
Debate Continues Over Danger, Usefulness of AI
Clip: 5/22/2023 | 4m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
A look at the state of AI and the dangers it can pose.
As fake photos have recently gone viral, including a fake explosion near the Pentagon, a debate has ignited over the dangers of artificial intelligence.
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Debate Continues Over Danger, Usefulness of AI
Clip: 5/22/2023 | 4m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
As fake photos have recently gone viral, including a fake explosion near the Pentagon, a debate has ignited over the dangers of artificial intelligence.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> AI TECHNOLOGY IS RAPIDLY GROWING.
SO IS CONCERN ABOUT WHERE THIS TECHNOLOGY SHOULD GO.
AN APPARENT AI GENERATED PHOTO GOING VIRAL SHOWS A BIG EXPLOSION NEAR A U.S. SYNAGOGUE.
ARE SOME OF THE BIG CONCERNS REAL OR THE STUFF OF OVERBLOWN?
JOINING US LIVE IN PERSON, KRISTEN HAMMOND, PROFFER.
WE ARE TWO REAL PEOPLE, NOT AI GENERATED.
GIVE OUR VIEWERS A RUNIS DOWN IN GENERAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, HOW IT WORKS.
>> IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, I DON'T KNOW, 20, 30, 40, 100 MILLION DOCUMENTS, YOU GET TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE DIFFERENT WORDS FOLLOW EACH OTHER.
ALL THE LANGUAGES, THE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS, ARE REALLY DESIGNED AROUND THIS.
A WHOLE BUNCH OF DOCUMENTS.
THEY DO ONE THING UNBELIEVABLY WELL.
AND THAT IS GUESS THE NEXT WORD.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING.
THE IMAGE-BASED ONES ARE IN A SIMILAR VEIN, BUT THEY AREN'T AS EASY TO CONTROL.
THEY HAVE ALSO SEEN MILLIONS OF IMAGES.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS REPRODUCING.
>> MAKING PROGRESS AT AN ENORMOUSLY FAST PACE.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CHAD AN -- WITH CHAT G PT, AND CHAT G PT GAVE ME SOME AT VICE.
>> I THINK THE THING THAT'S STUNNING SIM IMAGINE THAT YOU HAD A COPYRIGHT, SOMEONE WHO YOU COULD DESCRIBE WHAT YOU WANT, AND THEY COULD WRITE IT OUT FOR YOU AND WRITE IT OUT INCREDIBLY W. FLUENTLY, FLUIDLY.
THEY COULD SAY, MAKE IT MORE POETIC, MORE LIKE HEMINGWAY, I NEED IT TO BE OFFICIAL, SHORT AND TO THE POINT.
YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION.
IT WILL ALWAYS CHANGE THE TEXT.
AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRANSFORM YOUR IDEAS INTO LANGUAGE THAT CAN BE USED, AND THAT IS A POWERFUL MOMENT.
THE ONLY THING, AS COPY WRITER THAT DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
>> RELYING ON ALGORITHMS, RECENTLY THE QUOTE, UNQUOTE GODFATHER OF AI WARNED ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT MISINFORMATION, CONCERNS ABOUT REPLACING FOLKS IN JOBS, AUTOMATION, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT THESE BIGGER, BROADER CONCERNS, ARE THESE THINGS WE SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED WITH?
>> I WOULD SAY NO, NOT TODAY.
NOT TODAY.
I THINK WHAT HE DID WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF, YOU'RE OUT AT A BAR WITH A BUDDY, AND HE GETS REALLY, REALLY DRUNK, ANTICIPATED SAYS I'M GOING TO GO DRIVE HOME NOW, AND YOU DECIDE, OH, I'M GOING TO PIN HIM DOWN AND EXPLAIN THE PROBLEMS OF ALCOHOLISM AND THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON HIS BODY, ALL THESE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT ALCOHOL CAN DO, WHEN WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE DOING IS TAKING AWAY THE KEYS.
THERE ARE PROBLEMS NOW.
THIS IS THEIR BIAS AND PREJUDICIAL IMPROVEMENT.
SYSTEMS THAT ARE -- THAT EXCLUDE, SYSTEMS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ACTUALLY BE SOMEWHAT ADDICTIVE.
SYSTEMS THAT WILL CAUSE DEPRESSION IN WOMEN AGE 13 TO 23.
THESE ARE ALL REAL PROBLEMS.
I CAN POINT THE FINGER AND SAY THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM COMES FROM.
WE DON'T SEEM TO BE RESPONDING TO THOSE WELL.
AND I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW THERE ARREST WHOLE BUNCH OF HARM THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY, BUT WE DON'T.
HAS LIVED IN THIS WORLD HIS WHOLE LIFE.
HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE.
WHY HE HAS DECIDED TODAY TO COME OUT AND SAY, HEY, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM -- >> THAT MIGHT BEA QUESTION I NEED TO ASK CHAT GPT.
THOSE SYSTEMS GET USED IN ALGORITHMS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
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