The rise of ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence systems has been accompanied by a sharp increase in anxiety about AI. For the past few months, executives and AI safety researchers have been offering predictions, dubbed “P(doom),” about the probability that AI will bring about a large-scale catastrophe. Worries peaked in May 2023 when the nonprofit research […] … learn more→
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AI is an existential threat – just not the way you think
If AI image generators are so smart, why do they struggle to write and count?
Generative AI tools such as Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2 have astounded us with their ability to produce remarkable images in a matter of seconds. Despite their achievements, however, there remains a puzzling disparity between what AI image generators can produce and what we can. For instance, these tools often won’t deliver satisfactory results for […] … learn more→
ChatGPT took people by surprise – here are four technologies that could make a difference next
In the evolving relationship between technology and society, humans have shown themselves to be incredibly adaptable. What once left us breathless, soon becomes integrated into our everyday lives. The astonishing functionalities of large language models (LLM) like ChatGPT were, just a few months ago, the epitome of cutting-edge AI. They are now on course to be mere […] … learn more→
The digital future may rely on ultrafast optical electronics and computers
If you’ve ever wished you had a faster phone, computer or internet connection, you’ve encountered the personal experience of hitting a limit of technology. But there might be help on the way. Over the past several decades, scientists and engineers like me have worked to develop faster transistors, the electronic components underlying modern electronic and digital communications […] … learn more→
ChatGPT will not put mathematicians out of work, but will create new opportunities
The British mathematician Alan Turing, one of the fathers of computing, asked himself in 1950 the question: can machines think? Right away he also wondered: can machines do what we (as thinking entities) can do? We now ask ourselves: is ChatGPT the answer to Turing? At the moment, many mathematicians have already detected that, in our discipline, the chatbot “fails more […] … learn more→
AI could shore up democracy – here’s one way
It’s become fashionable to think of artificial intelligence as an inherently dehumanizing technology, a ruthless force of automation that has unleashed legions of virtual skilled laborers in faceless form. But what if AI turns out to be the one tool able to identify what makes your ideas special, recognizing your unique perspective and potential on the issues where […] … learn more→
ChatGPT: facing the artifices of AI, how media education can help students
Who has never heard of ChatGPT , this generative artificial intelligence, capable of responding with complex texts to queries launched by Internet users? The December 2022 release of this software designed by the OpenAI company sparked a multitude of articles, between visions of catastrophe and utopia, producing a media panic, as illustrated by the open letter of March […] … learn more→
Immersive Web: what if we felt the Internet?
If, today, we are used to surfing the Internet, the tip of a huge iceberg of interconnected data, recent technological developments should soon allow us to immerse ourselves in this bubbling ocean of big data. Immersion aims to provide the user with a sense of presence by using sensory capture and restitution technologies: the user […] … learn more→
Artificial intelligence can support architects but lacks empathy and ethics
Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many different industries in recent years. It gained a lot of attention and popularity with the launch of ChatGPT, a tool capable of writing poems, solving equations and producing articles on different topics. With the fast-paced implementation of AI in different fields, will it take the place of architects and architecture schools […] … learn more→
Tool or companion? How we talk to robots says a lot
Today, everyone talks to machines all day long: from Dragon to Alexa, Siri and voice dictation from your phone, human-machine interaction is more than ever at the heart of our daily lives. . However, this interaction is modulated by many parameters, including how much the machine physically resembles a human. But understanding how we interact with […] … learn more→
