Feeding the AI Beast: Michael Wooldridge on the vast quantities of online data that have trained ChatGPT to mimic human language
EPISODE 1641: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Michael Wooldridge, author of A BRIEF HISTORY OF AI, about the vast quantities of online data, especially social media content, that have trained ChatGPT to mimic human language
Michael John Wooldridge (born 26 August 1966) is a professor of computer science at the University of Oxford. His main research interests is in multi-agent systems, and in particular, in the computational theory aspects of rational action in systems composed of multiple self-interested agents.His work is characterised by the use of techniques from computational logic, game theory, and social choice theory
Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.
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