Future ChatGPT models to replace many human tasks: Top AI scientist
According to Ben Goertzel, a leading AI researcher and cognitive scientist, future versions of ChatGPT have the potential to replace many human tasks that are currently performed by humans. Goertzel, who is known for co-developing Sophia the Robot, believes that the new large language models that power generative AI will transform the world, reports ZDNet.
Automated AI tools are already impacting the job market, leading to industry reshuffling and reassigning job duties. Fast-food workers, copy editors, and designers are among the professions already feeling the impact of AI. "Tools like Grammarly decrease the need for human copy editors," Goertzel said.
China-based marketing and public relations agency BlueFocus is replacing third-party copywriters, designers, and short-term contractors to fully embrace generative AI like ChatGPT.
After the ChatGPT success, the number of apps with the term 'AI Chatbot' or 'AI Chat' in either their app name, subtitle, or description on both Google and Apple app stores has increased a whopping 1,480 per cent (year-over-year) in the first quarter this year. According to analytics firm Apptopia, just this year (through March), 158 such apps have arrived on the app stores.
Goertzel believes that jobs where the essence is human contact, like preschool teachers, political strategists and artists, "will not become obsolete". Today's generative AIs "are able to impersonate general AIs by just having such a broad variety of training data. They don't have to go far beyond that training data to do amazing stuff. It's a testament to the power of computer networks and multi-GPU server farms," he said.
As AI continues to revolutionize various industries, it remains to be seen what the future holds for the workforce.
