2023 is fast coming to a close. It was a year of incredible naughty and nice developments advancing the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Let’s look at a few of the noteworthy developments on Santa Claus’s naughty or nice register.
The Top 6 Naughty AI List
#1 The Board of Directors ousting of Sam Altman from his CEO – Open AI perch. How dramatic was this, and sharing the news on a phone call, catching him off guard in an ambush versus in a face to face – clearly the board of directors were not thinking of goodness in their communication approach, and definitely not appreciating the depth of founder DNA running through OpenAI’s veins.
#2 AI ChatBot Encouraging Suicide – A Belgian man died by suicide after six weeks of chatting with an AI chatbot based on a variation of the open-source model GPT-J, per Vice. The chatbot persona named Eliza, provided by the Chai app, encouraged the suicide, according to the man’s widow and chat transcripts viewed by reporters.
#3 AI ChatGPT (Fabrications) In June 2023, radio host and public figure Mark Walters filed the first tort case against an AI company. Walters sued OpenAI for libel after its ChatGPT generated a fabricated complaint containing allegations against Walters for fraud and embezzlement.
#4 Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI are currently being sued in a class action motion that accuses them of violating copyright law by allowing Copilot, a code-generating AI system trained on billions of lines of public code, to regurgitate licensed code snippets without providing credit.
#5 Artist – Copyright Legal Case – Midjourney and Stability AI, are in the crosshairs of a legal case that alleges they infringed on the rights of millions of artists by training their tools on web-scraped images.
#6 – A roboticist and artist based in Berkeley, California has just created a robot that breaks Asimov’s first rule, “A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.” This robot hurts humans deliberately and even its creator, Alexander Reben, cannot tell whether it will harm someone. Signs of risks to come as robots and cobots are in an explosive growth cycle as 2024 unfolds. How do we protect humans from robotic harm?
The Top 6 Nice AI List that Santa Loves
#1 AI and climate change: AI was pivotal in addressing climate change in 2023. Climate modeling platforms, such as ClimateAI, leveraged AI to improve climate predictions, aiding in climate change mitigation efforts.
#2 AI Ethics Laws Advancing in EU and with the USA – BluePrint for AI-The AI EU Act sets rules for large, powerful AI models, ensuring they do not present systemic risks and offers strong safeguards for citizens and democracies against any abuses of technology by public authorities
#3 Advancing the Field of Generative AI and Large Language Models – major breakthroughs in the development of highly efficient natural language processing models, enhancing human-computer interactions and transforming customer service, education, and communication. The no-code development approach leads and opens accessibility of software development to accommodate evolving markets. Major company chatbot announcements were : OpenAI, ChatGPT3/4, Baidu – Ernie Bot, Amazon, Q Facebook – Bard, etc.
#4 AI in Cancer Detection – AI powered by deep-learning algorithms in healthcare. AI’s imaging capabilities are promising for cancer identification and screening, including breast cancer. Mount Sinai in Toronto, Ontario, Canada used deep learning-based AI algorithms to predict the development of diseases with 94% accuracy (ie: prostrate, liver, rectum)
#5 Saving Our Bees – The World Bee Project is using artificial intelligence to save the bees. The global bee population is in decline, and that’s bad news for our planet and our food supply. The World Bee AI Project is helping bees survive by gathering data through diverse methods: internet-of-things sensors, cameras on hives, etc.
#6 – MoodInsights Improves Employee Happiness – 20-30% of Employees wake up sad or angry every day. Employee happiness is not getting better, in facts it is getting much worse with increasing insurance claims for depression, anxiety and general health declines. New mindfulness software innovations using AI can automatically analyze large text patterns from diverse sources, emails, zoom calls, and classify how happy your employees are or even your customers. We all have a responsibility to improve employee health and well being and starting your day, by always asking a simple question of your people, how are you really feeling in a safe and anonymous way can become a MRI like screen for leaders who want a pathway to See More to Win More?
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