When You Should (And Shouldn't) Rely On AI Tools
ITProToday, Friday, March 1st, 2024
Chatbots and image generators are useful for some things. Fact-finding isn't one of them.
An objective and ultimate source of truth - especially one that's free and hosted on the internet - sounds pretty nice. Unfortunately, 'generative AI' from OpenAI, Google or Microsoft won't fit the bill.
Last week, Google pulled access to its Gemini image generator after the tool spit out images of a female pope and a Black founding father. The mismatch between Gemini's renderings and real life sparked a discussion on bias in AI systems. Should companies such as Google ensure that AI generators reflect the racial and gender makeup of users across the globe - even if, as conservatives have claimed, it infuses the tools with a 'pro-diversity bias'?