So, let's say you've just employed a rising star in the executive suite who proved so desirable that a competing company also hired a lookalike. The excitement that surrounds them is palpable. It's generally agreed that this individual represents the company's best hope for the future, and this sentiment comes from everyone from the CEO to the stockholders.
Next, you find out that the executive has what is nicely called a "hallucination problem" (Opens in a new tab). There is a 15% - 20% probability that they are making things up every time they talk (Opens in a new tab). A Princeton professor has referred to him as a "bulshit generator" (Opens in a new tab). They are so deluded that they cannot distinguish fact from fiction (Opens in a new tab). In five minutes, they'll be on stage to reveal a brand new product. Do you continue to promote their visibility?
Microsoft and Google both said "yes" this week. Microsoft hosted a surprise event to reveal that OpenAI would introduce ChatGPT-style search to the Bing search engine and Edge browser, inspired by the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot with 100 million monthly active users two months after its launch. Bard, Google's artificial intelligence search tool, was announced the day before and unveiled at an event in Paris the following day, but the company also had hallucinations at the event.
On Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told reporters who had been called to the company's campus in Redmond, Washington, that "a new race starts today." Isn't it lovely to imagine that? (Opens in new window) Microsoft, the computer industry's perennial geeky outcast, would like you to believe that its search engine Bing, um, "the New Bing," is competitive with Google Search on everything.
The arrogance of Google's preemptive answer introducing Bard(Opens in a new tab) was palpable. Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated in a blog post, "We re-oriented the firm around AI six years ago."
Google's 'hallucination problem,' and other issues
That in itself is significant. When compared to Google, the undisputed leader in search, Bard, a ChatGPT competitor, is only in beta with a small set of testers and has lagged well behind Google's AI efforts for years. Despite Pichai's best hipster efforts, the Bard reveal was a sloppy, unorganized affair. Even Google appears to have been taken aback by the ChatGPT frenzy.
What other explanation is there for the awful Bard slip-up that was on full display at the launch (not during the event itself, when some demo flubs are expected, but in a pre-made GIF)? A user is seen inquiring to Bard about information he can share with his 9-year-old child regarding the James Webb Space Telescope.
Among these purported truths is that the JWST captured the first image of an extrasolar planet. Assume that Bard was having hallucinations (Opens in a new tab). (UPDATE: A reporter for the Financial Times now reports that Bard's words were technically accurate(Opens in a new tab), but this interpretation of the text is one that no human would ever use, highlighting another another issue with AI-powered search.)
That explains why Alphabet, the parent business, had a drop of as much as 8% in share price on the day Bard was released. With this statement, Google highlighted the primary issue with AI search and implied that it is unable to use its massive data repository to independently verify its own claims.
The company should know better after experiencing a "hallucination problem" with its featured snippets(Opens in a new tab) in 2017 at the very top of search results. When it came to U.S. presidents, the snippets algorithm seemed to delight in spreading falsehoods. Just to restate the obvious: what could possibly go wrong?
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To rephrase, if you release an AI-powered search tool too soon, you run the risk of being outdone. Microsoft was fortunate in that no glaring mistakes marred its launch ceremony. If search results based on ChatGPT weren't flawed, the project wouldn't be in beta. In addition, there is a sign-up sheet for people who are interested in providing free artificial intelligence quality assurance for Bing (Opens in a new tab).
When asked by Wired about the hallucination issue with ChatGPT, Sarah Bird, Microsoft's Head of Responsible AI (an apt title!), responded, "There's still more to do there" (Opens in a new tab). A business competing to create a ChatGPT fact-checker is the source of the 15% hallucination figure, so it's not like we made that up (Opens in a new tab). (UPDATE: a breathless story on New Bing(Opens in a new tab) by a columnist from the New York Times revealed that it couldn't even do basic algebra right, let alone provide a list of local kid-friendly activities.)
