Factually! with Adam Conover

The ACTUAL Danger of A.I. with Gary Marcus

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Jul 12, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Voice Cloning Scams Already Happening

  • Gary recounts voice-cloning scams where callers impersonate relatives to extort money.
  • He notes only short audio samples are needed and victims, like elders, already fall for it.
INSIGHT

Fluent But Unreliable Models

  • Large language models statistically assemble words, they don't understand facts.
  • That leads to confident but incorrect outputs: "frequently wrong, never in doubt."
ADVICE

Avoid Industry-Written Rules

  • Prevent regulatory capture by keeping companies from writing the rules alone.
  • Demand real transparency about training data and model internals to address bias and copyright.
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