AI has made significant advancements in recent years with improved algorithms, more data, and increased compute power. This has resulted in breakthroughs such as chat GPT and GPT-4, which offer better interaction and learning capabilities. AI excels in tasks like editing, translation, and image creation. It constantly evolves with new tools and applications being developed. AI can process various forms of media, including text, images, and soon video. It can generate human-like voices and may soon be capable of generating videos. The potential of AI is limitless, and its ability to assist in research and problem-solving is immensely valuable. Personal productivity has increased as AI provides quick access to references, information, and summaries. Overall, AI continues to progress and enhance our capabilities, including coding skills.
The future of AI keeps Zvi Mowshowitz up at night. He also wonders why so many smart people seem to think that AI is more likely to save humanity than destroy it. Listen as Mowshowitz talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the current state of AI, the pace of AI's development, and where--unless we take serious action--the technology is likely to end up (and that end is not pretty). They also discuss Mowshowitz's theory that the shallowness of the AI extinction-risk discourse results from the assumption that you have to be either pro-technological progress or against it.