00:00 – Chatbots are changing the internet
01:02 – How do chatbots work?
03:40 – The problems with today’s chatbots
06:40 – The ELIZA effect
07:46 – Replika AI
09:55 – What might future chatbots be able to do?
11:47 – The drawbacks of chatbots
The AI boom: lessons from history: https://econ.st/3mZPBIW
The relationship between AI and humans: https://econ.st/3YYvwQt
How AI chatbots could change online search: https://econ.st/406NzVE
Investors are going nuts for ChatGPT-ish artificial intelligence: https://econ.st/3JP5ACk
The race of the AI labs heats up:
The battle for internet search: https://econ.st/40dyrG3
Is Google’s 20-year dominance of search in peril? https://econ.st/3LwV1Fr
How good is ChatGPT? https://econ.st/40cAp9A
A battle royal is brewing over copyright and AI: https://econ.st/3JnOD0I
Listen to The Economist’s ‘Babbage’ Podcast on how robots are improving human interactions: https://econ.st/3TqhMNh
Listen to The Economist’s ‘Babbage’ Podcast on how ChatGPT could change the world:
Listen to The Economist’s ‘Babbage’ Podcast on whether AI will achieve consciousness:
Could artificial intelligence become sentient? https://econ.st/3yMGez2