How AI will actually change the world

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It's been quite the ride in the realm of artifical intelligence over the past year or so. As impressive as advancements in machine learning have been, however, few experts are worried about bots taking our jobs and threatening our safety as a species. The truth is, tools like ChatGPT are not the way AI is going to prove most helpful in the short term. We scratch below the surface to explain how, with more carefully trained programmes, the real potential of chatbots can and is being unlocked... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
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0:05.0	Absolutely genius. Get this.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is
0:10.0	Discoveries,
0:11.0	advances, research, technology,
0:13.5	unbelievable.
0:14.7	Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.
0:18.6	Hello and welcome to the naked scientists,
0:21.0	the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine,
0:25.1	with me James Titco. This week we're taking a closer look at artificial intelligence
0:30.6	and how it's going to change the world, but not in the ways you might think.
0:37.0	By now you'd have done well not to have heard the news that there's been a bit of
0:48.2	progress in the world of AI as of late. The media coverage however has not always been particularly optimistic.
0:56.3	Should we automate away all the jobs including the fulfilling ones?
1:00.5	Should we allow AI machine?
1:02.1	Mark Zuckerberg just announcing this afternoon on Facebook
1:05.0	that Meta is creating what he calls a new top-level product group focused on
1:10.0	building new experiences around generative AI.
1:12.8	The advancement of AI comes amidst a tumultuous time for the big tech firms
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