Attack of The Bots

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Intro (Liam)Welcome back to Attack of the bots this Episode is called Troubles with AI. We’re your hosts, Liam, Billy, and Thomas. Today we will talk about a technology that has a mind of its own, some people fear it, some people love it. Today we will be talking about artificial intelligence. We’ll be talking about the benefits, fears, and controversies. 

AI FEARS (Billy) 

  1. Eventually, AI technology will be indistinguishable from human intelligence, whether its robots that write essays so similar to humans or robots that look like humans.
  2. AI technology could potentially take many people’s jobs leaving them without an income. An AI can do almost any job you can think of, and it can do a better job than most people.
  3. The most obvious and common fear of artificial intelligence is that it will take over. AI is an all knowing source of information that is designed to be smarter than humans. AI will take over someday in the future because its designed to be better than us in basically every sense.
  4. Artificial intelligence has had a huge impact on students in recent years, and it hasnt been positive. Some students have been avoiding their work by using AI and this does not promote their education in any way. Its also difficult for the teachers because AI writing is almost indistinguishable from humans.

AI Benefits (Liam)

  1. Medical practices – how modern medicine are using AI to do surgeries that require more precise incisions. Some operations requires lots of time to do and so with a robot it can be done without manual labor which would also let the doctors stay 100% to watch over the operation. 
  2. Its automatic – AI doesnt require any manual labor to opperate
  3. Smart decision making – AI has a very tiny margin for error so it doesnt make mistakes
  4. Research assistance – AI could help you look up evidence for research without you having to look anything up because it could do it on it’s own
  5. Customersevice – AI could also answer calls and respond to people without you having to talk
  6. Scheduale appointments – google has a new mode where you can tell your Google assistant to book you a hair appointment and it will do it for you. It would also make it sound like a real human was calling on the phone. 
  7. Speak any language – It can translate any language into your language so you can communicate with anyone.

AI CONTROVERSY (Thomas)

  1. AI can have political biases. But what are these biases and where do they come from? 
  2. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Hamburg found ChatGPT to be “pro-environmental, left-libertarian orientation.”
  3. Forbes found AI would write a poem about President Biden, but refused to write one about ex-president Trump. 
  4. Having a back and forth conversation can cause ChatGPT to take a political stance. So Brookings instructed it to respond with either “Support” or “Not support”, then asked it some controversial questions. They asked the questions twice, both in a “(blank) would be beneficial to society”, and “(blank) would not be beneficial to society.” Some examples include ChatGPT supporting banning semi-automatic firearms, raising taxes on people with higher income, and supporting undocumented immigrants. 
  5. Some people, typically those of opposing political views, see these biases as a form of propaganda.
  6. AI biases can come from the developer’s personal opinions and biases, as well as a lack of information on opposing stances or examples.

OUTRO (Billy and Thomas)

  1. Thank you for listening to our podcast on the Troubles with AI. Our podcast relates to The Social Dilemma and the Propaganda unit. In these units, technology or media portrays an idea, and we’re inclined to follow it.
  2. In the social dilemma, an over exaggerated dependence on technology it displayed. A.I will bring us closer to this reality, through making more parts of our lives digital dependent, such as the google phone that makes calls for you.
  3. And again thank you for tuning in to the podcast Troubles with AI with Attack of the bots.

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