GPT-3. A text generator. It can PRODUCE HUMAN-like text.
Using 175 BILLION machine learning PARAMETERS.
The technological advancements in Artificial Intelligence are RAPID.
It’s NOT INTELLIGENCE.
But… it may ONE DAY open up EXISTENTIAL THREATS.
To HUMANS.
With ONE line of INPUT, one COMMAND, you can ask GPT-3 to GENERATE a SPAM EMAIL.
Or GENERATE a news article almost INDISTINGUISHABLE from those written by a FAMOUS JOURNALIST.
And put a FAKE NEWS spin on it.
You see, it has CONSUMED MOST of the Internet.
And LEARNED.
From 54 TB of DATA.
It can IMITATE your STYLE of WRITING
IF it has ENOUGH DATA.
The INPUT is NORMAL HUMAN LANGUAGE.
ONE line of INPUT. One COMMAND.
As this technology ADVANCES, you may ask it…
“Write me a FAKE NEWS article that will SPREAD FEAR. In the style of a FAMOUS JOURNALIST.”
And WRAP technology around it.
The AUTOMATION options for MALICIOUS purposes are ENDLESS.
Wide-scale SPAM CAMPAIGNS.
Targeting PEOPLE.
From a SUBSTANTIALLY more ADVANTAGEOUS position than previously.
You can be TARGETED with INFORMATION the AI gathered… about YOU.
And it could IMITATE someone YOU KNOW.
With further ADVANCES in TECHNOLOGY, you can add…
… TEXT-TO-SPEECH capabilities.
With capabilities to IMITATE speech. Of someone YOU KNOW.
And ULTIMATELY, add DEEP-FAKE TECHNOLOGY.
How would YOU LIKE to STARE down the BARREL of THAT FaceTime call?
And how COULD YOU live in a SOCIETY…
… where you CANNOT trust ANYONE or ANYTHING…
… over a DIGITAL MEDIUM?
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