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Pausing AI development will give our governments and culture time to catch up with and steer the rush of new technology.
A group of prominent computer scientists and other tech industry notables are calling for a six-month pause on artificial intelligence technology.
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A recent open letter calling for a temporary artificial intelligence development hiatus is more concerned with hypothetical risks about the future than the issues that are right in front of us.
The California-based startup Replika has programmed chatbots to serve as companions.
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Early research finds that people get just about the same gratification from sexting with a chatbot as they do with another human.
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Artificial general intelligence has suddenly become a pressing topic – but there’s more than one way to look at this issue.
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An investigation has revealed that French tech firms, seeking to create an AI “à la française”, have turned to one of the country’s former colonies, Madagascar, for low-cost labour.
What does student feedback about technology reveal about the changing nature of post-secondary education and equitably supporting student development?
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Post-secondary student input about ChatGPT and other AI matters not only for accountability, but also as a savvy way to strategize about the future of higher education.
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The AI chatbot ChatGPT can do many things, but its inability to solve Wordle explains parts of its programming.
Images generated by AI systems, like these fake photos of Donald Trump being arrested (he hasn’t been arrested), can be a dangerous source of misinformation.
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In a world of increasingly convincing AI-generated text, photos and videos, it’s more important than ever to be able to distinguish authentic media from fakes and imitations. The challenge is how.
Baidu’s ERNIE Bot was launched to considerable disappointment.
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AI chatbots are on the rise in China – but their abilities and purpose may be quite different from the products of US tech giants.
This is a fake AI-generated image.
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AI tools are now generating content that’s difficult to distinguish from reality.
Over the past decade, a number of companies, think tanks and institutions have developed responsible innovation initiatives to forecast and mitigate the negative consequences of tech development. But how successful have they been?
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When OpenAI claims to be “developing technologies that empower everyone,” who is included in the term “everyone?” And in what context will this “power” be wielded?
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If people rely on ChatGPT or Google for complex medical questions, they could come unstuck.
The latest release in the GPT series shows marked improvement over predecessors.
Large language model AI responds to questions but doesn’t actually know anything and is prone to making things up.
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Searching the web with ChatGPT is like talking to an expert – if you’re OK getting a mix of fact and fiction. But even if it were error-free, searching this way comes with hidden costs.
To what extent will our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging technologies?
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Our tendency to view machines as people and become attached to them points to real risks of psychological entanglement with AI technology.
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The AI is not a major threat to human employment.
With proper teaching, students can use ChatGPT to develop their arguments and build their essays.
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Students could learn about critical thinking, writing and the broader role of artificial intelligence tools like chatbots.
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AI chatbots can’t take responsibility for what they say, so we shouldn’t trust them.
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It is one thing to treat AI as a tool when it has no scope for emotion. It is quite another when AI has a full suite of emotional responses.
Some critics have claimed that artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT has “killed the essay,” while DALL-E, an AI image generator, has been portrayed as a threat to artistic integrity.
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Rather than seeing artificial intelligence as the cause of new problems, we might better understand AI ethics as bringing attention to old ones.