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803: Greetings, People Of Earth

2024/8/4
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Ira Glass: 本期节目探讨了人类与不同类型非人类智能相遇并试图理解它们的经历，从人工智能到外星生命再到海洋生物。节目中既有对人工智能是否具有真正智能的探讨，也有对逆戟鲸攻击船只行为的分析，以及对一名青少年融入新群体经历的描述。 David Kestenbaum: 大型语言模型（如GPT-4）展现出令人震惊的能力，能够理解语言、概念和进行推理，这引发了关于机器是否已经发展出人类智能的讨论。研究人员通过一系列实验，探索了GPT-4的理解和推理能力，结果表明其可能具备某种形式的智能。 Terry Bisson: 虚构故事从外星人的视角出发，讲述了他们对地球人（由肉构成）的认知和反应，体现了不同文明之间理解的困难。 Maeve Higgins & H. Jon Benjamin: 通过扮演外星人，生动地展现了外星人对人类这种“肉体智能”的难以理解和最终选择忽略的态度。 Chris Benderev: 西班牙和葡萄牙海岸逆戟鲸攻击船只的事件，其原因尚不明确，可能是出于游戏或报复行为，但缺乏确凿证据支持报复理论。 Diane Wu: 一个十几岁的女孩试图融入滑板群体，她的经历象征着人类在面对新环境和群体时，努力理解和适应的过程。

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This chapter explores the question of whether machines like ChatGPT have developed human-like intelligence. Researchers at Microsoft discuss their experiments and the implications of AI's capabilities.
  • ChatGPT's ability to generate coherent and contextually appropriate responses.
  • The debate over whether AI is genuinely understanding language or merely simulating it.
  • Experiments showing GPT-4's ability to reason and create original content.

Shownotes Transcript

Humans encounter non-human intelligences of various kinds and try to make sense of them.

  • Prologue: Ira has some thoughts about our country’s long history of alien invasion movies. (2 minutes)
  • Act One: We’ve witnessed a revolution in A.I. since the public rollout of ChatGPT.  Our Senior Editor David Kestenbaum thinks that even though there’s been a ton of coverage, there’s one thing people haven’t talked much about: have these machines gotten to the point that they’re starting to have something like human intelligence? Where they actually understand language and concepts, and can reason? He talks with scientists at Microsoft who’ve been trying to figure that out. (30 minutes)
  • Act Two: A short piece of fiction from the perspective of aliens who’ve been scouting Earth, from writer Terry Bisson. It’s called “They're Made Out of Meat.” It’s performed by actors Maeve Higgins and H Jon Benjamin. (5 minutes)
  • Act Three: A species of massive, mysterious, highly intelligent beings have recently been making contact with humanity. Or our boats, anyway. Many people seem convinced they are seeking revenge for past injustices. Producer Chris Benderev wondered if that was true. (7 minutes)
  • Act Four: Many of us, especially when we’re young, feel like we’re the alien, trying to understand and fit in with the humans on this planet. Producer Diane Wu spent some time recently with a teenage humanoid who feels that way. (15 minutes)

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