Will Ai Take Over The World? And Other Questions Canadians Are Asking Google About The New Technology

Artificial intelligence (AI) has gained massive steam in the past few months, with the public release of ChatGPT and the rising popularity of image generators such as Midjourney and DALL-E. This week, 1,300 notable experts signed an open letter asking AI labs to hit pause on training their most powerful systems for six months to give the industry time to create and implement shared safety protocols. Canadians have been curious about AI, with Google search queries for “AI” or artificial intelligence jumping in the past year. AI refers to the ability of machines to perform tasks that usually require human-level intelligence, driven by advances in computing power, big data, and machine learning. This article provides a nonexhaustive guide to AI, discussing the peril and promise of the technology.