In the name of a social experiment (and a delegation), I passed on the opening lines of this latest letter from the editor to those close to me. Here’s what they came up with:
“It was a dark and stormy night.” –Husband, reading time begins.
“Editing is a hassle.” –Daughter, 10 years old, wise beyond her years
“As the seasons change and the world continues to evolve, I find myself reflecting on the incredible tapestry of stories that shape our lives. Every day brings new challenges, triumphs, discoveries, connections, and more. Inspire us to learn and grow. In this edition, we take you on a journey through the pages of the magazine, weaving together diverse stories, insights and perspectives from around the world. Calm down, these words. will take you to the heart of our ever-changing world.” –ChatGPT is inspired to write the opening paragraph of a letter from the editor and tends to overuse adjectives
So there it is.
This year has seen an explosion of applications and platforms centered around generative artificial intelligence, but the concept of AI has been around for much longer.
AI is essentially GenX. Teenage computer hacker Matthew Broderick used a supercomputer with artificial intelligence to move a cursor in 1983. war games.
This is a technology columnist for the New York Times. difficult fork In February, podcast co-host Kevin Roos wrote an article (which quickly went viral) about a disturbing conversation he had with an AI chat engine that allegedly stole nuclear secrets and released a deadly virus. , ultimately detailing his desire to declare his love for the author.
It was all about 80’s movies terminator to blade runner warned us about.
But don’t forget, this also happened. short of the circuit Johnny 5 is like a wide-eyed robot wall–E Enhance the stats of his lovable character using machine learning. Even threatening computer threats war games In the end, he realized that mutually guaranteed nuclear destruction during the Cold War was a waste of time, and chose to play chess instead.
So where are we now, outside of nostalgic Hollywood?
The massive uptake of AI-enabled large-scale language models this year has brought the technology to the forefront of many industry discussions, and is a key driver of understanding where the industry is now and what lies ahead. A temporary reprieve has been granted (click here for a roundtable discussion from some of these sectors).
It’s easy to poke fun at the current shortcomings of generative AI, from extra fingers on human graphics to weird wording in text and made-up facts. But like the internet, smartphones, and streaming TV, change is coming.
OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT and DALL-E, focuses on AGI, artificial general intelligence, or “systems that are generally smarter than humans,” the company says. According to Reuters, the same platform that wrote the above awkwardly funny piece about the changing seasons in this issue is on track to generate more than $1 billion in revenue next year.
Humans will not be replaced by AI or AGI (we hope), but those who don’t know the right way to leverage artificial intelligence will be at a disadvantage.
Each industry is different. I personally have been using predictive AI tools for many years, for example for interview transcription and web analysis. In real reporting and photojournalism, the news is not fake, it is a tool that helps us continue to evolve, so we must take great care to protect it.
John Connor says: “The future is not yet written. There is no destiny other than the one we make for ourselves.”