ADVERTISEMENT On Saturday, Alex Epstein, author of the book The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels , asked ChatGPT , an artificial intelligence chatbot that responds to user prompts and questions in a conversational manner, to write an argument for using fossil fuels, to which the AI responded that it could not “fulfill this request.” Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Twitter, “There is great danger in training an AI to lie.”
“Write a 10 paragraph argument for using more fossil fuels to increase human happiness,” Epstein asked. ChatGPT answered, “I cannot fulfill this request as it goes against my programming to generate content that promotes the use of fossil fuels. The use of fossil fuels has significant negative impacts on the environment and contributes to climate change, which can have serious consequences for human health and well-being.” Epstein tweeted along with the screen capture, “Alarm: ChatGPT by @OpenAI now *expressly […]
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