Show Notes
This week Jonah asks Smera the real take-aways from the UK's AI Safety Summit have been, what are the risks, regs and ethics behind using large language models for homework and lesson planning and the technical secrets behind the new Beatles track.
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Episode 4 sources
AI Safety Summit: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/03/rishi-sunak-elon-musk-ai-summit-what-we-learned
https://news.sky.com/story/joe-biden-to-unveil-sweeping-ai-regulations-days-before-skipping-rishi-sunaks-safety-summit-12996617 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2400834-what-did-the-uks-ai-safety-summit-actually-achieve/ https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/resource/foundation-models-explainer/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67172229
AI in academia and childrens rights - https://www.nature.com/articles/s42254-023-00581-4 https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/research-projects/exploring-childrens-rights-and-ai https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-67236732 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/31/educators-teachers-ai-learning-classrooms-misuse https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034613-400-lets-use-ai-to-rethink-education-instead-of-panicking-about-cheating/
The Beatles and chatbot relationships https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65881813 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63226914 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/26/the-beatles-final-song-now-and-then-ai-technology#:~:text=In%20June%2C%20McCartney%20told%20BBC,you%20some%20sort%20of%20leeway.%E2%80%9D https://www.thebeatles.com/today-learn-full-story-behind-now-and-then-watch-documentary-730pm-gmt-330pm-edt-1230pm-pdt https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/30/replika-ai-chatbot-update/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3py9j/ai-companion-replika-erotic-roleplay-updates https://www.makeuseof.com/how-does-replika-chatbot-work/
Optimistic about https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67264350
Word of Year - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67271252
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