South Park Explores the Power of AI with ChatGPT
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a highly-discussed topic currently, with OpenAI's ChatGPT being at the forefront of this technological revolution. Its remarkable ability to generate natural text responses has captured the attention of the tech industry, leading to significant investments such as Microsoft's billion-dollar contribution to OpenAI's research and development. Several other companies have also joined forces with OpenAI to gain access to GPT's expertise.
The potential of this technology extends beyond generating text, as it can also create images and even entire 3D environments in the metaverse. Additionally, it has been discovered that GPT has a remarkable talent for crafting compelling stories. The creative minds behind the popular adult cartoon, South Park, have utilized ChatGPT to generate portions of an episode that delves into the intricacies of AI, showcasing the versatility and vast potential of this groundbreaking technology.
Deep Learning
As is their trademark style, South Park employs a healthy dose of sarcasm in their latest episode, 'Deep Learning,' which revolves around the topic of artificial intelligence. Released on March 29, the plot follows the students at South Park Elementary as they stumble upon a new technology capable of writing their homework. This scenario is not entirely unrealistic, as some educators have expressed concerns about the use of ChatGPT in facilitating cheating. While ChatGPT can certainly be a valuable aid in studying, it also has the potential to provide direct responses, effectively removing the need for actual effort on the part of the student. This raises important ethical questions and highlights the need for careful consideration and implementation of AI in educational settings.
The conclusion of the South Park episode is accompanied by credits stating that the episode was 'written by Trey Parker and ChatGPT.' It should be noted that this may be intended as a sarcastic statement, which would not be unusual for the show's creators. However, if the credits are accurate, it would suggest that a portion of the episode's content was generated by ChatGPT's technology, which has the ability to produce written material when given specific commands.
Notably, the credits also indicate that the voice of ChatGPT was created using Play.ht's AI-powered text-to-voice generator. This adds a further dimension to the demonstration of the power of AI, implying that it may eventually replace human creativity altogether. This episode serves as a thought-provoking exploration of the impact of AI on creative industries and raises important questions about the future of human involvement in the creative process.
ChatGPT's advanced technology enables it to produce responses that closely resemble those of a human being, a feat achieved through the use of neural networks that emulate the structure and function of the brain. In recent months, ChatGPT has been the subject of numerous headlines due to its remarkable capabilities.
Originally designed with a simple purpose, it is now able to perform more complex tasks such as generating emails, writing TV episodes, and even coding. The South Park episode serves as a comprehensive exploration of the potential impact of this technology on the world as we know it. Indeed, ChatGPT has already begun to revolutionize the way that society operates, signifying a new era in the field of artificial intelligence.
No strangers to the world of AI
According to reports, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, are no strangers to the world of AI. The duo established their own AI entertainment studio, Deep Voodoo, which has recently secured $20 million in funding to further develop technologies such as deep fake, cost-effective visual effect services, and synthetic media projects. It is clear that Parker and Stone are deeply interested in the potential of AI to transform the entertainment industry, and are committed to exploring the various applications of this groundbreaking technology.
ChatGPT has officially made it to South Park.
Here's a preview of the episode that premiers on Wednesday: pic.twitter.com/1Q6JQiY32u
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) March 6, 2023
Thought-provoking experiment
The South Park episode featuring ChatGPT serves as a thought-provoking exploration of the implications of artificial intelligence on the creative industry. ChatGPT's impressive abilities to generate human-like responses has garnered significant attention and investment from various tech companies, and its potential to transform the way society operates is already being felt.
The fact that the creators of South Park have their own AI entertainment studio further highlights the increasing interest and investment in this field. While the possibilities that AI presents are exciting, it is important to carefully consider the ethical and societal implications of its widespread use. As we move forward into a world increasingly shaped by AI, it will be crucial to ensure that this technology is harnessed for the greater good, and that it serves to enhance rather than replace human creativity and ingenuity.
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Missing from the “story”: Ukraine’s agreement to never use Starlink for military purposes. This is why.
