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18/11/23 12:53 PM IST

ChatGPT in India, AGI, AI and elections

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  • Sam Altman has been ousted by the OpenAI board and has been replaced by CTO Mira Murati who is now the interim CEO of the AI powerhouse.
AGI
  • Artificial General Intelligence or AGI has been a topic of contention ever since AI and everything surrounding it became a mainstream conversation point.
  • AGI is essentially a hypothetical capability of AI systems to emulate all the cognitive abilities of the human mind.
  • While the idea has triggered excitement and fear in equal measure, several tech bosses have tossed their ideas around this superintelligence.
  • GPT-3, and GPT-4 were all steps towards AGI.
  • AI models need billions of dollars worth of investment and humongous amounts of computing power.
  • Microsoft has been backing the AI start-up for some time now.
  • The tech giant invested for the first time in 2019 when it poured in $ 1 billion, subsequently the company invested $10 billion after GPT-3.5 was launched in January 2023.
  • It had invested another $2 billion in 2021.
Impact on Elections
  • Since AI has been taking precedence over conventional technologies in most industries, it is only reasonable to expect it to have some influence on elections.
  • The thought of AI in elections has been causing a stir for some time now.
  • How AI will be used for something called ‘personalised persuasion and high-quality generated media’ as well as the importance of recognising these as forces that could shape public sentiments.
Source- Indian Express

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