Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 — it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people's science fiction fantasies of human-like machines. “2023 is, in history, hopefully going to be remembered for the profound changes of the technology as well as the public awakening. The first AI panic of 2023 set in soon after New Year's Day when classrooms reopened and schools from Seattle to Paris started blocking ChatGPT. The new AI law will take a few years to fully take effect, and other lawmaking bodies — including the U.S. Congress — are still a long way from enacting their own. But Gruber believes what's happening now is the “biggest wave ever” in AI, unleashing new possibilities as well as dangers.

Source: Daily Sun December 29, 2023 10:21 UTC