Well, let’s dive right in: ChatGPT (which is based on GPT-3, which is based on GPT-2 and so on) is a chatbot from OpenAI that can interact with users and hold a conversation quite naturally. You can try it for yourself at chat.openai.com.
I was recently asked to give a talk on how AI is portrayed in fiction and news media, and as I scanned article after article, one thing became clear: AI algorithms (that is, lines of code) were anthropomorphized to an alarming extent.
Today, I want to talk about Robot and Frank, one of the most realistic movies about AI and robots you’ve never heard of. In this underrated gem, an aging burglar receives a robot butler. What can possibly go wrong?
In this post, I’d like to spotlight Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O’Keefe, a novel where the AI depiction is particularly insightful.