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Here's the splash today:

• The Verge polled the public for opinions on AI

• Pause AI is a grassroots protest group

• AI helps people who are going blind

• Google DeepMind’s CEO makes big promises

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HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT AI?

Time for a vibe check; how do people feel about everything that’s happened in AI? With some help, the Verge conducted a poll of 2,000 people that provided some insights.

Let’s break it down:

1/ Young people believe in AI and use it more

Most AI users are Millenials and Gen Z, but that’s not surprising. They make up most of the working class in America, so adopting AI checks out.

The bizarre part of this section was that only a few people know about Stable Diffusion or MidJourney. Only 25% of respondents knew about Midjourney, and 23% knew about Stable Diffusion.

2/ Bard was too slow

In that same vein, only 38% heard of Bard. How is that even possible?

Google has a top AI research lab and created the model on which all the other conversational AI is built. Being late to the party hurt their market opportunity. It’s as clear as day.

3/ AI is an information machine

Most people use AI to answer a question or brainstorm. The brainstorming part makes sense. We recommend you do the same because that’s one of the main ways we use ChatGPT here at Inclined AI.

But no one should rely on AI to answer questions. The chatbot might hallucinate an answer or give you a partially incorrect output. It’s not an encyclopedia, you guys.

4/ People want AI to be better and safer

Most of the surveyed group agree that governing bodies must regulate AI and label AI outputs—transparency and responsibility reign supreme.

76% of people want regulations and laws around AI development. 76% also want researchers to comb the datasets for factual inaccuracies before training new models.

Questions on labeling AI outputs and outlawing deepfakes followed the same trend line.

Most importantly, no one can decide if they’re worried or excited about AI developments. The majority of people said both.

Which shows how early into this new era we are still. ChatGPT launched in November of 2022. A year has not passed yet, but here we are.

Opinions will grow and crystalize over time, but these early results are worth taking a deeper look at if you have the time.

GRASSROOTS PROTESTORS ARE SCARED OF AI’S FUTURE

Okay, we ended that last section talking about how vague feelings are on AI. But one group knows where they stand.

Pause AI is a grassroots campaign that wants to halt AI progress. They don’t have many members, but they’re worth noting.

Their dogma comes from a logical place.

You might think Pause AI worries about Skynet or AGI overthrowing the world government. It makes sense because we tend to focus on singularity and the uncontrollable nature of sentient AI.

But they worry about short-term threats, too, like cyber warfare. AI is a stimulant that bolsters all sorts of activities. Hackers can do more and deepen their impact by using AI tools.

The real-world implications here are not small.

Pause AI looks at people like Geoffrey Hinton, one of the “godfathers” of modern AI, warning about the dangers of AI, and they believe it’s a sign that we need to stop.

In fact, many AI researchers don’t support Joep Meindertsma, the leader of Pause AI, but they aren’t dismissing his claims as baloney.

The truth is we don’t know what the future holds.

Will people use AI to develop massive cyber weapons? Maybe. Will Super AI turn off access to power in exchange for human devotion? Maybe.

Neither outcome is likely, but we can’t dismiss a pessimistic view outright.

We like to look at the glass as half-full but expect more groups like Pause AI to sprout up. They’re getting a lot of one-on-one time with government officials, meaning leaders are validating this outlook.

Validation will grow this movement and help them influence AI development moving forward.

Quick Nuggets

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✊ The Google workers fired after warning about Bard’s performance have been reinstated with pay

😬 American music companies are targeting a Discord, “AI Hub,” over copyright infringement issues

🌭 Take a photo of your food, and SnapCalorie will use AI to estimate the calories

🧠 Demis Hassabis says Google DeepMind’s next algorithm will surpass ChatGPT

📦 Amazon believes in a future where there’s an AI model that can do everything you need

😅 The indemnity clause from Adobe is meant to ease fears about AI-generated art that enterprises have

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