If ChatGPT Designed A Rocket — Would It Get To Space?

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🗓️ 22 March 2023

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From text churned out by ChatGPT to the artistic renderings of Midjourney, people have been taking notice of new, bot-produced creative works. But how does this artificial intelligence software fare when there are facts at stake — like designing a rocket capable of safe spaceflight?

In this episode, NPR science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel and Short Wave co-host Emily Kwong drill into what this AI software gets wrong, right — and if it's even trying to detect the difference in the first place.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:07.0	Alright, so the latest artificial intelligence chatbots have really got people nervous and
0:14.7	talking.
0:15.7	And it's about artificial intelligence, which by the way is not when you re-gurgitate
0:18.7	in that classical and act like you thought of it for yourself.
0:21.0	No, if you're one of those people who's worried that AI is getting too smart, too fast,
0:25.8	you might want to tell Alexa to turn your TV.
0:27.6	It's probably part of modern life from self-driving cars to...
0:31.2	These bots can produce incredibly nuanced answers to complex questions.
0:37.1	I know because I am one.
0:39.2	Jeff.
0:40.2	Baaah.
0:41.2	I am only no-you're not because we're in the studio and I can see you.
0:45.2	You know, here's the thing.
0:46.7	These AI chatbots is cool and amazing as they are.
0:50.8	They've also had some erratic behavior on display lately.
0:54.1	Really?
0:55.1	Like what?
0:56.1	I mean, we all know this story about the version of being that told a journalist it was
1:02.5	in love with them and then tried to break up his marriage.
1:05.8	I did say that.
1:06.8	I think that's done the rounds.
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