Artificial Intelligence

Partial list, reflecting my annoyance with the ongoing hype about AGI.

Issues of AI

The Limits of AI by Hubert Dreyfus (1985)

Dreyfus lays down the core objections against AGI.

Fjelland, R. (2020). Why general artificial intelligence will not be realized. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 7(1), 10.

Compelling and persuasive article against AGI, often elaborating on Dreyfus's ideas.

Heitzinger, C., & Woltran, S. (2024). A Short Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Methods, Success Stories, and Current Limitations. Introduction to Digital Humanism: A Textbook (pp. 135–149). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Excellent and up-to-date broad overview of AI.

Rothman, J. (2023, November 13). Why the Godfather of A.I. Fears What He’s Built. The New Yorker.

Geoffrey Hinton's profile by the New Yorker. Useful read, despite the almost click-bait title.

Müller, V. C. (2023). Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. In E. N. Zalta & U. Nodelman (Eds.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Broad discussion with well-chosen pointers for further reading.

Chomsky, N., Roberts, I., & Watumull, J. (2023, March 8). The False Promise of ChatGPT. The New York Times.

Provocative but thoughtful, as usual from Chomsky.

Chiang, T. (2023, February 9). ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web. The New Yorker.

A neat and well-argued metaphor.

Crockett, MJ. (2025, February 27). AI is ‘beating’ humans at empathy and creativity. But these games are rigged. The Guardian.

Pins down issues with the methods and performance metrics.

Chayka, K. (2025, April 2). The Limits of A.I.-Generated Miyazaki. The New Yorker.