What Is the Reality of Text Generation Systems?

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The heart of science fiction is not g colte. It's what happens to humans if we change this thing about the universe. And that's going to be pru valkino speculative fiction. The sort of syphi inspired tech these days just seems to be, i want the gadgets from star track,. Not like, i want to think about humans and how they interact with the stuff.

Is artificial intelligence a problem, or is the real problem how we’re using the term in the first place? Linguistics professor Emily Bender joins Adam to discuss why we should resist the urge to be impressed when it comes to big tech’s AI promises, and how our belief in the fantasy of A.I. could be worse than the reality. You can follow Emily on Twitter at @emilymbender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.