ChatGPT is a Confabulator
Today’s guest offers a compelling perspective on how we might be fundamentally misunderstanding Generative AI tools like ChatGPT. Rather than trying to make it fit existing paradigms such as databases or search engines, he argues that ChatGPT represents something entirely new. It’s best understood as a confabulator—an engine that constructs narratives, or stories, rather than retrieving facts. But this doesn’t mean it’s flawed. In fact, understanding ChatGPT in this way opens up exciting new possibilities for how we can harness its true potential.
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Using AI to Combat Disinformation and Misinformation
My guest today, Matthew Lease, is one of the leaders of an ambitious project called Good Systems, which is focused on developing innovative AI technologies to protect the information environment. His team is working to support journalists, fact-checkers, and analysts in their efforts to combat misinformation.
How AI Will Transform How College Students Learn
Imagine every college student having their own AI-powered teaching assistant—personalized, available around the clock, and tailored to help them learn faster. Could this be the future of higher education? This week, I’m joined by a founder of Cognify, an innovative AI startup on a mission to transform how students learn. Join us as we explore how AI could change the classroom experience and reshape the future of learning.
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Will AI Steal Your Job?
Episode 22 of the OpenAI Changes Everything podcast. This week, I sit down with Dan Turchin to discuss how technologies such as OpenAI will change the future of work. Watch the episode on YouTube:
AI Will Make Hiring Fairer
Episode 23 of the OpenAI Changes Everything podcast. This week, I interview the former Product Manager who drove Responsible AI at Indeed – the world’s largest jobsite. Can AI make hiring more fair? Can Responsible AI lead to a better world?
CosmicAI: Revolutionizing Astronomy with Artificial Intelligence
Excited to publish episode 24 of my OpenAI podcast! This week, I interview an astrophysicist on how AI is transforming astronomy. Will AI replace scientists?
Will GitHub Copilot Make Software Engineers Obsolete?
Excited to publish episode 25 of my OpenAI podcast! This week, I got the opportunity to sit down with Ari LiVigni from GitHub Copilot to discuss the future of coding. Coding assistants are edging closer and closer to enabling developers to build apps using human language. Does this mean that we can just fire all of the engineers and have product managers build all of our apps?
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Do We Owe ChatGPT the Same Care as Animals?
What if the ethical dilemmas we face with animals—like dogs and dolphins—start applying to AI systems like ChatGPT? Should we care about the welfare of AI in the same way we care about other intelligent beings? And at what point on the road to Artificial General Intelligence do we need to pause and ask: Are we causing our AI agents harm?
In this thought-provoking episode, I have the privilege of sitting down with philosopher John Basl to explore his groundbreaking paper, “The Ethics of Creating Artificial Consciousness.” Together, we’ll unravel whether AI might one day deserve moral consideration—and what that means for the future of humanity and technology.
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Practical RAI for Companies
This week, we’re diving into one of the most important—and tricky—questions in Responsible AI: Are Responsible AI principles culturally relative? If so, what does that mean for companies trying to implement Responsible AI for their products?
For example, if fairness means something different in Norway, the United States, or a Muslim country, how can companies possibly implement Responsible AI in a way that works for everyone?
To help unpack this, I’m joined this week by Pouria Akbari who is a PhD student who has published several papers on the practical challenges of implementing Responsible AI.
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How AI Agents Will Take Over Jobs Requiring Human Intelligence
AI Agents will transform human work in the same way as the industrial revolution. Except, unlike the Industrial Revolution, AI Agents will be used for work that traditionally required human intelligence.
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