Howdy Helen, thx for bringing up a really important point about what "natural" means in the context of human-computer interaction + who makes the decision? Billionaire AI-Dev-Gatekeepers [who are clearly not equipped (ethically or morally) for the job]? it also seems like OpenAI is quite strategic [almost manic] about steering the mainstream AI narrative. They released GPT-4o just a day before Google's Project Astra announcement: possibly to preempt Google's news + discourse-dominate: talk abt an aggressive approach to maintaining a lead in the AI landscape!
Your concern about what constitutes "more natural" interactions is spot-on, ie the recent controversy involving OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson. Johansson criticized OpenAI for creating a chatbot [named "Sky"] with a voice eerily similar to hers without permission, highlighting how these AI interactions are far from "natural" [granted, the term "natural" is extremely problematic in itself + today seems so heavily weaponised generally]. OpenAI ended up removing the Sky voice after Johansson released a public statement abt it, but too late too soon IMO. On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 6:24 PM Helen Varley Jamieson < [email protected]> wrote: > thanks for this, mez, really interesting. i find the claim of "more > natural human-computer interaction" problematic - who is deciding what's > "more natural" in this scenario? is it really "more natural" to need a > machine to remind us to call our dad? that's an example in the promo video > on the website of how useful chatgpt4 can be. & one of the presenters lists > all the different controls they have developed to make ChatGPT 4 more > appropriate/acceptable for society (annoyingly, the video is embedded in > the website without any controls accessible, so i can't easily go back to > the point to find her exact words). there is a whole ideology and agenda > behind the software that needs to be deeply critically examined. > -- | mezbreezedesign.com
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