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Digital poverty could put some students at a disadvantage.
The user interfaces of AI chatbots, like ChatGPT, are designed to mimic natural human conversation. But in doing so, AI chatbots present as more trustworthy than they really are.
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.
AI chatbots are on the rise in China – but their abilities and purpose may be quite different from the products of US tech giants.
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?
If people rely on ChatGPT or Google for complex medical questions, they could come unstuck.
As human interactions with technology increase, AI-based religions are in our near future. While these religions carry risks for users, a tolerant mindset is important to consider worshippers’ rights.
AI chatbots can provide people with immediate help, but the technology is still far from capable of replacing human therapists.
Students could learn about critical thinking, writing and the broader role of artificial intelligence tools like chatbots.
AI chatbots can’t take responsibility for what they say, so we shouldn’t trust them.
Rather than seeing artificial intelligence as the cause of new problems, we might better understand AI ethics as bringing attention to old ones.
New technologies are often surrounded by hopeful messages that they will alleviate poverty and bring about positive social change. History shows these assumptions are often misplaced.
ChatGPT could lead to substantial learning gains if it’s used as a tutor, an online learning specialist says.
Confident chatbots could undermine trust and romance - but probably won’t. They may even enhance online dating.
Could Google’s undisputed dominance as a search engine come under threat from AI?
ChatGPT threatens to change writing as we know it. But the Mesopotamians, who lived 4,000 years ago in modern-day Iraq, went through this kind of seismic change before us, when they invented writing.
Will it give Microsoft a chance to overtake Google in the search space?
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots seem remarkably good at conversations. But you can’t believe anything they say. Sometimes, though, reality isn’t the point.
ChatGPT is a sophisticated AI program that generates text from vast databases. But it doesn’t understand the information it produces, which also can’t be verified through scientific means.
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Senior Research Scientist at the Australian E-Health Research Centre., CSIRO
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Principal Research Scientist, Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Information and Communication Technology Policy, Concordia University
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Associate Professor, Department of Learning and Teaching Enhancement, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor, Orygen, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, School of Sociology; Geary Fellow, Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin
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Dean of External Engagment and Executive Director of the Hawke EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of South Australia
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Executive Director, Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Information Specialist, University of Sheffield
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Adjunct Lecturer, University of Sydney
