“The crux of Marcus’ new message is that the chatbots from OpenAI, Google, and others are dangerous entities whose powers will lead to a tsunami of misinformation, security bugs, and defamatory “hallucinations” that will automate slander. This seems to court a contradiction. For years Marcus had charged that the claims of AI’s builders are overhyped. Why is AI now so formidable that society must now restrain it?”
Gary Marcus used to call AI stupid—now he calls it dangerous
https://link.wired.com/view/627417e77bb83e51170ea1d0ioo2v.3uj5/cdc8eb9c
via Instapaper