AI-Written Articles and the Boundaries of Creativity

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AI has been writing articles without our knowledge for years and we are okay with it for many use cases.
Self help books written by AI may feel wrong, as human pain is an important part of what makes us human.
The creativity side of AI writing is open and can help people become more creative or bring their ideas to life.
Watching kids use AI writing tools is impressive and advances are happening everywhere, including in image recognition.

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot capable of generating human-like text, seems to be everywhere. But how trustworthy are these tools -- and what do they mean for the future of writing and work? Adam brings AI entrepreneur Allie Miller and innovation and entrepreneurship professor Ethan Mollick to discuss the capabilities of ChatGPT, debate its merits and downfalls, and ponder what we should -- and shouldn’t -- leave to AI. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts