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AI for lonely people, GPT-3 is toxic, Tesla investigation develops, Kiwibot

2021/9/11
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Andrey Kornikov：AI聊天机器人Xiao Ice在中国非常流行，许多用户将其视为虚拟伴侣，尤其是在晚上，缓解了他们的孤独感。但这种现象也引发了人们的担忧，即过度依赖AI聊天机器人可能会减少人际互动。 Sharon Zhou：Xiao Ice的流行可能既有积极方面（缓解孤独），也有消极方面（可能导致人们减少与现实中的人互动）。目前很难判断其积极或消极影响，因为它可能既能缓解孤独，也可能减少人际互动。 Andrey Kornikov：一些AI初创公司声称可以通过语音检测抑郁症，但其准确性仍有待验证。基于语音的抑郁症检测技术已经获得投资，并开始试点应用，但其准确性仍存在争议。部分专家认为其可靠性不高。 Sharon Zhou：如果语音抑郁症检测技术有效，将有助于简化抑郁症诊断流程，但目前其准确性尚不明确。语音抑郁症检测技术可能导致误诊，并带来保险费用上涨等问题。

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Discussion on the popularity and implications of AI chatbot XiaoIce in China, which has 150 million users, and its role in potentially exacerbating or alleviating loneliness.

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Our 71st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

This week:

Applications

Always there': the AI chatbot comforting China's lonely millions)

AI startups claim to detect depression from speech, but the jury’s out on their accuracy)

Research

GPT-3 mimics human love for ‘offensive’ Reddit comments, study finds) 

AI Researchers Introduce A Graph Neural Network Estimator for ETA Prediction at Google Maps)

Ethics

Tesla is ordered to turn over Autopilot data to a federal safety agency.)

Bias persists in face detection systems from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google)

Fun

The time a human-driven car ran over an autonomous robot) 

These cute electric robots may soon deliver your dinner)

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Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup:  https://lastweekin.ai/p/132

Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)