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Emotional AI: More harm than good?
Generative AI mimics human-generated text, images, and video, and it's got huge implications for geopolitics, economics, and security. But that's not all - emotionally intelligent AI is on the rise.
And sometimes the results are ugly. Take the mental health nonprofit, KOKO, which used an AI chatbot to support counselors advising 4,000 people who were seeking counseling. The catch: The patients didn't know that a bot was generating the advice they were receiving. While users initially rated the bot-generated responses highly, the therapy lost its effectiveness once the patients were informed that they'd be talking to a fancy calculator.
The real question is: When does emotionally intelligent AI cross the line into emotionally manipulative territory?
This is not just a concern for virtual therapists -- politics could be impacted. And who knows, maybe even your favorite TV host will use generative AI to convince you to keep watching. Now there's an idea.
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- How robots will change the job market: Kai-Fu Lee predicts ›
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- Podcast: Getting to know generative AI with Gary Marcus - GZERO Media ›
How robots will change the job market: Kai-Fu Lee predicts
How will artificial intelligence change the world and especially the job market by 2041? AI scientist Kai-fu Lee just wrote a book about precisely that, and he predicts it'll shake up almost every major industry. AI, he explains, will be most disruptive to many so-called "routine" occupations, but the damage may be reduced by shifting "empathetic" workers to jobs that require human empathy. Watch his interview on GZERO World with Ian Bremmer.
Watch this episode of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer: Is a robot coming for your job? Kai-fu Lee explains AI
Ian Bremmer explains: Should we worry about AI?
Many of us learned about the dangers of artificial intelligence thanks to Stanley Kubrick. Today, AI is doing a lot to improve our lives, but the peril remains. Ian Bremmer expects it to help with many things, especially healthcare, yet also to displace a lot of low-skilled workers in the near future. What's more, brace for AI's impact on deepfakes, misinformation, autonomous weapons systems, and surveillance of ethnic minorities.
Watch this episode of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer: Is a robot coming for your job? Kai-fu Lee explains AI
Artificial intelligence from Ancient Greece to 2021
Did you know artificial intelligence was first conceptualized in Ancient Greece? That some of its early uses didn't work out? What did the first successful AI actually do? Today, even Alexa and Sophia are still no match for the human brain, but that'll likely change very soon. Join us for a trip down AI memory lane on the latest episode of GZERO World.
Watch this episode of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer: Is a robot coming for your job? Kai-fu Lee explains AI
Is a robot coming for your job? Kai-Fu Lee explains AI
Artificial intelligence is changing the way we live — and very soon it'll go beyond medical breakthroughs and the algorithms that control your social newsfeeds. Will AI become the biggest technological disrupter since the Industrial Revolution, replacing many workers with robots? In this week's show, Ian Bremmer discusses the future of AI with AI scientist Kai-fu Lee, who's just come out with a book about what our AI-driven world may look like 20 years from now.
El Salvador’s risky move to Bitcoin; future of Singapore patrol robots
Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center, Eurasia Group senior advisor and former MEP, discusses trends in big tech, privacy protection and cyberspace:
El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. Is this a risky move?
Well, it is unclear who ought to benefit most of the President's move to adopt Bitcoin. Poor shopkeepers, wealthy investors, or he himself. With arguments that remittances are expensive and the future is digital, President Bukele leapt forward. But the immediate value drop of Bitcoin was a live reminder of the cryptocurrencies' volatility. One silver lining is that others can learn from the lessons that El Salvador will learn under this new spotlight.
Singapore starts trialing patrol robots to deter bad social behavior. Will robots be used for law enforcement soon?
Well, I certainly hope not because the further and further rollout of a surveillance state is often justified with arguments of safety, security, or convenience. But by adding robots, the intensification of policing public spaces is hidden behind a novelty of fun innovation. If anything, Singaporeans can use more personal space and freedom. And sure, that may mean that some people engage in "bad behavior," such as parking a car or a bike outside of the street lines, but as a Dutch person who has parked a few bikes in her life before, I can tell you that should not be a crime.
Tech initiatives to have machines, not people, cleaning sewers in India
Bandicoot, a machine with a camera-mounted extendable robotic arm, can descend into manholes and scoop out dirt.
To scare off wild bears, Japanese city calls in the 'monster wolf'
TOKYO (NYTIMES) - The wild bears were becoming more than a nuisance, lumbering into a small Japanese city on the northern island of Hokkaido in search of food and increasing the risk of deadly encounters with humans.