The allure of AI: How much will they actually transform society?


Prof Flanders demonstrated how ChatGPT could be used to organise text data into thematic information. — ASB

Following the artificial intelligence (AI) boom that kicked off late last year with the debut of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, large tech companies have been in what feels like an AI arms race to take the lead.

Industry giants like Google, Meta, Microsoft and others have been pushing further into the field of generative AI, but as the tools they create get more powerful, how much will they actually transform society?

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