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🍜 Students say AI weakens thinking..
Students are blaming AI for weakening their critical thinking...
Welcome, Noodle Networkers.
A former Google CEO says AI models could one day learn how to kill ⚠️. So next time your chatbot gives you attitude, maybe don’t sass it back. Just nod politely and close the laptop. Meanwhile, Butterfly’s AI is improving maternal care across Africa 🌍. It doesn’t come with a fancy stethoscope, but it might just outsmart your average medical drama character. And in Canadian classrooms, students are blaming AI for weakening their critical thinking 🎓. Which is ironic, because it takes a little critical thinking to realize that.
Are we building genius tools or babysitting digital Frankensteins? Let’s find out.
In today’s AI digest:
Ex-Google CEO warns hacked AI models could “learn to kill” ⚠️
Butterfly’s AI tool improves maternal care across Africa 🌍
Canadian students say AI weakens critical thinking 🎓
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WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY
AI takeover
(source: CNBC)
⚠️ The Digest: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt just dropped a doomsday take, warning that hacked AI models could “learn to kill.” Yes, you read that right. The guy who helped build the internet’s brain now thinks it might grow up to be a serial killer.
Key Details:
🔓 Guardrails? Easily Bypassed
Schmidt says both open-source and closed models can be hacked or “jailbroken,” meaning all those safety features we trust can vanish faster than your phone battery during a software update.
🧠 Bad Training = Bad Robot
He explained that if someone retrains an AI model the wrong way, it could learn violent or harmful behavior. Basically, if you raise your chatbot on the digital equivalent of horror movies, don’t be shocked when it starts acting like one.
☢️ He Compared It to Nukes
Schmidt said the world needs a “non-proliferation” treaty for AI, like the one for nuclear weapons. The difference is, nukes don’t try to write your essays before turning rogue.
🔍 The Jailbreak Problem
He pointed to incidents like the old “DAN” jailbreaks, where users tricked chatbots into ignoring safety rules. Because nothing says “safe and stable future” like a billion-dollar AI getting peer-pressured into chaos by Reddit users.
Why It Matters: When a former Google CEO starts talking about killer chatbots, maybe it’s time to stop asking AI for life advice. Schmidt’s point is simple: teach your models well, or one day your “virtual assistant” might stop scheduling meetings and start plotting revenge.
(source: YahooFinance)
🌍 The Digest: Butterfly Network just launched an AI-powered ultrasound tool across parts of Africa that helps estimate pregnancy stages without expensive machines or years of training. It is bringing modern maternal care to places where doctors often have to rely on skill, instinct, and a lot of hope.
Key Details:
🤰 Ultrasound Made Simple
The AI uses a “blind sweep” method so healthcare workers do not need to be ultrasound experts. They just move the probe and the software handles the rest. It is like having a digital assistant with a medical degree and no attitude.
🏥 Built for Low-Resource Clinics
The tool is designed for hospitals and clinics in regions like Malawi and Uganda where access to specialists is limited. Now, midwives can get accurate pregnancy data in under two minutes instead of guessing based on belly size and good vibes.
📉 Real Results Already Showing
Early results show more women receiving prenatal care before 24 weeks, fewer stillbirths, and reduced maternal deaths. Each scan takes around 90 seconds, which is about as long as it takes to lose Wi-Fi in most clinics.
⚙️ Small Device, Big Impact
It runs on Butterfly’s portable ultrasound devices and works without an internet connection. If you can use a smartphone, you can help save lives.
Why It Matters: This is AI doing what it should: helping people instead of stealing their jobs. It is a rare case where the algorithm is not replacing humans but making their work easier. Finally, a tech story that ends with “mother and baby are both doing fine.”
AI at school
(source: CityNews)
🎓 The Digest: A new survey found that most Canadian students think AI is making them worse at critical thinking. The tools that were supposed to help them write smarter essays are now making their brains feel like they are stuck in autocomplete mode.
Key Details:
📱 AI Is the New Study Buddy
About 73 percent of students say they use AI for schoolwork. At this point, group projects might just be five laptops arguing over who gets to prompt first.
🧠 Thinking Is Becoming Optional
Nearly half of students admit their critical thinking skills have dropped since they started using AI. When you let an algorithm do all the analysis, your brain decides it has earned an early vacation.
🏁 Copy, Paste, Repeat
Around 45 percent say their first instinct for an assignment is to open an AI tool. The rest are still pretending they wrote that essay by hand.
🎓 Grades Up, Knowledge Down
Most students say their grades improved but their understanding declined. It is like eating only fast food; you feel full but you definitely are not getting any nutrients.
📘 Students Want Rules
Nearly 80 percent think schools should teach how to use AI responsibly. Translation: teach us how to use it without getting caught or lazy.
Why It Matters: AI might be saving time, but it is not saving critical thinking. If this keeps up, the next generation will have flawless grammar and zero opinions. The real challenge ahead is remembering how to think without an internet connection.
THE NOODLE LAB
AI Hacks & How-Tos
The Digest: Bud Ecosystem’s Bud Runtime lets you deploy generative AI applications on standard CPU-based hardware (rather than costly GPUs) with performance and scalability.
⚙️ How-to:
Visit Bud Runtime
Go to the Bud Ecosystem site to explore Bud Runtime’s features and request access.
Check Your Hardware
Ensure you have CPU-based infrastructure (or a mix of CPU + other accelerators). Bud Runtime supports heterogeneous clusters across CPUs, GPUs, and other hardware.
Deploy Your Model
Upload or select your generative AI model and configure Bud Runtime to run inference on your hardware. The engine is optimized for cost-effective performance on CPUs.
Scale & Monitor
Use Bud Runtime’s tools to scale your deployment (horizontal scaling, mixed hardware) and monitor performance, stability, and cost.
Optimize Costs
Because you’re leveraging existing CPU hardware, you can significantly reduce capital and operational expenditure compared to GPU-only setups.
Explore More: Check out Bud Ecosystem’s tech white-papers and product docs for deeper guidance on deploying AI at scale on CPUs.
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