Why We're Worried about Generative AI

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🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI.

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0:00.0	As Helen opened her Amazon parcel,
0:03.0	her stomach filled with butterflies, rapid air technology,
0:07.0	and a grill mode feature,
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0:11.0	than she'd ever imagined.
0:13.0	Five stars from Helen.
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0:18.0	Start your search on Amazon today.
0:23.0	Last week, Google announced the new products
0:26.0	and features coming from the company.
0:28.0	And it was AI all the way down.
0:31.0	AI features are coming to Google's software for email,
0:34.0	word processing, data analysis, and, of course, searching the web.
0:39.0	This follows Microsoft's previous announcements
0:42.0	that it also plans to incorporate generative AI
0:45.0	into its own Bing search engine and office suite of products.
0:49.0	The sheer volume of AI being introduced
0:52.0	and the speed with which these features are rolling out
0:55.0	could have some unsettling consequences.
1:00.0	This is TechQuickly,
1:01.0	a tech-flavored version of Scientific Americans ScienceQuickly
1:05.0	podcast. I'm Sophie Bushwick.
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