ChatGPT Four is coming as early as subsequent week and can possible go together with a brand new and doubtlessly dreadful function: video. 

Presently, ChatGPT and Microsoft’s up to date Bing search engine are powered by ChatGPT 3.5 giant language fashions, which permits them to answer questions in a human-like approach. However each AI implementations have had their fair proportion of issues up to now, so what can we anticipate, or at the very least hope to see, with a brand new model on the horizon? 

In keeping with Microsoft Germany’s CTO, Andreas Braun (as reported by Neowin (opens in new tab)), the corporate “will introduce GPT Four subsequent week, the place we could have multimodal fashions that may supply fully completely different prospects – for instance, movies.” Braun made the feedback throughout an occasion titled ‘AI in Focus – Digital Kickoff’. 

Basically, AI is certainly not going away anytime quickly. In its present state, we are able to work together with OpenAI’s chatbot strictly via textual content, offering inputs and controls and getting conversational, principally useful, solutions.

So the concept of getting ChatGPT-powered chatbots, just like the one in Bing, having the ability to reply in different mediums apart from plain textual content is definitely thrilling – but it surely additionally fills me with a little bit of dread.

As I discussed earlier, ChatGPT’s early days had been marked with some unusual and controversial responses that the chatbots gave to customers. The one in Bing, for instance, not solely gave out incorrect data, but it surely then argued with the consumer who identified its errors, inflicting Microsoft to swiftly intervene and restrict the quantity of responses it may possibly present in a single chat (and which Microsoft is just now slowly growing once more).

If we begin seeing an identical streak of weirdness with movies, there might be much more regarding repercussions.

Ethics of AI

In a world the place AI-generated ‘deepfake’ movies are an growing concern for many individuals, particularly those that unwittingly discover themselves starring in these motion pictures, the concept of ChatGPT dipping its toes into video creation is a bit worrying.

If individuals may ask ChatGPT to create a video starring a well-known individual, that movie star would possible really feel violated. Whereas I’m certain many corporations utilizing ChatGPT 4, reminiscent of Microsoft, will attempt to restrict or ban pornographic or violent requests, the truth that the ChatGPT code is well obtainable may imply extra unscrupulous customers may nonetheless abuse it.

There’s additionally the matter of copyright infringement. AI generated artwork has come beneath shut scrutiny over the place it’s taking its samples from, and it will possible be the case with movies as properly. Content material creators, administrators and streamers will possible take a dim view of their works being utilized in AI generated movies, particularly if these movies are controversial or dangerous.

AI, particularly ChatGPT, which solely launched a number of months in the past, continues to be in its infancy, and whereas its potential has but to be absolutely realised, so too have the ethical implications of what it may possibly obtain. So, whereas Microsoft’s boasts about video coming quickly to ChatGPT is spectacular and thrilling, the corporate additionally must be cautious and ensure each customers and unique content material creators are taken care of.