Recent developments in the use of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology invite a look at billionaire Mark Cuban’s comments on its potential impact.
Shortly after Microsoft (MSFT) – Get a free reportannounced that it would use OpenAI’s ChatGPT to improve search results for Bing, Alphabet (Google) – Get a free reportGoogle was quick to demonstrate an AI asset of its own.
On February 6, Alphabet said it would open its new conversational AI technology to public testing.
But in a first look at Alphabet’s technology, called Bard, a bug appeared in its AI responses that sparked investor angst, prompting a sell-off in Alphabet shares.
Still, Apple co-founder and tech entrepreneur Steve Wozniak, while expressing some skepticism about AI’s ability to capture humanity, conceded that ChatGPT was impressive.
Billionaire Mark Cuban had offered his insight into the potential influence of generative AI programs in an appearance on The Problem With Jon Stewart. podcast in December 2022, and recent events make his thoughts worth taking a look at.
He was discussing the influence of Twitter with Stewart and two other guests when the conversation turned to his thoughts on new AI technology.
“If you play with ChatGPT, the next battle isn’t so much about Twitter or control of Twitter,” he said. “He is the one who controls the AI models and the information they contain.”
“Because if you play around with any of these, ChatGPT, Da Vinci version 3.5, so as not to get into too much trouble, we’re only at the first entry of what’s going to happen with the interactive AI models,” he continued. “If you go to ChatGPT and OpenAI.com and play with it, it’s impressive. It’s impressive how far away it is.”
“Once these things start to take on a life of their own,” Cuban surmised, “the machine itself will have an influence, and it will be hard for us to define why and how the machine makes the decisions it does and who controls it.” machine.”
Cuban then speculates a bit more about the future of technology.
“But imagine, you know, this is version 3.5,” he said. “Version 10? What goes into those models will have more impact than Twitter.”
Cuban then painted a picture of how different generations will experience and use AI differently.
“My 13-year-old son is already planning how to write his papers,” he explains. “You could walk in and say, ‘Write me an article about Russian disinformation approaches written for an eighth grader.’ And he will do it at an eighth grade level. It’s crazy.”
“Gen X and older don’t get it, do they? Gen Z and younger, they’re not only native, they know how to lock things down,” Cuban said. “It’s new to us, because we’re stuck in a legacy world.”
The following TikTok video captures Cuban’s comments.
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