I Am Not What I Am: Shakespeare and AI
Think of a seductive voice. The voice is easy to listen to, and everyone you know trusts that voice. As you talk to the voice, its replies echo your tone and language. Perhaps it feels like a friend. Just last month Googleand Character.AI settled lawsuits in which AI chatbots were accused of harm to children. When these lawsuits were brought they made sensational headlines, but to a large degree many of us, young and old, still use AI and AI chatbots uncritically. I have been shocked by the trusting attitude with which children accept AI, ask for its opinion, and ask for its help, always accepting the answers. While we are aware that AI has ‘hallucinations’ and limitations, many of us can’t help but feel that an engine driven by probability and massive data sets must be right. But must it? AI has no conscience and it has no judgement. It does have data, but not necessarily the right data. AI offers you its services because the more you tell it, the more material it has. Ultimately, AI...
