What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Did A.I. Write This Headline?
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The proliferation of chatbots and A.I.-generated art has consumers and tech companies alike convinced that artificial intelligence is ready to be integrated into consumer electronics, products, homes, and across industry. In fact, it’s already in progress. What’s the worst that can happen?
Guest: Will Oremus, technology reporter for the Washington Post
Host: Lizzie O’Leary
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| 0:00.0 | I was feeling a little mischievous when I called up Will Ariemas at the Washington Post |
| 0:12.1 | to talk about AI. |
| 0:13.6 | Hello Will. |
| 0:14.6 | Hi, Lizzie. |
| 0:16.7 | I want to read something to you and I want you to see if you can guess what it is. |
| 0:21.8 | Here we go. |
| 0:23.8 | The age of automation is upon us and with it comes both excitement and trepidation. |
| 0:29.6 | On the one hand, doesn't even say on the one. |
| 0:31.8 | On one hand, advancements in technology have the potential to revolutionize industries |
| 0:36.1 | and improve our daily lives in ways we can't even imagine. |
| 0:39.7 | On the other hand, there are legitimate concerns about the societal and economic impacts of |
| 0:44.3 | automation, particularly with regards to job displacement and income inequality. |
| 0:50.4 | Do you want to take a wild guess what that was? |
| 0:53.5 | Chat GPT. |
| 0:55.3 | Chat GPT in the style of Will Ariemas. |
| 0:59.4 | Oh no. |
| 1:00.4 | Wow, that's such an own of my writing style. |
| 1:04.5 | I'm... |
| 1:05.5 | Can't believe you did that to me. |
| 1:08.9 | I'm sorry, but I had to. |
| 1:15.4 | I had to because Chat GPT, the AI-driven chatbot and other consumer AI products, suddenly |
| 1:22.4 | feel like they're everywhere. |
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