Debating the Truth About AI: Accusations, Hallucinations, and Unbelievable Achievements

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Debating the Truth About AI: Accusations, Hallucinations, and Unbelievable Achievements
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AI researchers have criticized both CBS and Google for overhyping AI after a 60 Minutes interview with Google CEO Sundar Pichai claimed that an AI program made by Google had learned a language it had never seen before all by itself. However, researchers pointed out that the program, PaLM, was trained on Bengali according to a paper published by Google’s own researchers. The researchers also criticized the use of the term "emergent properties" and accused Google of spreading disinformation.

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