It happened just half a year ago. At the end of last November, OpenAI made public the new version of GPT conversational chat. The world was surprised to discover that a machine was able to express itself like humans. Artificial intelligence had been progressing for years, but it wasn’t until we saw that bot called ChatGPT-3.5 that it had acquired such an intrinsically human ability as conversation that many of us understood the scale of what was happening.
From that first moment of fascination we have gone, in just six months, to the apocalyptic warning of those who are the protagonists of this runaway technological race: there is a high risk, the leaders of the leading companies assured this same week, that it will get out of control and cause damage comparable to that of “a nuclear war”, capable of causing the “extinction” of humanity.
Researcher Geoffrey Hinton, considered the godfather of AI for having discovered how to transfer the human mechanism of learning through neural networks to machines, has expressed himself in a similar vein. The speed at which new announcements are made has meant that AI has become one of the biggest issues on the news agenda overnight. The vast majority of readers appreciate the newspaper’s effort to ensure good coverage of this issue, about which many express their doubts.
“Artificial intelligence is Frankenstein’s monster. It should never have been researched let alone developed. It will put an end to humanityâ€, said a reader a few weeks ago in the comments section of the digital edition. “How heavy with this artificial intelligence, as if we don’t have enough with what is human and natural”, lamented another. “It’s the new manna that technology has found to make money,” added a third, who sees it as a “marketing campaign” by the industry.
Faced with the uncertainties generated by this revolution, the newspaper faces the challenge of reporting with rigor, depth and a vision that is both open and critical. In addition to coverage from sections such as Society, Economy or the Tekneo channel of the digital edition, in-depth analyzes such as those of the historian Yuval Noah Harari or the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, as well as the new Artificial newsletter of deputy director Delia RodrÃguez contribute to creating an informative range up to this challenge.
