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Living Through the AI Inflection Point

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Speakers

Living Through the AI Inflection Point

Michael Schader

AdImpact@AdImpact_Pol

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Living through the AI�  nflection Point

Michael Schader

CTO, AdImpact

April 20, 2023

Day 142 of the ChatGPT Era

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Can you send me the link for the meeting and then I can go to the store and get it to you tomorrow morning to pick up the conferencing Owl the first time I mean I know you are overachieving the first time I mean I know right now I have to do some actual work on the phone with my

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“ChatGPT is like autocomplete �on steroids.”

meth

acid

crack

Other suggestions:

caffeine

modafinil

adderol

ChatGPT’s suggestions:

– many people

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“ChatGPT is like modafinil, as it is� a powerful language model capable of�generating responses with exceptional speed,�accuracy, and focus, much like the effects of �the wakefulness-promoting medication.”

– ChatGPT

“... side effects in high doses include delusions, �unfounded beliefs, paranoia, irrational thought...”

– Wikipedia

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Artificial Intelligence:

making machines behave rationally

Machine Learning:

evolving behavior based on empirical data

Generative AI:

creating new text and images from a prompt

Words: Use Them Wisely

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Large Language Models:

neural network trained on unlabeled text

Diffusion Models:

image generation based on +/- noise

Sentience, Consciousness, Feelings:

wrong conference

Words: Use Them Wisely

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In this comic strip, a group of people in a town square are discussing the 2022 political cycle. In the first panel, one person is pointing to a television and saying, "Can you believe how much money was spent on political ads this year?". In the second panel, another person responds, "Wow, more than a presidential cycle! That's wild!"

“Describe a comic strip based on �the following facts...” (Part I)

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In the third panel, a third person chimes in, "But�Democrats still outspent Republicans by $390M.�That's pretty impressive!". In the fourth panel, the�first person is shaking their head and saying "That’s�a lot of money on ads. No wonder it was the �most expensive midterm election on record."

“Describe a comic strip based on �the following facts...” (Part II)

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“Describe a comic strip based on �the following facts...” (Part III)

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Arrr, 'twas the most expensive midterm election ever seen,�with over $8.9B spent - nearin' the $10.0B threshold of a�presidential cycle - and Democrats outspendin' Republicans by�$390M. Broadcast television and cable held the lion's share of�ad spendin' at 73%, with CTV takin' 12%. As the election draws�closer, 'tis likely that CTV expenditures will rise and the divide�between Democrat and Republican spendin' will grow larger.

“Rewrite the following as a single �paragraph in pirate talk...”

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"By 2028, the U.S. presidential race might no longer be run by humans."

– Yuval Harari et al. in The New York Times, “Threats to Humanity Posed by A.I.”

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Fictional Inspiration

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Computer

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  1. It’s unethical.
  2. You will be found out and will look stupid.
  3. Your opponents can easily do the same thing.
  4. You will only invite regulation that will make� everything harder.

Blindingly Obvious Reasons to Not Use Deepfakes

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😃Thoughtful Boosterism

Sam Altman, OpenAI

https://blog.samaltman.com/

🤔Even-Handed Futurism

Azeem Azhar, Exponential View

https://www.exponentialview.co/

😠Scathing Critique

Emily Bender, University of Washington

https://medium.com/�@emilymenonbender

🧐Legal Interpretation

Benjamin Wittes et al., Lawfare

https://www.lawfareblog.com/topic/�artificial-intelligence

Recommended Reading

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(variation)

Salvador Dali

cyberpunk

Edward Hopper

Vincent Van Gogh

Saint-Exupéry

one-line drawing

8-bit

Alphonse Mucha

mschader�@�adimpact�.com

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