New AI fake text generator may be too dangerous to release, say creators (2019)
The AI wrote a new passage of fiction set in China after being fed the opening line of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (pictured). Photograph: Mondadori/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe AI wrote a new passage of fiction set in China after being fed the opening line of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (pictured). The AI system is fed text, anything from a few words to a whole page, and asked to write the next few sentences based on its predictions of what should come next.
- ▪The AI wrote a new passage of fiction set in China after being fed the opening line of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (pictured).
- ▪Photograph: Mondadori/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe AI wrote a new passage of fiction set in China after being fed the opening line of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (pictured).
- ▪The AI system is fed text, anything from a few words to a whole page, and asked to write the next few sentences based on its predictions of what should come next.
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The AI wrote a new passage of fiction set in China after being fed the opening line of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (pictured). Photograph: Mondadori/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe AI wrote a new passage of fiction set in China after being fed the opening line of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (pictured). Photograph: Mondadori/Getty ImagesAI (artificial intelligence) This article is more than 7 years oldNew AI fake text generator may be too dangerous to release, say creatorsThis article is more than 7 years oldThe Elon Musk-backed nonprofit company OpenAI declines to release research publicly for fear of misuseAlex HernThu 14 Feb 2019 12.00 ESTLast modified on Fri 10 Mar 2023 06.01 ESTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe creators of a revolutionary AI system that…
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