Getting to know generative AI with Gary Marcus

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 9 September 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Is ChatGPT all it’s cracked up to be? Will truth survive the evolution of artificial intelligence? On the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer podcast, cognitive scientist, author, and AI researcher Gary Marcus breaks down the recent advances––and inherent risks––of generative AI. AI-powered, large language model tools like the text-to-text generator ChatGPT or the text-to-image generator Midjourney can do magical things like write college papers or create Picasso-style paintings out of thin air. But there’s still a lot they can’t do: namely, they have a pretty hard time with the concept of truth. According to Marcus, they’re like “autocomplete on steroids.” As generative AI tools become more widespread, they will undoubtedly change the way we live, in both good ways and bad. Marcus sits down with Ian Bremmer to talk about the latest advances in generative artificial intelligence, the underlying technology, AI’s hallucination problem, and what effective, global AI regulation might look like.

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0:00.0	Large language models are actually special in their unreliability.
0:03.7	They're arguably the most versatile AI technique that's ever been developed,
0:08.4	but they're also the least reliable AI technique that's ever gone mainstream.
0:14.5	Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast.
0:17.8	This is where you'll find extended versions of interviews from my weekly show on
0:21.5	public television. I'm Ian Bremmer. And today, we are diving back into the world of artificial
0:26.7	intelligence and specifically generative AI. I'm talking about those AI powered tools, you know,
0:32.5	like the text-to-text generator chat GPT or the text-to-image generator Dali. As of now, they can do magical
0:40.4	things like write your college term paper for you in Middle English or instantly generate nine
0:45.4	images of a slice of bread ascending to heaven. But many of the smartest people I know think
0:51.1	these tools will soon reshape the way we live in both good ways
0:54.3	and in bad. And that's the subject of my interview today with psychologist, cognitive
0:58.5	scientist and NYU professor, Gary Marcus. Let's get to it.
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1:35.8	Gary Marcus, thanks for joining us today.
1:38.1	Thanks for having me in.
1:39.6	So AI genius, I have so many things I want to talk to you about today.
1:43.2	I want to maybe start with the
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