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A panel of healthcare professionals much preferred responses that came from the chatbot in a recent study.
As the stream of AI-generated art turns into a deluge, NFTs could become a cornerstone of the Virtual Renaissance.
The future of healthcare may bring powerful collaborations between AI and medical professionals.
As AI evolves — and more robotic warfare systems are deployed — the nature of conflict could change beyond recognition.
It can write 5-minute songs based on short text prompts.
Perhaps we should be searching for “other Mercurys” rather than “other Earths.”
Is Eliezer Yudkowsky the same false prophet that Paul Ehrlich was?
Robots must identify themselves.
“All the plausible paths to a really great future, involve the development of machine superintelligence at some point.”
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We do not need to pause AI research. But we do need a pause on the public release of these tools until we can determine how to deal with them.
Just like with AI, people worried about job security and the spread of disinformation. Machines were destroyed and book merchants were chased out of town.
The biggest lingering question about GPT-4 isn't if it's going to destroy jobs or take over the world. Instead, it is this: Do we trust AI programmers to tell society what is true?
When someone attempts to make you afraid of something that hasn't happened instead of a true, present danger, suspect this nefarious ploy.
A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”
To what extent will our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging technologies?
Some would say AI is immortal and all-knowing — Godlike, even.
AI helped create films like "Jurassic Park" and "A.I.", so Steven Spielberg and other artists shouldn't worry about losing their jobs.
It’s far less likely to wander into bizarre lies, emotional rants, and manipulative tangents.
The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.
Virtually anyone can now create convincing deepfakes. That doesn't mean you should.
Some scientists think brain organoids could develop a form of consciousness. Others say that's science fiction.
Lonely humans will become infatuated with AI-fabricated personas.
In a state of "hyperwar," accidents or unexpected AI decisions could lead to widespread devastation before humans could intervene.
ChatGPT doesn’t understand physics, but it memorizes very well and puts in extra effort.
Can ChatGPT help you power through writer's block?
The danger posed by conversational AI isn't that it can say weird or dark things; it's personalized manipulation for nefarious purposes.
Catastrophes are difficult to predict because they are so rare. But AI using active learning can make predictions from very small data sets.
Computers are growing more powerful and more capable, but everything has limits
The initial goal of AI was to create machines that think like humans. But that is not what happened at all.
Communication among cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, looks especially promising.