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Sam Altman CEO and founder of OpenAI says he uses ChatGPT to raise his young baby amid practical and ethical concerns over the errors the AI large language model (LLM) regularly makes even giving routine advice according to a Breaking Points report.
Saagar Enjeti co-host of the Breaking Points with Krystal Ball (her real name), covered an interview which Altman gave on Jimmy Fallon’s late night show. In the interview Altman promoted the use of Chat GPT in raising his baby who was only born in February by saying “I cannot imagine…figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT…”
Enjeti goes on to describe an incident with his own baby where he asked ChatGPT for help with calculating the safe drug dosage for his child expecting a reliable result assuming the AI would be correct at the math.
According to Enjeti, he received instructions that were wildly inaccurate. He goes on to explain that only due to his experience as a parent could he recognize how wrong ChatGPT was in this crucial and sensitive task.
His account conforms to several studies where ChatGPT and other LLM’s have gotten many of their answers wrong including one study where more than half the answers given were wrong.
LLM’s including ChatGPT have been known to confidently provide wrong answers in situations dubbed “hallucinations” by researchers and when the chat agent is pressed will eventually admit that the answer is incorrect.
Of course, recognizing AI has gotten it wrong requires knowledge and the will to correct the LLM, many errors are missed by those who are ignorant of the correct answer or who have not even thought to verify the answer in the first place.
Times stamped video clip of Enjeti’s coverage of Altman’s statements (his initial observations end at the 4:15 mark):
Why is this a newsworthy story??? Public statements of brand loyalty is par for the course when it comes to the corporate world. I am sure many UPS and FedEx employees will publically attest to only shipping with their company just as Coca-Cola workers will proclaim they only consume that beverage.
His baby? Last I checked this guy was gay so how does he have a baby? Does this mean he acquired a baby? Does that baby have a mother? Maybe if there was a mother around he wouldn’t need to use his crappy AI to take care of the baby.
Now that figures, “reproduction” targeted on all sides, even Ai.