When AI Still Needs a Human
Artificial intelligence keeps promising to replace humans. Then the Wi-Fi goes down and suddenly civilization needs someone who knows where the router is.
That may be the perfect summary of life with AI. ChatGPT and other AI assistants can answer questions, write code, analyze information, generate images, and help automate more of our everyday lives. Smart homes can control the lights, temperature, security system, appliances, and practically everything else. But when the internet stops cooperating, all that artificial intelligence can become remarkably dependent on one human willing to unplug a box, count to ten, and plug it back in.
The contradiction is part of what makes AI so entertaining. We worry about whether machines are becoming too intelligent while still regularly rescuing them from very ordinary technological problems. If the confidence of artificial intelligence makes you nervous, see Can You Trust ChatGPT? And for another look at why confident AI answers can be so convincing, check out Why Every AI Assistant Sounds Confident.
Maybe AI really will replace humans someday.
But somebody should probably show ChatGPT where we keep the router first.
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