Episode 12: It's All Hell, May 5 2023

Take a deep breath and join Alex and Emily in AI Hell itself, as they take down a month's worth of hype in a mere 60 minutes.
This episode aired on Friday, May 5, 2023.

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References:
Terrifying NEJM article on GPT-4 in medicine (nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr2214184)
“Healthcare professionals preferred ChatGPT 79% of the time” (twitter.com/mdredze/status/1652025887355723776)
Good thoughts from various experts in response (sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-stud…)
ChatGPT supposedly reading dental x-rays (cureus.com/articles/154683-chatgpt-in-dentistr…)
Chatbots “need” therapists (arxiv.org/abs/2304.00416)
CEO proposes AI therapist, removes proposal (twitter.com/NecroKuma3/status/1650713432369315…) upon realizing there’s regulation (twitter.com/NecroKuma3/status/1650708989196337…):
twitter.com/BEASTMODE/status/1650013819693944833 (deleted)
ChatGPT is more carbon efficient than human writers (assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-2724922/v1_…)
Asking disinformation machine for confirmation bias (twitter.com/drmistercody/status/16469652658576…)
GPT-4 glasses to tell you what to say on dates, "Charisma as a Service" (futurism.com/the-byte/smart-glasses-gpt-4?fbcl…)
Context-aware fill for missing data (twitter.com/jmeickle/status/164941983598025114…)
“Overemployed” with help from ChatGPT (vice.com/en/article/v7begx/overemployed-hustle…)
Pakistani court uses GPT-4 in bail decision (interestingengineering.com/culture/pakistani-c…)

ChatGPT in Peruvian and Mexican courts (techpolicy.press/judges-and-magistrates-in-per…)
Elon Musk’s deepfake defense (twitter.com/Wolven/status/1652195823285837825?…)
Elon Musk's TruthGPT (theverge.com/2023/4/17/23687440/elon-musk-trut…)
Fake interview in German publication revealed as “AI” at the end of the article (npr.org/2023/04/28/1172473999/michael-schumach…)
Stealing people’s voices, including those of voice actors (twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/165090784260…)
Hollywood writer’s strike & negotiating when & how “AI” can be used / AI as scabs (twitter.com/harikunzru/status/1653391872172126…)
AI will replace teachers (gizchina.com/2023/04/26/bill-gates-chatgpt-wil…)
Geoffrey Hinton’s "x-risk" media tour (theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/04/bernie-…)
Mind-reading (nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01486-z)machines (nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01304-9)
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