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The Federal Trade Commission’s investigation of ChatGPT maker OpenAI shows that the US government is beginning to get serious about regulating AI.
Is it possible to ‘align’ AI systems to human interest? A new plan to build an AI system to solve this problem highlights the limits of the idea.
Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay’s lawsuit claims their books were used without their consent. But copyright protection doesn’t apply to ideas – they’ll need to demonstrate the likelihood of economic loss.
From open letters to congressional testimony, some AI leaders have stoked fears that the technology is a direct threat to humanity. The reality is less dramatic but perhaps more insidious.
Artificial intelligence looks like a political campaign manager’s dream because it could tune its persuasion efforts to millions of people individually – but it could be a nightmare for democracy.
I study artificial general intelligence, and I believe the ongoing fearmongering is at least partially attributable to large AI developers’ financial interests.
The latest warning by AI experts is bound to create alarm, so its authors should be more specific and clarify their concerns.
Figuring out how to regulate AI is a difficult challenge, and that’s even before tackling the problem of the small number of big companies that control the technology.
Generative AI can seem like magic, which makes it both enticing and frightening. Scholars are helping society come to grips with the potential benefits and harms.
AI technology holds promise for education, but it will also likely exacerbate the digital divide and increase the online dominance of English.
Pausing AI development will give our governments and culture time to catch up with and steer the rush of new technology.
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.
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?
The latest release in the GPT series shows marked improvement over predecessors.
Our tendency to view machines as people and become attached to them points to real risks of psychological entanglement with AI technology.
Experts largely agree that AI with human-level capabilities is not that far off. How will this change out relationship with machines?
There won’t be an easy tech fix for the questions about authorship raised by ChatGPT and other text generators.
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.
While ChatGPT has the potential to enhance marketing effectiveness, it can’t replace human creativity or form meaningful connections with customers like humans can.
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Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Dean of Law, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, King's College London
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Omar H. Fares is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer in the Ted Rogers School of Retail Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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Research Fellow in AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of English Language and Literature; University Research Chair & Founding Director, Critical Media Lab, University of Waterloo
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