Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, announced a set of new ‘protections’ and ‘privileges’ for ChatGPT users, requiring a significant amount of trust from users. From predicting your age based on your chat to calling law enforcement if you are at risk of harm, to allowing non-minors to flirt. But amidst all of these announcements, there are interview snippets you may have missed, as Altman dramatically revises his predictions of AI impact on jobs. Plus a Hassbis backtrack to boot.
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Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
00:33 – Calling the Cops? Age Predictions
02:25 – Flirting and Privacy + Policymakers
05:23 – Altman 70% of Jobs Gone, or 75 Years?
06:56 – Hallucinations Paper
08:14 – Demis Hassabis About Turn
11:15 – Outro
Calling the Cops: https://openai.com/index/teen-safety-freedom-and-privacy/
Age Prediction: https://openai.com/index/building-towards-age-prediction/
Not Everyone Will Agree: https://x.com/sama/status/1967955739911364693?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Theory 1: NYT Lawsuit: https://openai.com/index/response-to-nyt-data-demands/
Theory 2: FTC Investigation into AI Companions: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/1966167585994764743
YT Does the Same: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/youtube-ai-powered-technology-teen-users/
Carlsen Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KmpT-BoVf4
vs Senate Testimony (70% Jobs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CWVP8-XVjQ
Hallucinations Paper: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/d04913be-3f6f-4d2b-b283-ff432ef4aaa5/why-language-models-hallucinate.pdf
Hassbis Quote 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toShbNUGAyo
vs Quote 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr3Sh2PKA8Y
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