Chatbots Need to Be More Accurate

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I think that the makers of these chatbots need to intervene in some ways. If you go to use chat GPT today, it says something like may occasionally generate incorrect information. And in fact, I think there are cases where it's generating incorrect information all the time and it just needs to be more upfront with users about that. James Vincent had a good piece on this in the verge this week. He offered some really good common sense suggestionsLike if chat GPT is being asked to generate factual citations, you might tell the user. Hey, make sure that you check these sources and make sure they're real.

A few days after a lawyer used ChatGPT to write a brief filled with made-up cases, a group of A.I. experts released a letter warning of the “risk of extinction” from the technology. But will A.I. ever be good enough to pose such a threat?

Then, FAANG is now MAAAN, with the addition of Nvidia. Here’s how the GPU company became a trillion-dollar behemoth.

Plus: Kevin, Casey and the New York Times tech reporter Kate Conger answer Hard Questions from listeners.

Today’s Guest:

Kate Conger is a technology reporter in the San Francisco bureau of The New York Times.

Additional Reading:

A lawyer used ChatGPT the same week that A.I. leaders released a 22-word statement about the existential risk A.I. poses to humanity.
The chip company Nvidia hit a $1 trillion market cap, powered by A.I. demand.
The podcast “Acquired” did a two-part series on the history of Nvidia.