Bird further mentioned that past releases of the software allowed users to plot school shootings, but that this feature had been removed. Really helpful to know! It's hard to imagine what could go wrong now. Surely this bizarre experimental search tool doesn't have any other hidden consequences that could humiliate a major and legally vulnerable digital corporation. https://ejtandemonium.com/
Clippy. Zune. A brand-new Bing.
Of course, Microsoft has experience with shame; after all, it's the firm responsible for one of the worst software flops ever, Clippy. Infamously, the paperclip helper would offer forth unsolicited recommendations. We're not going to Clippy to get answers to our questions; that's not how ChatGPT works.
It's possible that ChatGPT-enabled Bing is like Clippy on LSD due to the frequency with which it provides illogical answers (or, more often than you'd expect, provides users with a humdrum version on "I can't answer that"). The "New Bing" will be remembered for its jumbled results if enough casual users experience them.
The initial reaction of the public is what can turn a product into a punchline, not any subsequent improvements. After all, Microsoft did give us the Zune, so it should be aware of it as well. Prematurely releasing a ChatGPT product is no different than releasing an unfinished product.
It's hard not to see "The New Bing" as an upcoming joke. If Bing and Edge win the AI search competition (whatever that means), would you be willing to give up Google Search and the Chrome browser? We didn't think so. The power of technological inertia is vastly underestimated.
In some contexts, such as when real estate agents are writing listings, ChatGPT is very useful; in others, it may be quite terrifying. Yet, when you go past the surface, every account of its effects on society seems insignificant. It will cause an epidemic of plagiarism in schools. Its own threat is mitigated by the fact that it can notify you when a paper has been written by ChatGPT(Opens in a new tab). It was accepted into a law school! It would have been a B-minus if not for the fact that it was so poorly written (Opens in a new tab).
As it turns out, it's not easy to create "general AI," the digital analogue of a human brain. Another long-term AI target, insect intelligence, has only just begun to enter the picture. Do you plan on relying on ChatGPT to provide search results instead of, say, clicking on links manually? http://sentrateknikaprima.com/
Perhaps the solution lies in how much hallucination you, the reader, are experiencing.
Next, you find out that the executive has what is nicely called a "hallucination problem" (Opens in a new tab). There is a 15% - 20% probability that they are making things up every time they talk (Opens in a new tab). A Princeton professor has referred to him as a "bulshit generator" (Opens in a new tab). They are so deluded that they cannot distinguish fact from fiction (Opens in a new tab). In five minutes, they'll be on stage to reveal a brand new product. Do you continue to promote their visibility?
Microsoft and Google both said "yes" this week. Microsoft hosted a surprise event to reveal that OpenAI would introduce ChatGPT-style search to the Bing search engine and Edge browser, inspired by the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot with 100 million monthly active users two months after its launch. Bard, Google's artificial intelligence search tool, was announced the day before and unveiled at an event in Paris the following day, but the company also had hallucinations at the event.
On Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told reporters who had been called to the company's campus in Redmond, Washington, that "a new race starts today." Isn't it lovely to imagine that? (Opens in new window) Microsoft, the computer industry's perennial geeky outcast, would like you to believe that its search engine Bing, um, "the New Bing," is competitive with Google Search on everything.
The arrogance of Google's preemptive answer introducing Bard(Opens in a new tab) was palpable. Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated in a blog post, "We re-oriented the firm around AI six years ago."
Google's 'hallucination problem,' and other issues
That in itself is significant. When compared to Google, the undisputed leader in search, Bard, a ChatGPT competitor, is only in beta with a small set of testers and has lagged well behind Google's AI efforts for years. Despite Pichai's best hipster efforts, the Bard reveal was a sloppy, unorganized affair. Even Google appears to have been taken aback by the ChatGPT frenzy.
What other explanation is there for the awful Bard slip-up that was on full display at the launch (not during the event itself, when some demo flubs are expected, but in a pre-made GIF)? A user is seen inquiring to Bard about information he can share with his 9-year-old child regarding the James Webb Space Telescope.
