Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak urged caution regarding ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI. He said this on channel CNBC.
In his words, the chatbot is “quite impressive” and “useful to people.” However it carries a number of serious problems.
“The trouble is that it benefits us, but it can make horrific mistakes, not knowing what humanity is,” warned Wozniak.
He also drew a parallel with concerns surrounding AI technologies in autonomous vehicles. Wozniak added that today AI cannot replace drivers.
“It’s like you’re driving a car and you know what other cars can do right now, because you know people,” he said.
ChatGPT has gained wide popularity of late. Just two months after launch, the service attracted 100 million active users.
The chatbot’s broad appeal stems from its ability to answer questions, sustain dialogue, compose poetry, and write code.
In January, reports said Microsoft инвестировать в OpenAI $10 billion. Less than two weeks later, the parties officially объявили a multibillion-dollar, multi-year partnership.
Both companies have maintained close working relations for several years. In 2020, Microsoft announced a заключении сделки with the startup for exclusive licensing of its GPT-3 models. In return, OpenAI gained access to the company’s computing resources.
Subsequently, the California company’s developments underpinned a range of the tech giant’s products, including the AI-powered coding assistant GitHub Copilot and the cloud service Azure OpenAI.
In February 2023, Microsoft интегрировала ChatGPT into the Bing search service. In addition, the tech giant plans to integrate the startup’s developments into other products such as Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.
In February, Microsoft founder Bill Gates described the generative AI as “the main innovation” of our era.
In the same month, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang сравнил the advent of ChatGPT with the creation of the iPhone and praised OpenAI’s achievements in democratising computing.