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A Novel Prize for Persian Translation
The Mo Habib Translation Prize is bringing the work of Persian writers — and translators of Persian — to an English-language audience.
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Chatbots sometimes make things up -- not everyone thinks AI hallucination problem is fixable
Spend enough time with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots and it doesn't take long for them to spout falsehoods. Described as hallucination, confabulation or just plain making things up, it's now a problem. Emily Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is quoted.
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For UW Athletes, A Roman Adventure
Husky football players and other UW athletes explored Rome through a ten-day study abroad program led by Classics Professor Jim Clauss.
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A look inside Seattle's flourishing poetry scene
While it's hard to determine if today's poetry scene is any more successful than other times without taking a deep dive into data, there's currently a lot to celebrate in the Seattle poetry world: local poets are receiving critical acclaim and national recognition, a slew of books are being published and poets are choosing to move to the city to develop their craft. David Nikki Crouse, director of the UW's Creative Writing Program, is quoted. -
Does Sam Altman know what he's creating?
Sam Altman has zero regrets about letting ChatGPT loose into the world. To the contrary, he believes it was a great public service. This is the story of the OpenAI CEO's ambitious, ingenious, terrifying quest to create a new form of intelligence. Emily M. Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is referenced. -
Microsoft partner OpenAI reportedly under FTC investigation
The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly investigating OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed startup that makes the smash hit ChatGPT. Emily M. Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is quoted. -
Meet Our 2023 Graduate Medalists
Three graduate students who earned doctoral degrees in spring 2023 received the Graduate Medal from the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Four Dean's Medalists, Working Toward Change
The four new graduates honored as College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Medalists for 2023 are all working to improve our world, in different ways.
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Forget about the AI apocalypse -- the real dangers are already here
Two weeks after members of Congress questioned OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the potential for artificial intelligence tools to spread misinformation, disrupt elections and displace jobs, he and others in the industry went public with a much more frightening possibility: an AI apocalypse. Emily M. Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is quoted. -
Words In Review: AI or 'stochastic parrots'?
You've probably heard chatbots like ChatGPT described as "artificial intelligence." Emily M. Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, wants you to call it a "text synthesis machine" or "stochastic parrot."
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Scalpel, forceps, bone drill: modern medicine in ancient Rome
A 2,000-year-old collection of medical tools, recently unearthed in Hungary, offer insight into the practices of undaunted, much-maligned Roman doctors. Lawrence J. Bliquez, professor emeritus of classics and art history at the UW, is quoted.
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The 'AI apocalypse' is just PR
Big Tech's warnings about an AI apocalypse are distracting us from years of actual harms their products have caused. Emily M. Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is quoted.
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Making Films, Finding Community
As UW student Kenna Fojas (Cinema & Media Studies, Psychology) prepares to graduate, she's set to direct a film she wrote with guidance from a screenwriting idol.
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COMMENTARY: This AAPI month, let’s not forget Seattle’s ultraminorities
Nazry Bahrawi, Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian literature and culture, inaugurates Asian Languages & Literature's quarterly column in the Northwest Asian Weekly.
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How 'gubernatorial' steered into our language
In KUOW's new program, "Words in Review," host Bill Radke and Sarah Stroup, professor of classics at the UW, take a virtual trip to the rocky Mediterranean to learn why we say "governor," but also, "gubernatorial."