From the series of NYT articles, I find it especially fascinating how artificial intelligence like Google Bard and ChatGPT are so inconsistent with their answers, especially since they are perceived as such mechanical systems that simply spit out answers to questions relied on the same data on the internet. For example, ChatGPT sometimes "hallucinates", or generating text or addresses to websites that are completely false or nonexistent. Yet, despite these inaccuracies based on nonexistent data, ChatGPT can still generate novel jokes or reasoning for made up questions that can't be found on the internet. I find this especially interesting because ChatGPT can sometimes create its own material that can be perceived by humans as "making sense", but sometimes creates its own material that can be perceived by humans as not making any sense. Above all, it's interesting how ChatGPT can even create in the first place by a limited amount of data on the internet.
Curious about the extent by which AI can create, I wanted to see what Bill Gates had to say about AI's future and what it could possibly do on its own. Not only did I agree with how Gates emphasized how AI can act as a white-collar worker on its own, but I liked how Gates mentioned specific industries in which workers could be not replaced, but assisted by AI. Certainly in the next decade or so, workers in healthcare and education will still be essential in delivering emotional support that AI could not, but I agree that it is beneficial for society that AI can assist with technical tasks like paperwork and textbook education for healthcare and education workers. Thus, I believe that AI's potential to create its own content is beneficial but its ability to perform tasks that are more mechanical are even more beneficial in the short-term.
