😵 Could AI end humanity?

Plus: Perplexity for Iphone is here.

March 31, 2023

(Total read time: 4 minutes)

Welcome back to WhatAI! This week the debate on the safety of AI heated up, will AI be our saviour or will it end humanity? 😵

Nevermind, let’s get to it!

In today’s newsletter:

  • 🔥 Elon Musk and tech experts call for a halt to AI training

  • 📱 Perplexity announces new iPhone app

  •  💼 300 million jobs could be affected by AI

📰 WHAT’S THE NEWS

Highlights if you got only 2 minutes

Elon Musk and tech leaders call for a halt to AI training

Elon Musk and a team of tech leaders have urged a suspension for at least six months on training powerful AI systems.

They have signed an open letter warning of potential risks, and say the race to develop AI systems is out of control.


"AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity". AI’s could flood information channels with misinformation, and replace jobs with automation.

In the future, advanced AI's may pose a "more general threat to human control over our civilization".

If a delay cannot be enforced quickly, governments should step in and prohibit it by law.

New and capable regulatory authorities dedicated to AI would also be needed.

Perplexity.ai Announces New Iphone App

Generative AI chatbot Perplexity AI has raised $25.6 million in a Series A funding round led by New Enterprise Associates.

Perplexity AI, the company known for its conversational search engine powered by AI, has launched its app for iOS. Iphone users will be able to use the Perplexity AI app to do searches on the internet.

The newly launched alternative to ChatGPT gives answers cited from sources on any topic. Where ChatGPT will often fabricate sources, Perplexity is one of the best options for a ‘fact based’ answer.

Its sleek interface, helpful features and zero ads will for sure be a deciding factor for people to start using Perplexity on their phones.

The fact that its 100% free will lower the bar for installation, and result in a growing user base. It boosts Perplexity to become one of the most important players in the AI industry.

Goldman Sachs reports: 300 million jobs could be affected by AI

We’re all afraid of the unknown, but Goldman Sachs has now confirmed: AI will take (some) of our jobs.

As many as 300 million full-time jobs around the world could be automated. This means 18% of work globally could be computerized, and the effetcs will be felt more deeply in advanced economies than emerging markets.

The reason is white-collar workers are seen to be more at risk than manual laborers.

In the United States and Europe, approximately two-thirds of current jobs “are exposed to some degree of AI automation,” and up to a quarter of all work could be done by AI completely, Goldman Sachs estimates.

Now I wish I had listened to my parents who advised me to ‘work with my hands’…

🔥 WHAT’S TRENDING

The latest news from the World of A.I.

  1. GPT-5 could soon change the world in an incredible way. (Link) 🦾

    A new claim has been made that GPT-5 will complete its training this year, and could bring a major AI revolution with it. The assertion comes from developer Siqi Chen on Twitter, who stated: “I have been told that GPT-5 is scheduled to complete training this December and that OpenAI expects it to achieve AGI.” (Link to the full article)

  2. How unbelievably realistic fake images could take over the internet. 👀

    AI image generator Midjourney was used to create a photorealistic image of Pope Francis wearing a big white Balenciaga-style puffer jacket. It is an example of just how good this technology is becoming, to the point that it can even trick people who are usually more discerning about spreading misinformation online. 

    (Link to the full article)

  3. UK rules out new AI regulator ⚖️

    The UK government fears organisations may be held back from using AI to its full potential because a patchwork of legal regimes could cause confusion for businesses trying to comply with rules. (Link to the full article)

⚒️ WHAT TOOLS

4 x A.I. Tools that make you Superhuman

  1. BeMyEyes - Amazing virtual assistant that helps the visually impaired with ‘seeing’ and experiencing their surroundings. (Link) ❤️

  2. Story AI - Write your own story with artificial intelligence. (Link) 📙

  3. FinalScout-Generate personalized emails based on a LinkedIn profile. (Link) 🔍

  4. RapGPT, a GPT-4 powered avatar that turns your quiz responses into live rap songs. (Link)🎤 

📚 WHAT TO LEARN

Increase your knowledge on A.I.

  1. Interview with Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #367 (Link)

  2. NVIDIA announces Picasso cloud service for building Generative AI-powered visual applications. (Link)

  3. This paper demonstrates you can improve gpt-4 performance an astounding 30% by asking gpt-4 to reflect on “why were you wrong?”, and generate a new prompt for itself taking that reason into account until it is correct. This is how humans learn.

🤖 WHAT PROMPT

1 x Prompt for ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a powerful tool. If you know how to use it..

We share 1 ‘Prompt’ that you can use to get a ‘best result’ answer on a specific topic in ChatGPT.

1.) CONTENT CREATION FRAMEWORK

PROMPT:

"Using the 'Myth-Busting' framework, please write a marketing campaign outline that identifies and debunks common misconceptions or myths about our [product/service]. Provide [facts] and [evidence] to support your claims."

📷 WHAT’S UP

A.I. Pics & Tweets

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