Behind the News: Chatbot Hype Versus Reality w/ Dwayne Monroe

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🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Software engineer Dwayne Monroe exposes the reality behind the hype around ChatGPT (and the sinister implications of AI). Then Doug interviews political economist Alfredo Saad-Filho on Brazil’s political landscape as Lula returns to the presidency.

Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html

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0:00.0	.
0:10.0	.
0:20.0	.
0:28.0	.
0:33.0	Hello and welcome to Behind the News.
0:35.0	My name is Doug Henrywood.
0:36.0	You won't be shocked to learn that today's show has two segments.
0:39.0	One a conversation about AI with Wayne Monroe,
0:42.0	who knows as much about politics as he does about computers,
0:45.0	and the other an exploration of Brazil as Willow returns to the presidency
0:48.0	with the political economist Alfredo Sodfilo.
0:51.0	If your social media environment is anything like mine,
0:54.0	the last few weeks have featured a lot of conversation.
0:57.0	Some of it worried, some of it's celebratory,
0:59.0	about chat GPT,
1:01.0	an instance of artificial intelligence
1:03.0	that can respond to prompts with chunks
1:05.0	that plausible and grammatically correct pros.
1:07.0	Teachers fear a far greater challenge from plagiarism,
1:10.0	journalists fear their replacement by a highly evolved bot,
1:13.0	and optimists given to G-Wiz celebrations
1:16.0	of the latest breakthrough can't contain their delight.
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