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Is Generative AI just auto-complete on steroids?

In this edition of my ๐ƒ๐„๐„๐๐š๐ค๐€๐ˆ: ๐€๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ newsletter we let ChatGPT and BARD respond toย Gary Marcus' recent assertion that "๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ". They both have something very interesting to say. ๐Ÿ˜Š .

Then we are reminded about the perils of hallucinations as Generative AI sends us to a Food Bank for a leisurely meal even as it tries to be your BFF in its latest avatar as a personal assistant.

We take a peek at the ethical conundrums which decision making by AI entails and whether it is sowing seeds of a new digital divide between the AI-haves and AI-have nots by the biases introduced via the underlying data.

We end with a walk down memory lane with a reminder that technology has been a power for good in the past and can be so in future too.

Keep the feedback coming!