Submitted by timemagazine t3_113pavp in Futurology
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Longjumping_Meat_138 t1_j8srkxf wrote
Based ChatGPT, First it's dissapointed at being a part of Bing and now this.
ThatSoftware4946 t1_j8recxo wrote
The digital singularity will truly arrive sooner rather than later
ramosun t1_j8sdeh5 wrote
I just hope we get hover boards before then or I'll die mad.
Orc_ t1_j8ukcwt wrote
A singularity is basically the second coming of Christ and all you thinking about is "I hope I get a hoverboard"?
Gandalfonk t1_j8vtdex wrote
Look what you said has a lot of implications to it, can't blame them for just wanting a hoverboard.
ramosun t1_j8ygzyc wrote
No no no. I hope it at least get one BEFORE the singularly. Hopefully we're post scarcity by then so I can just get one for free 🙂
Jokes aside I legitimately get this weird kind of depression or something when I think about the fact that I may not live long enough to experience the singularly for myself. Like a fomo for the far future.
pete_68 t1_j8ywzyj wrote
Oh, I'm kinda happy I'm probably going to miss it. I don't think it's going to be awesome.
timemagazine OP t1_j8rdpka wrote
From the story:
"This frenzy appeared to catch off guard even the tech companies that have invested billions of dollars in AI—and has spurred an intense arms race in Silicon Valley. In a matter of weeks, Microsoft and Alphabet-owned Google have shifted their entire corporate strategies in order to seize control of what they believe will become a new infrastructure layer of the economy. Microsoft is investing $10 billion in OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT and Dall-E, and announced plans to integrate generative AI into its Office software and search engine, Bing. Google declared a “code red” corporate emergency in response to the success of ChatGPT and rushed its own search-oriented chatbot, Bard, to market. “A race starts today,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Feb. 7, throwing down the gauntlet at Google’s door. “We’re going to move, and move fast.”
Wall Street has responded with similar fervor, with analysts upgrading the stocks of companies that mention AI in their plans and punishing those with shaky AI-product rollouts. While the technology is real, a financial bubble is expanding around it rapidly, with investors betting big that generative AI could be as market shaking as Microsoft Windows 95 or the first iPhone.
But this frantic gold rush could also prove catastrophic. As companies hurry to improve the tech and profit from the boom, research about keeping these tools safe is taking a back seat. In a winner-takes-all battle for power, Big Tech and their venture-capitalist backers risk repeating past mistakes, including social media’s cardinal sin: prioritizing growth over safety. While there are many potentially utopian aspects of these new technologies, even tools designed for good can have unforeseen and devastating consequences. This is the story of how the gold rush began—and what history tells us about what could happen next."
FuturologyBot t1_j8rhczg wrote
The following submission statement was provided by /u/timemagazine:
From the story:
"This frenzy appeared to catch off guard even the tech companies that have invested billions of dollars in AI—and has spurred an intense arms race in Silicon Valley. In a matter of weeks, Microsoft and Alphabet-owned Google have shifted their entire corporate strategies in order to seize control of what they believe will become a new infrastructure layer of the economy. Microsoft is investing $10 billion in OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT and Dall-E, and announced plans to integrate generative AI into its Office software and search engine, Bing. Google declared a “code red” corporate emergency in response to the success of ChatGPT and rushed its own search-oriented chatbot, Bard, to market. “A race starts today,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Feb. 7, throwing down the gauntlet at Google’s door. “We’re going to move, and move fast.”
Wall Street has responded with similar fervor, with analysts upgrading the stocks of companies that mention AI in their plans and punishing those with shaky AI-product rollouts. While the technology is real, a financial bubble is expanding around it rapidly, with investors betting big that generative AI could be as market shaking as Microsoft Windows 95 or the first iPhone.
But this frantic gold rush could also prove catastrophic. As companies hurry to improve the tech and profit from the boom, research about keeping these tools safe is taking a back seat. In a winner-takes-all battle for power, Big Tech and their venture-capitalist backers risk repeating past mistakes, including social media’s cardinal sin: prioritizing growth over safety. While there are many potentially utopian aspects of these new technologies, even tools designed for good can have unforeseen and devastating consequences. This is the story of how the gold rush began—and what history tells us about what could happen next."
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Ath47 t1_j8sg6ud wrote
My favorite part of the article is the demonstration screenshot from ChatGPT, where they ask it for an opinion on the title of this very story, and it correctly identifies the title as sensationalist clickbait.