I think that one of the biggest misconceptions is that AI is ChatGPT. While ChatGPT is indeed an impressive large language model developed by OpenAI, it represents just one facet of the broader field of artificial intelligence. Due to the popularization of ChatGPT, some people have associated the totality of AI with ChatGPT, forgetting that AI has been used in our lives years before ChatGPT. AI is not a recent invention, as its foundational ideas emerged between 1950 and 1955, with Alan Turing introducing the Turing Test in his 1950 paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” Arthur Samuel creating a self-learning checkers program in 1952, and John McCarthy coining the term “artificial intelligence” during a seminal workshop in 1955. Aside from the fact that it is not a new concept, it is very much ingrained in our lives and affects our day-to-day activities. AI is used in online shopping through custom product recommendations, customer service chatbots, facial recognition in security cameras, and personalized music playlists (i.e., Spotify).

Because of the lack of awareness of how it affects everyone’s life, it leaves room for its advancements to remain unchecked. This leads to several problems in privacy, bias, sustainability, ethics, among others, which is dangerous. This kind of ties in with my group’s assigned reading, which highlighted critical flaws in deploying “one-size-fits-all” facial analysis systems for high-stakes applications like surveillance or medical diagnostics. It spurred industry improvements – IBM later reduced its darker female error rate to 3.46% through algorithmic updates.

In some academic and research settings, AI is being talked about, and conversations are being held about how we can use yet restrict AI so that it does not become a tool to the detriment of society.

Sources

1.https://carlsonschool.umn.edu/graduate/resources/debunking-5-artificial-intelligence-myths 2.https://www.tableau.com/data-insights/ai/history#ai-birth

Hello, I use the She series. I am a Chemistry major, and my hobbies include bead-making, singing, and crocheting. I am very interested in cosmetic and skin-related content, as well as overall lifestyle and fashion topics. I am taking this class to see if it improves my dynamic with AI. Will I appreciate it more? Will I use it less? Will I be able to instruct it better or train it well?

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I think AI plays a significant role in everyone’s life, whether they use it directly or not. For years, companies have been using AI to scan résumés during the job application process. So, in this case, you may not be actively using AI, but it is still directly affecting you.