17-02-2023, 11:23 AM
Are chatbots coming for your job? - podcast
A high-stakes race for supremacy in artificial intelligence is playing out between two of the world’s biggest tech companies. Should we be worried or excited? Chris Stokel-Walker reportsAfter years of almost unrivalled dominance of the way we search out information on the internet, Google has suddenly found itself playing catch-up in the sphere of chatbots. The launch of ChatGPT by OpenAI has already had a huge impact. Users have marvelled at its ability to generate human-like written text even when given highly specialised prompts. It has already been widely used by students to write full and passable essays. It can churn out news stories based on available public information, and even make reasonable attempts at poetry and song-writing.As the technology reporter Chris Stokel-Walker tells Nosheen Iqbal, the technology is still in its infancy but is already proving to be a game-changer. It could jeopardise the careers of anyone who interprets information and generates written reports or commands. And the possible negative effects don’t end there: the bots are only as good as the raw data they are drawing on – and much of that will be biased, false or even hateful. If the power of artificial intelligence is to be used for good, the race is now on to regulate and control it. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/a...ob-podcast
#Chatbots #ChatGPT #Microsoft #Google #Artificial_intelligence_(AI)
A high-stakes race for supremacy in artificial intelligence is playing out between two of the world’s biggest tech companies. Should we be worried or excited? Chris Stokel-Walker reportsAfter years of almost unrivalled dominance of the way we search out information on the internet, Google has suddenly found itself playing catch-up in the sphere of chatbots. The launch of ChatGPT by OpenAI has already had a huge impact. Users have marvelled at its ability to generate human-like written text even when given highly specialised prompts. It has already been widely used by students to write full and passable essays. It can churn out news stories based on available public information, and even make reasonable attempts at poetry and song-writing.As the technology reporter Chris Stokel-Walker tells Nosheen Iqbal, the technology is still in its infancy but is already proving to be a game-changer. It could jeopardise the careers of anyone who interprets information and generates written reports or commands. And the possible negative effects don’t end there: the bots are only as good as the raw data they are drawing on – and much of that will be biased, false or even hateful. If the power of artificial intelligence is to be used for good, the race is now on to regulate and control it. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/a...ob-podcast
#Chatbots #ChatGPT #Microsoft #Google #Artificial_intelligence_(AI)
