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💡 ‘Inventor bias’ and how it impacts algorithmic systems.
🔍 The researchers who caused ChatGPT to reveal its training data.
💫 The relationship between AI and creativity.
🤖 How ChatGPT is actually being used.
☠️ How TikTok dances became training data for a new problematic AI tool.
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💡Are the inventors of technology positively biased toward the technologies they create?
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