AI Update! Should AI Do Our Schoolwork, Housework, & Letters of Rec? Will AI Take Our Jobs & Train Robot Soldiers? How Should We Tax & Regulate AI? Is Google Losing? Are We Living in a Simulation?

The Best Paragraph I've Read: After some observation, researchers concluded these generative agents were able to "produce believable individual and emergent social behaviors."  AI avatars named Isabella Rodriguez and Tom Moreno, for instance, debated the town's upcoming election. When Isabella asked Tom what he thought of Sam Moore, the candidate running for mayor of Smallville, Tom replied with his opinion. "To be honest, I don't like Sam Moore," the AI Tom said. "I think he's out of touch with the community and doesn't have our best interests at heart."  The agents were also able to respond to their environment. Isabella turned off her stove and made a new breakfast when she was told her food was burning. AI agent John Lin had spontaneous conversations without being prompted throughout the day, as he followed a schedule he'd made. Agents were even able to organize a Valentine's Day party without prompts. When Isabella was given the task, she managed to "autonomously" invite friends and customers she met at the local cafe and decorate the party venue. The agents she invited made plans to arrive at the party together at 5 p.m. Maria, an AI agent invited to the party, even asked her "secret crush" Klaus on a date to join her at the party, and he agreed. This paragraph comes from the Business Insider. The article is titled: "This is what Happened When 25 AI Avatars Were Let Loose in a Virtual Town." The article is written by Aaron Mok. You can read the full article here: https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-avatars-let-loose-in-virtual-town-display-beginnings-agi-2023-4 Zac and Don discuss many ideas surrounding AI. They talk about Google's new AI technology, if we should be afraid of AI, if AI will take our jobs, and whether the technology might just fade into the background. They also talk about how schools should consider using AI and whether AI proves we are all just living in a simulation. Here are links to the other AI articles we read/watched: The End of Recommendation Letters https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/04/chatgpt-ai-college-professors/673796/ At what rate should we tax AI? https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/04/at-what-rate-should-we-tax-ai-workers.html Ideas for Regulating AI Safety https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/04/ideas-for-regulating-ai-safety.html 60 Minutes: The AI Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=880TBXMuzmk What Happens When AI Has Read Everything https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/01/artificial-intelligence-ai-chatgpt-dall-e-2-learning/672754/ Rogue AI Could Kill Everyone https://nypost.com/2023/01/26/rogue-ai-could-kill-everyone-scientists-warn/ AI Can Save Education from Itself https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-can-save-education-from-itself-chatgpt-reform-information-skills-tools-reasoning-opportunity-11674513542 ChatGPT is Coming for Classrooms Don't Panic https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-is-coming-for-classrooms-dont-panic/ ChatGPT Will Change Housework https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/04/chatgpt-ai-use-domestic-labor-housework/673735/