Post by jo on May 26, 2023 2:15:29 GMT -5
We are seeing many articles on AI - both praising and being wary of it.
Here's one cautionary one.
Have you tried doing a few things with your chatbots? I use Edge and there is a section where you can PLAY with it
Or do some rapid research
But one has to caution that it may not yield 100% accurate information.
Jo
Here's one cautionary one.
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says AI poses an 'existential risk' that could kill or harm 'many, many people'
Story by bnolan@insider.com (Beatrice Nolan) • Yesterday 7:15 PM
Eric Schmidt said advanced artificial intelligence posed an "existential risk" to humans.
He told a Wall Street Journal conference he was impressed at the speed of recent AI development.
Schmidt was CEO of Google for a decade until 2011 and then executive chairman until 2015.
Eric Schmidt warned advanced artificial intelligence posed an "existential risk" that could kill or harm "many, many people."
The former Google CEO told The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council: "My concern with AI is actually existential, and existential risk is defined as many, many, many, many people harmed or killed. And there are scenarios not today but reasonably soon, where these systems will be able to find zero-day exploits in cyber issues or discover new kinds of biology."
ChatGPT may be coming for our jobs. Here are the 10 roles that AI is most likely to replace.
ChatGPT may be coming for our jobs. Here are the 10 roles that AI is most likely to replace.
ChatGPT is only a few months old and already causing waves in the business world.
Experts say ChatGPT and related AI could threaten some jobs, particularly white-collar ones.
Insider compiled a list of 10 jobs this technology could replace, according to experts.
Since its release in November of last year, OpenAI's ChatGPT has been used to write cover letters, create a children's book, and even help students cheat on their essays.
The chatbot may be more powerful than we ever imagined. Google found that, in theory, the search engine would hire the bot as an entry-level coder if it interviewed at the company.
Amazon employees who tested ChatGPT said it does a "very good job" of answering customer support questions, is "great" at making training documents, and is "very strong" at answering queries around corporate strategy.
However, users of ChatGPT also found that the bot can generate misinformation, incorrectly answer coding problems, and produce errors in basic math.
While a 2013 University of Oxford study found that 47% of US jobs could be eliminated by AI over the next 20 years, that prediction appears to have been off-base. A recent Goldman Sachs study found that generative AI tools could, in fact, impact 300 million full-time jobs worldwide, which could lead to a "significant disruption" in the job market.
Still, Anu Madgavkar, a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute, said that human judgement needs to be applied to these technologies to avoid error and bias, she told Insider.
"We have to think about these things as productivity enhancing tools, as opposed to complete replacements," Madgavkar said.
Insider talked to experts and conducted research to compile a list of jobs that are at highest-risk for replacement by AI.
Schmidt also said that governments needed to ensure the technology was not "misused by evil people."
He was chief executive at Google from 2001 to 2011, and later served as executive chairman until 2015. Schmidt also headed up the US national security commission on AI.
AI anxiety has risen in recent months. Several high-profile tech figures, including Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak have issued warnings about its potential dangers, citing concerns about the spread of misinformation and widespread automation of jobs.
Schmidt said he was impressed at the speed of AI development in recent months but pushed back on fears that it will eliminate jobs.
He said: "Here are the facts. We are not having enough children, and we have not been having enough children for long enough that there is a demographic crisis where people who are my age are going to be taken care of by younger generations."
He continued: "In aggregate, all the demographics say there's going to be a shortage of humans for jobs. Literally too many jobs and not enough people for at least the next 30 years."
Representatives for Schmidt did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside normal working hours.
Story by bnolan@insider.com (Beatrice Nolan) • Yesterday 7:15 PM
Eric Schmidt said advanced artificial intelligence posed an "existential risk" to humans.
He told a Wall Street Journal conference he was impressed at the speed of recent AI development.
Schmidt was CEO of Google for a decade until 2011 and then executive chairman until 2015.
Eric Schmidt warned advanced artificial intelligence posed an "existential risk" that could kill or harm "many, many people."
The former Google CEO told The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council: "My concern with AI is actually existential, and existential risk is defined as many, many, many, many people harmed or killed. And there are scenarios not today but reasonably soon, where these systems will be able to find zero-day exploits in cyber issues or discover new kinds of biology."
ChatGPT may be coming for our jobs. Here are the 10 roles that AI is most likely to replace.
ChatGPT may be coming for our jobs. Here are the 10 roles that AI is most likely to replace.
ChatGPT is only a few months old and already causing waves in the business world.
Experts say ChatGPT and related AI could threaten some jobs, particularly white-collar ones.
Insider compiled a list of 10 jobs this technology could replace, according to experts.
Since its release in November of last year, OpenAI's ChatGPT has been used to write cover letters, create a children's book, and even help students cheat on their essays.
The chatbot may be more powerful than we ever imagined. Google found that, in theory, the search engine would hire the bot as an entry-level coder if it interviewed at the company.
Amazon employees who tested ChatGPT said it does a "very good job" of answering customer support questions, is "great" at making training documents, and is "very strong" at answering queries around corporate strategy.
However, users of ChatGPT also found that the bot can generate misinformation, incorrectly answer coding problems, and produce errors in basic math.
While a 2013 University of Oxford study found that 47% of US jobs could be eliminated by AI over the next 20 years, that prediction appears to have been off-base. A recent Goldman Sachs study found that generative AI tools could, in fact, impact 300 million full-time jobs worldwide, which could lead to a "significant disruption" in the job market.
Still, Anu Madgavkar, a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute, said that human judgement needs to be applied to these technologies to avoid error and bias, she told Insider.
"We have to think about these things as productivity enhancing tools, as opposed to complete replacements," Madgavkar said.
Insider talked to experts and conducted research to compile a list of jobs that are at highest-risk for replacement by AI.
Schmidt also said that governments needed to ensure the technology was not "misused by evil people."
He was chief executive at Google from 2001 to 2011, and later served as executive chairman until 2015. Schmidt also headed up the US national security commission on AI.
AI anxiety has risen in recent months. Several high-profile tech figures, including Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak have issued warnings about its potential dangers, citing concerns about the spread of misinformation and widespread automation of jobs.
Schmidt said he was impressed at the speed of AI development in recent months but pushed back on fears that it will eliminate jobs.
He said: "Here are the facts. We are not having enough children, and we have not been having enough children for long enough that there is a demographic crisis where people who are my age are going to be taken care of by younger generations."
He continued: "In aggregate, all the demographics say there's going to be a shortage of humans for jobs. Literally too many jobs and not enough people for at least the next 30 years."
Representatives for Schmidt did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside normal working hours.
Have you tried doing a few things with your chatbots? I use Edge and there is a section where you can PLAY with it
Or do some rapid research
But one has to caution that it may not yield 100% accurate information.
Jo