Episode 202: Generative AI and Semantic Grey Goo

On this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Gem, Lauren, Ashlyn, and Laura discuss the impact of large language models and other forms of generative AI on culture and scientific endeavours.

Life, the Universe & Everything Else is a podcast that explores the intersection of science and society.

Note: Content warning for discussion of disordered eating and self-harm from 36:30 to 38:30.

AI Chatbots: Chatbot that offered bad advice for eating disorders taken down (NPR) | In 2016, Microsoft’s Racist Chatbot Revealed the Dangers of Online Conversation (IEEE Spectrum) | Twitter taught Microsoft’s AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day (The Verge) | Microsoft Investigates Disturbing Chatbot Responses from Copilot (Forbes) | 5 Gen AI chatbot fails and how to avoid them (Khoros) | What Air Canada Lost in ‘Remarkable’ Lying AI Chatbot Case (Forbes) | Facebook’s AI Told Parents Group It Has a Gifted, Disabled Child (404 Media)

AI and the Job Market: Top AI in Hiring statistics in 2024 (Workable) | AI Recruiters Have Joined the Job Search. Who Are They Helping? (Scientific American) | Considerations and Risks of AI in Employment Decisions (McCarthy Tétrault) | Job security in the age of artificial intelligence and potential pandemics (Statistics Canada) | The History of Artificial Intelligence: Complete AI Timeline (Tech Target) | The Ultimate AI Job Search Guide (Career Foundry) | Top 10 A.I. Job Search Tools (HashDork) | Unveiling The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence in the Job Market (Forbes) | Your Job Search Sucks Right Now Due to AI Hiring, Ghost Job Listings (Business Insider)

AI in Photography: Samsung caught faking zoom photos of the Moon (The Verge) | Xerox scanners/photocopiers randomly alter numbers in scanned documents (D. Kriesel)

AI and Peer Review: Scientific Journals Are Publishing Papers with AI-Generated Text (404 Media) | Quantum Entanglement: Examining its Nature and Implications (Journal of Material Sciences & Manufacturing Research) | Scientific Journal Publishes AI-Generated Rat with Gigantic Penis In Worrying Incident (VICE) | Study Featuring AI-Generated Giant Rat Penis Retracted, Journal Apologizes (VICE) | Unethical academics, AI, and peer review (Nicholas Lo Vecchio) | ChatGPT Looms Over the Peer-Review Crisis (404 Media) | Monitoring AI-Modified Content at Scale: A Case Study on the Impact of ChatGPT on AI Conference Peer Reviews (Liang et al., arXiv.org)

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