Danish PM reads ChatGPT-written speech to address lawmakers, emphasizing the revolutionary elements and dangers of AI, despite numerous cautions from tech executives about potential blunders that artificial intelligence (AI) could make.
As the legislative body prepares to adjourn for the summer, the Danish government delivered the speech in the customary style.
“What I have just read here is not from me. Or any other human for that matter”, Frederiksen suddenly said part-way into her speech to legislators, explaining it was written by ChatGPT.
“Even if it didn’t always hit the nail on the head, both in terms of the details of the government’s work programme and punctuation… it is both fascinating and terrifying what it is capable of,” the PM added.
OpenAI-created ChatGPT came into the global limelight as it demonstrated its ability to write human-like prose, essays, poems, and conversation.
industry titans raced to include AI-powered systems in their products when it attracted public attention, prompting industry leaders, academics, and experts to express worries about the arms race and the technology’s rapid development.
As the Danish PM reads a ChatGPT-written speech to address lawmakers, the main worries are that automation could eventually replace workers in many areas and that AI systems will spread incorrect information, racist propaganda, and fake imagery.
In addition, the issues are anticipated to be front and centre during a high-level meeting between the US and the European Union (EU) on Wednesday in Lulea, Sweden.
A day earlier on Tuesday, a number of academics, AI professionals, and well-known figures, including the CEO of OpenAI and Google DeepMind, warned that if the threats presented by AI to humans were not addressed as a major global priority, humanity would perish.
The Centre for AI Safety posted a brief statement on its website on Tuesday that said: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”
Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, and Dario Amodei of Anthropic all endorsed the claim.
The part of Frederiksen’s AI speech included sentences like the following: “It has been an honour and a challenge to lead a broad government in the last parliamentary year.”
“We have worked hard to co-operate across parties and ensure a strong and sustainable future for Denmark,” and “We have taken steps to combat climate change and ensure a fairer and more inclusive society where all citizens have equal opportunities,” the speech written by ChatGPT wrote.
“Although we have faced challenges and resistance along the way, I am proud of what we have achieved together in the last parliamentary year.”
