Tag: ChatGPT

  • Metaphor identification: From manual to automatic

    Metaphor identification: From manual to automatic

    I have written about metaphors for AIs and LLMs (large language models) like ChatGPT, but I don’t know much about what one might call the mechanics of metaphor recognition, identification and interpretation inside LLMs. So, I wanted to find out and went down a rabbit hole – I never quite reached the bottom…. Metaphor and…

  • From contamination to collapse: On the trail of a new AI metaphor

    From contamination to collapse: On the trail of a new AI metaphor

    I wrote my first ever post about AI and ChatGPT on 6 January 2023. Amongst other things, I talked about the danger of ‘knowledge pollution’. I wanted to highlight the dangers of a gradual corruption of our knowledge base. Knowledge pollution ChatGPT and many other bots or AIs like it are based on large language…

  • Hunting for AI metaphors

    Hunting for AI metaphors

    Thousands of articles and blog posts have been written about generative AI, especially ChatGPT. Some or these, especially blog posts, are about metaphors. As a metaphor hunter (see image!) I feel a bit ashamed that I haven’t done much on metaphor and AI. A little bit yes; for example, on what metaphors ChatGPT uses about…

  • Bridge or Barrier – Does generative AI contribute to more culturally inclusive higher education and research?

    Bridge or Barrier – Does generative AI contribute to more culturally inclusive higher education and research?

    This post by Dr Dimitrinka Atanasova was initially posted on the LSE Impact Blog on 4 May, 2023. It is cross-posted here with permission. Dr Dimitrinka Atanasova is a Lecturer in Intercultural Communication at Lancaster University. Her research focuses on health & science communication (particularly the topics of obesity, mental health, climate change, sustainability, nitrogen…

  • Chatting with a chatbot about metaphor

    Chatting with a chatbot about metaphor

    A week ago my son sent me a link to a tweet in which Ethan Mollick did a little experiment with one of the currently fashionable AI chatbots, a common pastime nowadays. He asked “Bing to look up Tamarian, a made-up Star Trek language that works entirely by metaphors to Tamarian history and myth. Then…

  • Artificial intelligence, dark matter and common sense

    Artificial intelligence, dark matter and common sense

    In my last post I wrote about a new type of deep learning network, the chatbot ChatGPT, which has stirred up a lot of debate, including between me and my sister. We were skyping and I mentioned the blog post and she said: “Oh, I have just read something in the New York Times that…

  • Artificial Intelligence: Education and entertainment

    Artificial Intelligence: Education and entertainment

    I have heard about artificial intelligence or AI for decades, but I have never really played with it. I guess this is the same for many people. We might have AI all around us, but at the end of 2022 it became much more tangible – we had it at our fingertips. A company called…