A scientist and a philosopher on the pros and cons of ChatGPT: Krishna Choudhary and Ellie Anderson

Overthink podcast host and Philosophy professor Ellie Anderson is joined by From First Principles podcast host and Physics PhD Krishna Choudhary to discuss the dangers and promises of artificial intelligence, with a focus on large language models such as ChatGPT. Dr. Choudhary explains how LLMs work and why they are such a technological breakthrough from a scientific standpoint, while Dr. Anderson expresses concerns about students' use of them and how the corporate interests at work tend to underestimate their dangers for humans. This conversation follows up on Overthink's recent episode, AI Chatbots, which you can find here:    • 145. AI Chatbots   Check out Krishna's podcast, From First Principles, here:    / @fromfirstprinciplespod   Enjoy our work? Support Overthink via tax-deductible donation: https://www.givecampus.com/fj0w3v Subscribe to our Substack for ad-free versions of both audio and video episodes, extended episodes, exclusive live chats, and more: https://overthinkpod.substack.com/ Website: overthinkpodcast.com Substack: overthinkpod.substack.com Facebook:   / overthink-podcast-105420885026249   Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4aIlXHT... Art19 RSS: https://rss.art19.com/overthink Find us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok at @overthink_pod