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Faking it : artificial intelligence in a human world

Walsh, Toby2023
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A prescient analysis of what makes artificial intelligence so ... artificial The brave new world of faking it ... Artificial intelligence is, as the name suggests, artificial and fundamentally different to human intelligence. Yet often the goal of AI is to fake human intelligence. This deceit has been there from the very beginning. We've been trying to fake it since Alan Turing answered the question 'Can machines think?' by proposing that machines pretend to be humans. Now we are starting to build AI that truly deceives us. Powerful AIs such as ChatGPT can convince us they are intelligent and blur the distinction between what is real and what is simulated. In reality, they lack true understanding, sentience and common sense. But this doesn't mean they can't change the world. Can AI systems ever be creative? Can they be moral? What can we do to ensure they are not harmful?
Author:
Walsh, Toby, author
Imprint:
Wurundjeri Country ; Collingwood, VIC : La Trobe University Press in conjuction with Black Inc., 2023.©2023
Collation:
234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
97817606448269781760644826 (paperback)
Dewey class:
303.483006.3
Language:
English
BRN:
778361
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