General Article AI isn’t close to becoming sentient – the real danger lies in how easily we’re prone to anthropomorp

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AI isn’t close to becoming sentient – the real danger lies in how easily we’re prone to anthropomorphize it

Nir Eisikovits, UMass Boston

ChatGPT and similar large language models can produce compelling, humanlike answers to an endless array of questions – from queries about the best Italian restaurant in town to explaining competing theories about the nature of evil.

The technology’s uncanny writing ability has surfaced some old questions – until recently relegated to the realm of science fi...

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