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Rage against the machine: Scarlett Johansson, Keanu Reeves to Anil Kapoor, 10 celebs battling AI invasion

2Nov

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Rage against the machine: Scarlett Johansson, Keanu Reeves to Anil Kapoor, 10 celebs battling AI invasion

[ad_1] In recent months, the development in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has been rapid. Since ChatGPT's arrival in November 2022, we've seen big tech companies launch their AI chatbots, and the emergence of AI-powered applications such as image editors, voice modulators, and more. It has even been integrated into the world's most popular apps such as Microsoft Office, and Adobe Photoshop. However, not all is perfect. While this technology is indeed making life easier, debates have already taken place regarding its regulation, as well as the privacy and security issues that come along with it. It has also given rise to fears over whether it could take over jobs, following which the SAG-AFTRA went on strike.Meanwhile, several eminent celebrities and authors have also spoken ...

On AI Appreciation Day, know what Oppenheimer actor Cilian Murphy said about AI

16Jul

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On AI Appreciation Day, know what Oppenheimer actor Cilian Murphy said about AI

[ad_1] Today is AI Appreciation Day. The occasion celebrates the advancements and impact of artificial intelligence across human endavour throughout the world. However, many influential figures are saying that AI poses too big a risk to humanity and that all work on it should be stopped. The latest to warn about the risks is Oppenheimer actor Cilian Murphy. He has joined the likes of Elon Musk, and Geoffrey Hinton in warning against rampant use of AI.Actor Murphy, known for his iconic roles in various movies, believes that we should be cautious when it comes to using AI and other technologies. He considers the film called "Oppenheimer" as a cautionary tale about the excessive use of AI. Murphy thinks that the way people talk about AI nowadays, comparing it to the splitting of the atom, ...

10 times Elon Musk saw doom and gloom in AI; Will xAI save humanity?

13Jul

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10 times Elon Musk saw doom and gloom in AI; Will xAI save humanity?

[ad_1] Ever since the AI wave took over the planet, Twitter chief Elon Musk emerged as one of its most vocal critics. He was the biggest doomsayer of them all. He has called out the unchecked adoption of artificial intelligence and warned that it can destroy our civilization, and even signed a petition that urged business leaders and governments to put a pause on AI development till a comprehensive regulatory framework can be created. But yesterday, July 12, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO announced his own AI company, xAI, to "understand the universe". Does he have a plan to solve the problems created by the “AI demon”?10 times Elon Musk warned the world about AIElon Musk has never shied away from making his opinions known and his Twitter account is his favorite place to talk about it. So, on...

17May

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Elon Musk warns AI could destroy us

[ad_1] Tesla and SpaceX chief, and an early investor in artificial intelligence company OpenAI, billionaire Elon Musk did not hold back his punches while talking about AI in a wide-ranging interview with CNBC's David Faber. Musk has famously criticised the once non-profit OpenAI — the owner of ChatGPT — after he invested approximately $50 million into it. He was against it turning into a for-profit business. Speaking to Faber, Musk said that he wanted every one concerned to slowdown the development of AI for a very good reason - human survival. On his role in the AI company, Musk told CNBC, "I am the reason OpenAI exists". Regarding AI, Faber started by bringing up the fear expressed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during a Senate sub-committee meeting regarding this new technology. Musk quic...

AI to Kill Off Humanity? The Aliens Have Landed, and We Created Them

9Apr

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AI to Kill Off Humanity? The Aliens Have Landed, and We Created Them

[ad_1] It is not every day that I read a prediction of doom as arresting as Eliezer Yudkowsky's in Time magazine last week. “The most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI, under anything remotely like the current circumstances,” he wrote, “is that literally everyone on Earth will die. Not as in ‘maybe possibly some remote chance,' but as in ‘that is the obvious thing that would happen.' … If somebody builds a too-powerful AI, under present conditions, I expect that every single member of the human species and all biological life on Earth dies shortly thereafter.”Do I have your attention now? Yudkowsky is not some random Cassandra. He leads the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, a nonprofit in Berkeley, California, and has already written extensively on the question o...

Musk’s AI letter is a ‘hot mess’ of hype, say critics

1Apr

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Musk’s AI letter is a ‘hot mess’ of hype, say critics

[ad_1] A letter signed by Elon Musk and hundreds of experts calling for a pause in the development of artificial intelligence is a "hot mess" of "AI hype" that even misrepresents an academic paper, critics say.Billionaire Tesla boss Musk and other luminaries wrote that "AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity". But Timnit Gebru, whose academic paper was cited to support that claim, wrote on Twitter on Thursday that her article actually warns against making such inflated claims about AI. "They basically say the opposite of what we say and cite our paper," she wrote.Her co-author Emily Bender said the letter was a "hot mess" and was "just dripping with AI hype".The risks of AI, she wrote, were never about AI being "too powerful" but r...