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The CNET Fake News Fiasco, Autopilot, and the Uncanny Cognitive Valley

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Some things we all need to watch out for.

The CNET Fake News Fiasco, Autopilot, and the Uncanny Cognitive Valley Some things we all need to watch out for. Gary Marcus Jan 31, 2023 76 22 Share In the midst of World War II, the cognitive psychologist Norman (“Mack”) Mackworth made a fundamental discovery that is central to how any sensible person should think about artificial intelligence: humans, he discovered, were attentionally challenged; if you gave them a repetitive task, particularly one in which most of the time they don’t have to do anything, they will eventually tune out. His finding is so foundational to cognitive psychology,

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