Someone said something recently which I thought was interesting:
We hear so much talk of ChatGPT becoming sentient etc, but someone asked recently, why aren't we worried about DALL-E being sentient just in the same way?
We're anthropomorphizing Chatbots a lot because why wouldn't we?
This is not to downplay the significance of the technology, although I'm a bit skeptical it truly is as useful as advertised, but we've definitely scared the hell out of ourselves lately from having the computer "talk" to us.
I think there is also a background anxiety going on in the world now, and this is probably what's freaking people out too.
We have a war in Ukraine, Climate change is accelerating away, US & China tensions, Just getting over Covid, tech layoffs, and now a freaking bot that seems like it's primary goal is to make your career worthless.
Little bit too much going on lately. I feel like if ChatGPT was introduced pre-covid when the world felt a little bit more stable, it wouldn't be such a strange vibe. It was a weird time for something like this to just sort of launch into the public consciousness.
My advice, take a break from it, be mindful of what's going on in the world outside of "AI news", be kind to yourself.
We hear so much talk of ChatGPT becoming sentient etc, but someone asked recently, why aren't we worried about DALL-E being sentient just in the same way?
We're anthropomorphizing Chatbots a lot because why wouldn't we?
This is not to downplay the significance of the technology, although I'm a bit skeptical it truly is as useful as advertised, but we've definitely scared the hell out of ourselves lately from having the computer "talk" to us.
I think there is also a background anxiety going on in the world now, and this is probably what's freaking people out too.
We have a war in Ukraine, Climate change is accelerating away, US & China tensions, Just getting over Covid, tech layoffs, and now a freaking bot that seems like it's primary goal is to make your career worthless.
Little bit too much going on lately. I feel like if ChatGPT was introduced pre-covid when the world felt a little bit more stable, it wouldn't be such a strange vibe. It was a weird time for something like this to just sort of launch into the public consciousness.
My advice, take a break from it, be mindful of what's going on in the world outside of "AI news", be kind to yourself.