Let’s Talk, Chatbots
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🗓️ 9 December 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Artificial intelligence is growing in leaps and bounds, and everywhere from Big Tech companies like Google to small teams like OpenAI are developing more and more convincing chatbots. Is the world ready for convincing, talking computers?
Guest: Alex Kantrowitz, host of the Big Technology podcast.
Host: Emily Peck
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| 0:00.0 | Just a heads up, this intro is going to sound weird. |
| 0:03.3 | But I promise I'll explain. |
| 0:05.1 | All right, here's a show. |
| 0:14.6 | Hello, and welcome to another episode of Slate's Technology Podcast, WhatNextTBD. |
| 0:20.3 | Today, we're going to be talking about Chat GPT, |
| 0:23.7 | a state-of-the-art conversational AI, |
| 0:26.4 | and the exciting developments in the field of artificial intelligence. |
| 0:30.1 | So join us as we delve in the fascinating world of artificial intelligence |
| 0:34.2 | and the future of human-machine interaction. |
| 0:41.0 | So what did you think? |
| 0:42.4 | You won't hurt my feelings. |
| 0:44.0 | I did not write that. |
| 0:45.4 | Chat GPT did. |
| 0:47.0 | Developed by OpenAI, it's what's called a chatbot, |
| 0:50.2 | essentially an AI interface that acts human. |
| 0:53.8 | It was released for free to the public last week and had the internet in a very internet frenzy. |
| 1:00.3 | But Chat GPT is not in business to write podcast scripts. |
| 1:05.4 | There are big, important, possibly frightening uses that explain why there's so much buzz. |
| 1:10.6 | When I got Alex Cantrowitz, the host of the big technology podcast on Zoom to discuss Chat GPT, |
| 1:17.2 | he offered an example of an article he asked it to write about itself. |
| 1:22.3 | So I said complete this article and it starts like this. |
| 1:26.5 | This morning, OpenAI released Chat GPT, |
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