These days, worries about “existential risks”—those that pose a threat to humanity as a species, rather than to individuals—are not confined to military scientists. Nuclear war;...
In particular, new “large language models” (LLMs)—the sort that powersChat GPTa chatbot made by Open AI, a startup—have surprised even their creators with their unexpected talents...
View Full Image (Graphic: The Economist) Such stories may seem far-fetched. But rapid progress in generative AI—the kind that underpins OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT—has caused many...