Countdown to killer robots?

James Mildred  |  Features  |  politics & policy
Date posted:  1 Jul 2023
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Countdown to killer robots?

‘C3PO’ from Star Wars (not a killer!)

In December last year, OpenAI launched Chat GPT-4. It’s the most advanced chatbot yet, employing cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI).

You can ask it any question and it will come up with an answer, because it has access to a colossal amount of data. This extends even to the finer points of Baptist covenant theology, as I discovered recently.

Despite the rapid pace of change and advancement, there are those sounding warnings. In February, more than 2,000 tech leaders, including Elon Musk, signed an open letter calling for a six-month pause on further AI development. There are fears that everything is moving too fast and we’re simply not ready.

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