Tag: Artificial intelligence systems
1 in 3 people are lonely. Will AI help, or make things worse?
As far back as the dawn of the internet, scholars have discussed how AI might serve to replace (or supplement) human relationships.
Move over, agony aunt: study finds ChatGPT gives better advice than professional columnists
We tested how ChatGPT stacks up against professional advice columnists – with some intriguing results.
Researchers warn we could run out of data to train AI by 2026. What then?
When it comes to training high-performing AI models, the quality of the data is just as important as the quantity.
Do you trust AI to write the news? It already is – and not without issues
The Guardian has accused Microsoft of reputational damage, after it displayed one of its articles alongside an inappropriate AI-generated poll.
Whose job will AI replace? Here's why a clerk in Ethiopia has more to fear than one in California
It’s likely developing countries will be hit the hardest as AI become more common and more affordable.
AI is closer than ever to passing the Turing test for ‘intelligence’. What happens when it does?
The Turing test, first proposed in 1950 by Alan Turing, was framed as a test that could supposedly tell us whether an AI system could ‘think’ like a human.
Dumbing down or wising up: how will generative AI change the way we think?
AI tools are becoming increasingly personalised to cater to our every need. Will outsourcing the handling of information to AI make us ‘dumber’?
Will AI kill our creativity? It could – if we don’t start to value and protect the traits that make us human
AI could kill our creativity by making us think too alike. It also forces us to question what “creativity” is, and the different forms it can take.
AI systems have learned how to deceive humans. What does that mean for our future?
AI systems with deceptive capabilities could be misused in numerous ways by bad actors. Or, they may become prone to behaving in ways their creators never intended.