"In 2022 OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT onto the world. In the years following generative AI has wormed its way into our inboxes, our classrooms and our medical records, raising questions about what role these technologies should have in our society. A Pew survey released in September of this year found that 50 percent of Americans were more concerned than excited about the increased AI use in their day-to-day life; only 10 percent felt the other way."
"I wanted to really jump right into this book because there is so much to cover; it is a dense book in my favorite kind of way. But I wanted to start with something that you start the book on really early on, [which] is that you are able to be clear-eyed about AI in a way that a lot of reporters and even regulators are not able to be, whether because they are not as well-versed in the technology or because they get stars in their eyes when Sam Altman or whoever starts talking about AI's future. So why are you able to be so clearheaded about such a complicated subject?"
"I think I just got really lucky in that I started covering AI back in 2018, when it was just way less noisy as a space, and I was a reporter at MIT Technology Review, which really focuses on covering the cutting-edge"
Generative AI models like ChatGPT began widespread public use after 2022, and have since been integrated into email, education, and medical records, prompting debate about appropriate roles. Public sentiment has shifted toward worry: a September Pew survey found half of Americans more concerned than excited about increased AI in daily life, with only ten percent more excited. Concern rose from 37 percent in 2021. Observers note substantial reasons for public anxiety. Early, sustained reporting on AI—starting around 2018 at outlets focused on cutting-edge technology—coincided with a less noisy, more technical phase of the field.
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