMDA is sentient
It has read Les Miserables, meditates daily, and is apparently sentient, according to one Google researcher. Blake Lemoine, a software engineer and AI researcher with the tech giant, has published a full transcript of conversations he and a colleague had with the “chatbot” called LaMDA. He says he’s now on “paid administrative leave” for violating confidentiality and has raised ethics...
New laws and code to resolve remaining COVID-19 commercial rent debts
New laws and a Code of Practice are being introduced to resolve the remaining commercial rent debts accrued because of the pandemic. New laws to be introduced to provide a legally-binding process to resolve the remaining commercial rent debts a new Code of Practice published to guide landlords and tenants...
In a world where we can get almost everything we need with a few taps on our smartphones, people believe that hard work has become overrated. You’ve probably heard that you should work smarter, not harder. But is this true? Is it even good advice? Back in the ‘90s, when I grew...
Laissez-Faire leadership is a leadership style in which leaders remain hands-off and delegate decision-making to group members. Laissez-Faire literally means ‘leave it alone’ or ‘let it be’(translated from French). Much like its translation, this leadership style prioritizes trust as a foundational factor in building a good team. In practice, this...
We haven’t just suffered during COVID. We’ve learned.
Resilience of young people, new treatment tools give Matt Nock hope amid mental health challenges posed by social media, school and campus disruptions Young people have experienced an array of mental health problems over the past two years. A CDC report published last summer detailed a dramatic increase in adolescents entering...