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://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.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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