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 AI (Artificial Intelligence) - Is it the end of society?

There has been a lot written lately in the news concerning the sudden accessibility of AI software on the web through various sites and apps you can download. 

Some claim it is the next miraculous step in improving how computers can be a valuable tool in our lives. Others are afraid that its somewhat 'overnight' advancement might mean computers will be able to think and reason on their own, creating images of the movie 'The Terminator' that plunge humankind into a dystopian world where we battle these supreme machines for our survival. Make no mistake, this sudden advancement is astounding in its implications, and difficult to understand.

However, AI has been used on the web for a long time, though not to this new degree. One example would be the use of a 'chatbot'. A chatbot mimics the written responses of an actual person. It might just answer generic questions with pre-written answers. At its best, it would appear like you are having a text conversation with a real person. If you have ever visited a website and a little cartoon figure pops up and offers to help you, please just type in your request, that is one version of a chatbot. Up till now, most chatbots have been limited in their possible responses, because the programmer has to write each response and program the chatbot when to use which pre-written response based on what you might type.

This new AI chatbot, released as 'ChatGPT' no longer limits the responses the chatbot can use based on what a programmer pre-writes for it. ChatGPT will allow the chatbot to respond to your question by scanning all the information available on the web, somewhat like the Google search page, find relationships within all this information, and in seconds provide its own summation from thousands of possible websites. You could ask follow-up questions and it will do the same, based on what you ask. It is like having a private reference librarian that you are chatting to online. It creates its own responses.

And that just scratches the surface of possibilities.

We are currently developing a virtual workshop to help people understand what this is all about, and how it can used as a creative and helpful tool. We will be offering it within the next few months.

So if you are curious about this new amazing technology, and want to understand why you should care, look for it being offered soon on the Careerlink events calendar.

Stay safe, spread peace, and carry on.


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