On AI and cow eggs ... the struggle continues

I came across this recently from Bjorn Austraat and it was too good not to share. The question presented to ChatGPT was: "Are chicken eggs bigger than cow eggs?"

My initial reaction was: What are cow eggs? That can't possibly be real. The bot must be making things up (again). So I posed the question and the screenshot to my Twitter community. Unbeknownst to me, there is in fact, such a term, at least according to Urban Dictionary anyway. In case if you are curious, Britannica and Collins Dictionary both disagreed.

Professor Arvind Narayanan from 美国普林斯顿大学 sums it up perfectly in his interview with Julia Angwin :

It is trying to be persuasive, and it has no way to know for sure whether the statements it makes are true or not. ― Arvind Narayanan

My small exercise brings up all kinds of questions that quite a few people have been asking for a while. To what extent should we trust the technology? As generative AI becomes more powerful, what is its larger impact on our society? Especially to those who are supposed to learn to think, such as young children? As well as those who are using it as a learning tool?

“What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking - there’s the real danger.” ― Frank Herbert

We are already well aware of the buzz around BuzzFeed's decision (no pun intended) on having AI play a larger role in their organization, as well as the controversial actions by CNET last week. But what about our ability to think independently and critically ― something that is uniquely human? What happens when we become over-reliant on algorithms and stop questioning what we see and hear?

After years of “this must be true because I saw it on television,” we now have “this must be true because the algorithm says so.” So, either we get a grip and start to prioritize critical thinking, or we’re going to end up in a collective muddle – and more vulnerable than ever to misinformation. ― Enrique Dans

And if technology is going to become even more powerful and impactful on our day-to-day lives, in how we live and work, shouldn't "we" have more influence in how it is being developed and deployed?

To build AI we need engineers, but to interpret it, to decide how it should be applied and what kind of world we want to live in requires philosophers, historians and lawyers. ― Josh Glancy

And I'd add that, we need diversity of skills not only in building AI, but in everything that we do. Change is hard (almost impossible), especially if you insist on doing the same thing over and over again. Don't you think?

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Speaking of AI and other emerging technologies, I’m excited to join FIS ’ Tony Warren and M Booth’s Christian Chamberlin for a special LinkedIn Live session on Feb. 1 at 1 PM ET | 6 PM GMT, for a conversation on the current state of ESG in capital markets and what the future may hold.

Be sure to join us right here, on LinkedIn Live!

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On other news ... I recently chat with Engati on AI, using technology for good, and the metaverse. Check it out here.

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In this week's One Vision episode ...?

As someone who has spent years running tier 1 big banks, Ashok Vaswani is no stranger to the pressure and demands for incumbent banks to evolve with the change of time. While there is always much talk about digital transformation in financial services and the need to update the tech stack with emerging technologies, one thing remains true: technology is an enabler — a means to an end. “What is the problem that you are trying to solve?”

In this episode of One Vision, we chat with Ashok Vaswani , President of Pagaya , on banking, innovation, and what the new year holds. As Ashok said so beautifully: “Fintech and big banks need to work together; the combination between the two is far more powerful than either one going alone.”

Give this episode a listen and let us know what you think.

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