2023-02-10
OK, the headline is contrived (aren't they all?) but there is a connection - the AI chatbot ChatGPT is a product of Bill's erstwhile company, Microsoft - and Old Bill is reputed to own the greatest acreage of farmland in the USA.
And a very accomplished product ChatGPT appears by most accounts to be (so does Google at last have a real competitor?).
But what is the difference between artificial intelligence and human intelligence? Will AI ever rival the human intellect? It appears to have passed the Turing test (to be indistinguishable from a human being) over the internet, although it remains to be seen whether specific lines of questioning may yet be devised to cause it to fail that test.
And is it a truly impartial intelligence, or does it seek to influence our collective consciousness in specific directions?
Martin Geddes, IT networking expert turned student of human spiritual awakening, has been putting it through some exploratory testing, and shares his thoughts so far with us.
Maybe this is only an initial appraisal, but I have awarded it "Deep Dive" status as the best I have read so far on this topic. I think we will all find something here to increase our understanding - maybe even some Microsoft employees ...