Among these purported truths is that the JWST captured the first image of an extrasolar planet. Assume that Bard was having hallucinations (Opens in a new tab). (UPDATE: A reporter for the Financial Times now reports that Bard's words were technically accurate(Opens in a new tab), but this interpretation of the text is one that no human would ever use, highlighting another another issue with AI-powered search.)
That explains why Alphabet, the parent business, had a drop of as much as 8% in share price on the day Bard was released. With this statement, Google highlighted the primary issue with AI search and implied that it is unable to use its massive data repository to independently verify its own claims.
The company should know better after experiencing a "hallucination problem" with its featured snippets(Opens in a new tab) in 2017 at the very top of search results. When it came to U.S. presidents, the snippets algorithm seemed to delight in spreading falsehoods. Just to restate the obvious: what could possibly go wrong?
WARNING: Don't put all your eggs in one basket. The new norms of online education
To rephrase, if you release an AI-powered search tool too soon, you run the risk of being outdone. Microsoft was fortunate in that no glaring mistakes marred its launch ceremony. If search results based on ChatGPT weren't flawed, the project wouldn't be in beta. In addition, there is a sign-up sheet for people who are interested in providing free artificial intelligence quality assurance for Bing (Opens in a new tab).
When asked by Wired about the hallucination issue with ChatGPT, Sarah Bird, Microsoft's Head of Responsible AI (an apt title!), responded, "There's still more to do there" (Opens in a new tab). A business competing to create a ChatGPT fact-checker is the source of the 15% hallucination figure, so it's not like we made that up (Opens in a new tab). (UPDATE: a breathless story on New Bing(Opens in a new tab) by a columnist from the New York Times revealed that it couldn't even do basic algebra right, let alone provide a list of local kid-friendly activities.)
Bird further mentioned that past releases of the software allowed users to plot school shootings, but that this feature had been removed. Really helpful to know! It's hard to imagine what could go wrong now. Surely this bizarre experimental search tool doesn't have any other hidden consequences that could humiliate a major and legally vulnerable digital corporation. https://ejtandemonium.com/
Clippy. Zune. A brand-new Bing.
Of course, Microsoft has experience with shame; after all, it's the firm responsible for one of the worst software flops ever, Clippy. Infamously, the paperclip helper would offer forth unsolicited recommendations. We're not going to Clippy to get answers to our questions; that's not how ChatGPT works.
It's possible that ChatGPT-enabled Bing is like Clippy on LSD due to the frequency with which it provides illogical answers (or, more often than you'd expect, provides users with a humdrum version on "I can't answer that"). The "New Bing" will be remembered for its jumbled results if enough casual users experience them.
The initial reaction of the public is what can turn a product into a punchline, not any subsequent improvements. After all, Microsoft did give us the Zune, so it should be aware of it as well. Prematurely releasing a ChatGPT product is no different than releasing an unfinished product.
It's hard not to see "The New Bing" as an upcoming joke. If Bing and Edge win the AI search competition (whatever that means), would you be willing to give up Google Search and the Chrome browser? We didn't think so. The power of technological inertia is vastly underestimated.
In some contexts, such as when real estate agents are writing listings, ChatGPT is very useful; in others, it may be quite terrifying. Yet, when you go past the surface, every account of its effects on society seems insignificant. It will cause an epidemic of plagiarism in schools. Its own threat is mitigated by the fact that it can notify you when a paper has been written by ChatGPT(Opens in a new tab). It was accepted into a law school! It would have been a B-minus if not for the fact that it was so poorly written (Opens in a new tab).
As it turns out, it's not easy to create "general AI," the digital analogue of a human brain. Another long-term AI target, insect intelligence, has only just begun to enter the picture. Do you plan on relying on ChatGPT to provide search results instead of, say, clicking on links manually? http://sentrateknikaprima.com/
Perhaps the solution lies in how much hallucination you, the reader, are experiencing.