The Yin Yang of AI

“When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.” -- Naval adage, quoted in Wouk’s 1951 “The Caine Mutiny”

“Like Photoshop on steroids” -- OpenAI boss Sam Altman describing the risks of AI in U.S. Senate hearing testimony (May 17, 2023)

The Yin Yang of AI
Artificial Intelligence is an emerging technology that is both inspiring and terrifying in its implications.

As a non-techie, I wanted to learn a little bit about AI.

Normally when I want to get a layman’s view of an unfamiliar topic, I go to one of the books produced under the For Dummies franchise. And there is, of course, an “Artificial Intelligence for Dummies.” This would be well worth the read.

Another resource is the AI Course- Elements of AI (https://course.elementsofai.com/ ) To quote from their Web site …

“In spring 2018, MinnaLearn and the University of Helsinki came together with the aim of helping people to be empowered, not threatened, by artificial intelligence. Together, they built the Elements of AI to teach the basics of AI to people from a wide range of backgrounds.”

TIP 1: Even if you are an expert on AI, it would not hurt to breeze through this course. It may help you explain AI to dummies like me.

TIP 2: Subscribe to MIT’s The Download https://www.technologyreview.com/ ). It is thanks to one of their newsletters that I learned about the Elements of AI

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Jean Steinhardt served as Librarian, Aramco Americas (https://americas.aramco.com/ ), Engineering Division, for 13 years. He now heads Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC, producing the same high quality research that he performed for Aramco.

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