Ghacks quality is AI driven and very poor these days since AI is really artificial stupidity.
“Elon Musk biographer Walter Isaacson forced to ‘clarify’ book’s account of Starlink incident in Ukraine War
“To clarify on the Starlink issue: the Ukrainians THOUGHT coverage was enabled all the way to Crimea, but it was not. They asked Musk to enable it for their drone sub attack on the Russian fleet. Musk did not enable it, because he thought, probably correctly, that would cause a major war.”
https://nypost.com/2023/09/11/elon-musk-biographer-walter-isaacson-corrects-detail-about-starlink-in-ukraine/
I posted above comment to:
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/09/08/elon-musk-turned-off-starlink-during-ukranian-offence/
Not to the following article about Geforce where I currently also can see it published:
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/29/how-to-fix-geforce-experience-error-code-0x0003/
Well, using Brave, I can see Llama 2 being decent, but it is still not great?
All these AI stuff seems more like a ‘toy’ than anything special, I mean, it is good for some stuff like translations or asking quick questions but not for asking anything important.
The problem is Brave made it mostly for summarizing websites and all that, but all these Big tech controlled stuff, won’t summarize articles it doesn’t agree with, so it is also useless in many situations where you just want it to give you a quick summarization, and then it starts throwing you little ‘speeches’ about how it doesn’t agree with it and then it never summarizes anything, but give you all the 30 paragraphs reasons why the article is wrong, like if I am asking it what it thinks.
SO all this AI is mostly a toy, but Facebook with all the power they have will be able to get so much data from people, it can ‘train’ or better say, write algorithms that will get better with time.
But It is not intelligence, it is really not intelligence all these AI technology.
Article Title: Tech leaders meet to discuss regulation of AI
Article URL: [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/09/14/artificial-intelligence-regulation-tech-leaders/]
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The eternal problematic of regulating, here applied to AI. Should regulations (interventionism) have interfered in the course of mankind ever since Adam and Eve where would we be now? Should spirituality, morality, ethics never have interfered where would we be now? I truly have always believed that the only possible consensus between ethics and freedom is that of individuals’ own consciousness.
Off-topic : Musk’s beard looks like a wound, AI-Human hand-shake is a quite nice pic :)
Haha, oh dear, Tom.
I thought that the comments system issue where comments shows up under a totally different article was fixed. But seeing your comment here, the “error” is clearly still active. Hopefully it is sorted as soon as possible.
Article Title: Tech leaders meet to discuss regulation of AI
Article URL: [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/09/14/artificial-intelligence-regulation-tech-leaders/]
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Hi Karl :) Well, let’s remain positive and see the good sides : one’s comment appearing within different articles (the one it was written form and for, another unrelated one) brings ubiquity to that comment : say it once and it’s published twice, double your pleasure and double your fun (“with double-mint, double-mint gum” and old ad!). Let’s forget the complications and inherited misunderstandings it leads to. Not sure the fun is worth the complications though. Which is why, with a few others here, I include Article Title & URL with comment, to ease a bit the pain.
This said, I’m trying to find a logic key which would explain the mic-mac. One thing is sure : comments appearing twice keep the same comment number.
For instance my comment to which you replied just above is originally :
[https://www.ghacks.net/2023/09/14/artificial-intelligence-regulation-tech-leaders/#comment-4573676]
It then got duplicated to :
[https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/29/how-to-fix-geforce-experience-error-code-0x0003/#comment-4573676]
Same comment number, which let’s me imagine comments are defined by their number as before but now dissociated in a way from their full path : that’s where something is broken, as i see it.
First amused me, then bothered, annoyed (I took some holidays to lower the pressure), then triggered curiosity.
I’m putting our best detectives on the affair, stay tuned.
Hehe, yes indeed, staying positive is what we should do. Good comes for those who wait, as the old saying goes. Hopefully true for this as well.
Interesting that the comments number stays the same, I noted that one thing is added to the duplicated comment in the URL, an error code, the following: “error-code-0x0003”.
