Arvind Narayanan

There are broadly two different ways to use AI. One is you can use a specific AI app. You know, ChatGPT is the most well-known one. Or you can use AI that's embedded into the other apps or other physical products that you use. And I think both of those are interesting and both of those are worth trying out. So specifically...

There are broadly two different ways to use AI. One is you can use a specific AI app. You know, ChatGPT is the most well-known one. Or you can use AI that's embedded into the other apps or other physical products that you use. And I think both of those are interesting and both of those are worth trying out. So specifically...

If you do a Google search, there are relatively simple types of AI that have existed even in traditional Google search. But more recently, Google has started creating these AI overviews, which can often be wrong. So I think it's caveat emptor to actually verify that information.

If you do a Google search, there are relatively simple types of AI that have existed even in traditional Google search. But more recently, Google has started creating these AI overviews, which can often be wrong. So I think it's caveat emptor to actually verify that information.

If you do a Google search, there are relatively simple types of AI that have existed even in traditional Google search. But more recently, Google has started creating these AI overviews, which can often be wrong. So I think it's caveat emptor to actually verify that information.

But I think it can be more enlightening to play with a standalone AI tool like ChatGPT or Gemini or whatever people want to use. and explore the kinds of things that it can do, as well as learn how, you know, it gets things wrong. And I think that's going to give you a much better understanding of AI's powers and limitations.

But I think it can be more enlightening to play with a standalone AI tool like ChatGPT or Gemini or whatever people want to use. and explore the kinds of things that it can do, as well as learn how, you know, it gets things wrong. And I think that's going to give you a much better understanding of AI's powers and limitations.

But I think it can be more enlightening to play with a standalone AI tool like ChatGPT or Gemini or whatever people want to use. and explore the kinds of things that it can do, as well as learn how, you know, it gets things wrong. And I think that's going to give you a much better understanding of AI's powers and limitations.

That's a great question. We should not assume that whatever AI tells us is probably right. I think the accuracy rate varies greatly depending on the kind of topic. When I use AI with my kids, you know, when I ask it science questions, it's very good at explaining those things in a way that a five-year-old can understand and almost never makes mistakes.

That's a great question. We should not assume that whatever AI tells us is probably right. I think the accuracy rate varies greatly depending on the kind of topic. When I use AI with my kids, you know, when I ask it science questions, it's very good at explaining those things in a way that a five-year-old can understand and almost never makes mistakes.

That's a great question. We should not assume that whatever AI tells us is probably right. I think the accuracy rate varies greatly depending on the kind of topic. When I use AI with my kids, you know, when I ask it science questions, it's very good at explaining those things in a way that a five-year-old can understand and almost never makes mistakes.

But if you ask it questions on a very specialized topic, there have been papers looking at the accuracy of AI in the legal sphere or medical sphere. Here, it's much more dodgy. And obviously, these are areas where accuracy is much more important. So one might wonder, you know, if it's going to sometimes make mistakes, should you use this tool at all?

But if you ask it questions on a very specialized topic, there have been papers looking at the accuracy of AI in the legal sphere or medical sphere. Here, it's much more dodgy. And obviously, these are areas where accuracy is much more important. So one might wonder, you know, if it's going to sometimes make mistakes, should you use this tool at all?

But if you ask it questions on a very specialized topic, there have been papers looking at the accuracy of AI in the legal sphere or medical sphere. Here, it's much more dodgy. And obviously, these are areas where accuracy is much more important. So one might wonder, you know, if it's going to sometimes make mistakes, should you use this tool at all?

I would argue still probably yes, because I think it can still enable you to do things that would otherwise be very hard. So one example of this is when I'm exploring a new topic, I don't even know how to frame my question. And if I don't know the right terms to put into Google search, I can't find the authoritative sources on that topic. But with chatbots, it's very easy.

I would argue still probably yes, because I think it can still enable you to do things that would otherwise be very hard. So one example of this is when I'm exploring a new topic, I don't even know how to frame my question. And if I don't know the right terms to put into Google search, I can't find the authoritative sources on that topic. But with chatbots, it's very easy.

I would argue still probably yes, because I think it can still enable you to do things that would otherwise be very hard. So one example of this is when I'm exploring a new topic, I don't even know how to frame my question. And if I don't know the right terms to put into Google search, I can't find the authoritative sources on that topic. But with chatbots, it's very easy.

I just describe it in a fuzzy way in which I think of it in my head and it, you know, it rephrases it for me and then it gives me information about that topic. Sometimes it's reliable, sometimes it's not. So, it's just a very different way of interacting with information. It's just really hard to understand it in terms of previous ways of interacting with information.

I just describe it in a fuzzy way in which I think of it in my head and it, you know, it rephrases it for me and then it gives me information about that topic. Sometimes it's reliable, sometimes it's not. So, it's just a very different way of interacting with information. It's just really hard to understand it in terms of previous ways of interacting with information.

I just describe it in a fuzzy way in which I think of it in my head and it, you know, it rephrases it for me and then it gives me information about that topic. Sometimes it's reliable, sometimes it's not. So, it's just a very different way of interacting with information. It's just really hard to understand it in terms of previous ways of interacting with information.