And it can code as well.

internet explorer, is that you?

It's not. In fact, it's only good at surface details. Ask it deep questions about philosophy or specifics about scientific inquiry, and it gets that stuff wrong. The response is impressive...

...but the problem is: it sounds plausible to the layperson, so the layperson doesn't know they're getting incorrect information (and the developers wouldn't know, either). This is currently a good way to spread misinformation. If this is the future, we're headed towards dystopia.

> but the problem is: it sounds plausible to the layperson

Exactly. I'm an engineer, so I asked it to calculate the loading on a beam. The first attempt returned 35 grams, which is 4 orders of magnitude too small. The second attempt returned 800 kg, which is more plausible, but I'd have to do my own calcs to verify it.

I guess that if most conversations in day to day cover the surface of life, it is understandable that some believe it is a lot closer than it is actually is.

It doesn't feel like a human though... A couple of answers seemed generic

Here's some dystopia for you : Big corporations and governments will be behind the biggest AI tools in the future, they will say and show what they will be trained to say and show, and will spread ideologies, censorship Information will be filtered by AI Creativity and imagination replaced by AI Fewer human interactions

This hummus got me fartin' like a beast