Not useful for us, but hopefully for the developers (if there are any?), that perhaps will be able to sort this comments error out. Or our detectives, I hope they work hard on this as we speak ;).
Cheers and have a great weekend!
Whoops, my bad. I just now realized that the error I saw in your example URL (error-code-0x0003) was part of the linked article title and generated by Geforce! Oh dear! Why did I try to make it more confusing than it already is lol!
Original comment:
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/09/08/elon-musk-turned-off-starlink-during-ukranian-offence/#comment-4573788
Duplicate:
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/09/14/iphone-12-radiation-levels-are-too-high/#comment-4573788
Article Title: Tech leaders meet to discuss regulation of AI
Article URL: [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/09/14/artificial-intelligence-regulation-tech-leaders/]
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@Karl, you write,
“I noted that one thing is added to the duplicated comment in the URL, an error code, the following: “error-code-0x0003”.”
I haven’t noticed that up to now but indeed brings an element to those who are actually trying to resolve the issue.
I do hope that Softonic engineers are working on fixing this issue, which may be more complicated than we can imagine. Anything to do with databases can become a nightmare, especially when the database remains accessed while being repaired, so to say.
P.S. My comment about remaining positive was, in this context, sarcastic. Your literal interpretation could mean you are, factually, more inclined to positiveness than I am myself : maybe a lesson of life for me :)
Have a nice, happy, sunny weekend as well :)
Correct: AI is certainly overhyped, it’s also advertised by some shady individuals. It’s can also be misused to write poor quality articles or fake your homework.
https://wordpress.com/support/post-vs-page/
https://wordpress.com/support/restore/
16 September 2023, this website is still experiencing issues with posts erroneously appearing in the wrong threads. There are even duplicates of the exact same post ID within the same page in some places.
Clerical error “[It] can also be misused …” you just can’t get the staff nowadays.
Obviously [#comment-4573795] was originally posted within [/2023/09/14/artificial-intelligence-regulation-tech-leaders/]. However, it has appeared misplaced within several threads.
Including the following:
[/2023/09/15/redmi-note-13-specs-release-date-and-more/]
[/2023/08/29/how-to-fix-geforce-experience-error-code-0x0003]
“How much radiation is dangerous?
Ionizing radiation, such as X-rays and gamma rays, is more energetic and potentially harmful. Exposure to doses greater than 1,000 millisieverts (mSv) in a short period can increase the risk of immediate health effects.
Above about 100 mSv, the risk of long-term health effects, such as cancer, increases with the dose.”
This ban is about NON-ionizing radiation limits, because there is too much radio wave power from the iphone. This has nothing to do with the much more dangerous ionizing radiations like X-rays, that are obviously not emitted at all by mobile phones. I invite you to correct your article.
“Aaro.mil makes history as the first official UFO website”
I wonder if it’s just smelly crowdsourcing for the spotting of chinese balloons or whatever paranoia they’re trying to instigate, or if they are also intentionally trying to look stupid enough to look for alien spaceships, for whatever reason. Maybe trying to look cute, instead of among the worst butchers of history ?
“The tech titan’s defense”
“Whether he provides a clear explanation or justifies his actions”
“the moral compass”
You take it for granted that this company should agree being a military communications provider on a war zone, and so directly so that his network would be used to control armed drones charged with explosives rushing to their targets.
You don’t need to repeat here everything you read in the mainstream press without thinking twice about it. You’re not just pointing interestingly that his company is more involved in the war that one may think at first and that this power is worrying, you’re also declaring your own support for a side in an imperialist killfest, blaming him for not participating enough in the bloodshed.
Now your article is unclear on how this company could be aware that its network is used for such military actions at a given time, which has implications of its own.
Reading other sources on that quickly, it seems that the company was: explicitly asked ; to extend its network geographically ; for a military attack ; at a time when there was no war but with the purpose of triggering it, if I understood well. You have to be joking if you’re crying about that not happening at that time. But today you have your war, be happy.