On my prompt, artificial intelligence (AI) - aka "machine learning" - created a film script on the life of Singapore's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, which it then translated into Chinese. It generated an impressionistic image of Singapore's skyline, and then another one of a frog dancing on Changi Beach. It also provided the content for a PowerPoint presentation. In a recent demonstration, it turned a hand-drawn sketch of a webpage into an actual website by generating code that matched the sketch. It did each of the above in less than a minute.
The capabilities of AI - of which the popular ChatGPT is but one manifestation - are now mind-boggling. And they keep getting better. ChatGPT-4, which was released on March 14, is a dramatic upgrade on the earlier version, ChatGPT-3.5.
It scored in the top 10 per cent of the United States bar exam, whereas its predecessor scored in the bottom 10 per cent. It did even better on the Biology Olympiad, the top biology competition for high school students, rating in the top 1 per cent, compared with the bottom 31 per cent for ChatGPT-3.5. It has been found to be 40 per cent more likely to give factually correct responses.
Google has also launched Bard, a rival conversational AI chatbot to ChatGPT. Meta, Amazon and Baidu are among other big-tech companies that have similar chatbots.
Like humans, chatbots can make mistakes and have biases, but they are improving. Besides the general variety, there are several specialised chatbots catering to a variety of industries.
The Al wars will get more intense - which would be good for users.
This story is from the March 30, 2023 edition of The Straits Times.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the March 30, 2023 edition of The Straits Times.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
Singaporean Charmaine Toh is senior curator for photography at London's Tate museum
Singaporean art historian and curator Charmaine Toh has been appointed senior curator of international art (photography) at Tate, a British network of four museums comprising the Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
COACH RASIC WANTS S'PORE FIGHTING SPIRIT
Serb say it’s early days for 3x3 format, with 2025 SEA Games medal a longer-term aim
A TRICKY TEST IN STORE FOR SINNER
Italian expects tactical semi with Medvedev, whom he overcame in Australian Open final
SUNS WILL TAKE ON ANYONE
Phoenix’s confidence sky high after beating champions Denver in their own backyard
Five buy now, pay later players on track to be accredited in April
They will get to display a trustmark showing compliance with code of conduct
Top Fed official says there is no rush to cut interest rates
WASHINGTON - United States Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said there is no rush to lower interest rates, emphasising that recent economic data warrants delaying or reducing the number of cuts seen in 2024.
S'pore stocks downbeat even as Wall Street snaps losing streak
STI down 0.9%, but gainers beat losers 297 to 240
Competition watchdog to get new chief executive on April 1
The former chief legal officer of the Ministry of Manpower, Mr Alvin Koh, will assume his new role as chief executive and commission member of the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) on April 1.
Ngee Ann Poly set to prepare students for green careers
Initiative includes new scholarship and core module on sustainability education, innovation
Fearing Biden loss, Obama gets on the phone to strategise
Level of engagement due to huge concern over a Trump win, says ex-president’s aide