27: We Are Not Ready In Good Faith

On today’s show, Chong and Dan plant their flag on the next transformational change facing society: Artificial Intelligence (AI). After a decades-long pursuit, pioneering researchers and organisations have been releasing AI products into the world, with amazing and unsettling results. We provide a primer on AI, focusing on ChatGPT and its Large Language Model relatives. Then Chong provides Dan with three near-future, AI-driven scenarios, to spark a discussion of what could come next. AI seems set to disrupt society, but we are still unsure by how much, given that so much of society still operates in the physical world. To be continued… 
 
 Music by: Julian Wan

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 Show notes
 
Something big is happening (1:41)
Human technology as (i) fire, (ii) sharp sticks and (ii) our brainsThe biggest upgrade to our brains is happening right nowPlanting the flag on AI - not exploring all the issues, but rather what it is and what it could mean for usExistential risk, AI, and the inevitable turn in human history

AI primer (11:43)
Neural networks, Large Language Models (LLM) and generative AIIntro to ChatGPT - how it works, what can be doneHow to Become an Expert on A.I.

How Does ChatGPT Really Work?


What all this could mean (31:44)
Scenario 1 - Disruption of “knowledge work”Scenario 2 - Teaching and learning overhauledScenario 3 - “Her” will be real lifeHow much does all this matter? Torn between “not as much” and “a whole lot”Tinkering With ChatGPT, Workers Wonder: Will This Take My Job?

Don’t Ban ChatGPT in Schools. Teach With It.

Replika users fell in love with their AI chatbot companions. Then they lost them

You Can Have the Blue Pill or the Red Pill, and We’re Out of Blue Pills

Conclusion (1:07:09)
We should be careful when wielding words…