Is AI finally closing in on human intelligence?

FT News Briefing

Forhecz Topher

News, News & Politics, Daily News

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🗓️ 27 November 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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The company OpenAI has developed an extremely powerful machine-learning system that can rapidly generate text with minimal human input. The system is known as GPT-3 and it does everything from crafting an email to writing advanced fiction. However, the FT’s innovation editor, John Thornhill, explains, there are barriers and even a dark side to this tool.

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0:00.0	Good morning from the Financial Times.
0:01.8	Today is Friday, November 27th.
0:04.2	And this is your FT news briefing.
0:08.6	We're doing something a little bit different today.
0:11.2	We're taking a look at an advancement in artificial intelligence
0:14.5	and why not if it gets powerful enough it could change our workplaces our
0:19.0	workforces even entire industries and while AI is not quite ready to do the jobs that humans do,
0:26.0	it doesn't seem too far off either.
0:29.0	We'll take a look at one company in particular
0:31.0	whose AI could change how humans write. I'm Mark
0:34.4	Filipino and without further ado let's get into it. If you've written an
0:41.0	email and gmail lately you might notice that Google is trying to finish your sentences for you.
0:46.0	Lightly colored text predicts and then suggests what words you're about to write.
0:51.0	This is just a small sample of the power of what's going on
0:54.9	in artificial intelligence and the written word. Take GPT3. It's a new language
1:00.5	generation model and it's caused a sensation in the artificial
1:04.0	intelligence world over the past few months. But is it really a breakthrough in the
1:08.4	advance towards human-level artificial intelligence or is it just a glorified chatbot?
1:14.2	John Thornhill, the F.T.'s innovation editor,
1:16.3	is in the studio to help us answer the question.
1:18.7	Welcome to the news briefing, John.
1:20.4	Hi.
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