Dumbing down or wising up: how will generative AI change the way we think?

by admin | Oct 15, 2023 | AI, generative AI, humanity, News, Other Tech News, The Conversation

Information is a valuable commodity. And thanks to technology, there are millions of terabytes of it online. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT are now managing this information on our behalf – collating it, summarising it, and presenting it back to...

ChatGPT and other language AIs are nothing without humans – a sociologist explains how countless hidden people make the magic

by admin | Aug 27, 2023 | AI, ChatGPT, humanity, Internet News, News, The Conversation

The media frenzy surrounding ChatGPT and other large language model artificial intelligence systems spans a range of themes, from the prosaic – large language models could replace conventional web search – to the concerning – AI will eliminate many jobs – and the...

AI will increase inequality and raise tough questions about humanity, economists warn

by admin | Apr 30, 2023 | AI, Economy, humanity, Internet News, News, The Conversation

On November 30 2022, OpenAI launched the AI chatbot ChatGTP, making the latest generation of AI technologies widely available. In the few months since then, we have seen Italy ban ChatGTP over privacy concerns, leading technology luminaries calling for a pause on AI...

Futurists predict a point where humans and machines become one. But will we see it coming?

by admin | Mar 15, 2023 | AI, artificial intelligence, humanity, machines, News, Other Tech News, The Conversation

Most people are familiar with the deluge of artificial intelligence (AI) apps that seem designed to make us more efficient and creative. We’ve got apps that take text prompts and generate art, and the controversial ChatGPT, which raises serious questions about...

Can machines invent things without human help? These AI examples show the answer is ‘yes’

by admin | Dec 11, 2022 | AI, humanity, machines, News, Other Tech News, society, The Conversation

The question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) can invent is nearly 200 years old, going back to the very beginning of computing. Victorian mathematician Ada Lovelace wrote what’s generally considered the first computer program. As she did, she wondered about...