ChatGPT Has All the Answers with a Disclaimer Stating They Don't Have All the Answers.

Who's Your Top Five?

With the emergence of machine learning and text tools promising to change the way we distill content I asked ChatGPT who are the best MC's in hip hop history. The response was quick and it came with additional information backing up the selections. Asking this AI chatbot about "best" or "most" in random categories led me down a rabbit hole of rankings. The results were often but not always a "top five" list. Each list came with a disclaimer, something like, "This list is not exhaustive as there are many other (fill in the blank) mc's, restaurants, composers, companies, cities, etc." But lists were still generated. Names were suggested and information that might have previously been unknown was now in my conscience. ChatGPT is a powerful algorithm not only for what it defines but also for what it suggests. Even with the disclaimers, suggestions can be biased, racist, sexist, offensive and at their worst, dangerous.

AI Is As Biased As We Are

Understanding how AI works, particularly with text, provides some insight into why biases exist in machine learning despite the intention of neutrality. AI chatbots like ChatGPT are trained on text datasets where?over 300 billion words from the internet are funnelled into probability models with over 175 billion parameters.?If this, then that, combined with filters and guardrails to prevent inappropriate content. It's not perfect but it's trying. How biased is the technology? Depends on where you sit. Critical liberals call it racist. Staunch conservatives say it's too "woke". Wherever you sit you can recognize the ability of AI to amplify and influence.

Microsoft hired a team of Kenyans to filter out disturbing subject matter on ChatGPT. What's most disturbing is how much they were paid.

Cheating, Plagiarism and Inaccuracies

Billions of dollars have been invested in AI technologies. Microsoft has made a multi-year multi-billion dollar investment in OpenAI and their ChatGPT product. They're hoarding the fanfare right now since they were first to release to the public. Google's LaMDA is on the way. Although the market is hot for AI tools, there are some institutions where the technology has not received a warm welcome. Cheaters now have an assistant. For this very reason?New York City's Department of Education just banned the software.?Infringing on intellectual property rights is another issue. Large language models like ChatGPT can also produce inaccuracies that sound very authoritative. That's what led?Meta back to the lab to fix Galactica, their language modelling tool.

We've Been Here

Despite any shortcomings AI will change the way we live. We're at another crossroads in society where science and technology have gone beyond our boundaries of control. It's another good vs. evil dilemma with automation at the core. Do we need regulation? Most likely. What's different now is the level of transparency in how technologies are being developed. It's ironic since we have this level of transparency because of technology. Otherwise you'd be reading this in a book at the library.

The World According to ChatGPT

Most diverse companies:?The Coca-Cola Company,?Dell Technologies,?Deloitte,?EY,?PwC

Most socially-conscious celebrities: Beyonce, Angelina Jolie, Emma Watson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Harry Belafonte, Oprah Winfrey, Bono

Best sneaker collabos:?Nike?+?OffWhite Co.,?adidas?+ Yeezy, Supreme + Nike,?Converse?+ Commes des Garcons,?Vans, a VF Company?+?A Bathing Ape? | Bape Hong Kong Limited

Best cities for minority professionals: DC, Atlanta, Baltimore, New Orleans, Houston

Top Five MC's: Rakim, Nas, Biggie, Tupac, Kendrick Lamar (no Jay-Z? Hey, it's the robot's list!)

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