AI Explained

AI assistants often provide answers in a matter of seconds, but how they make decisions remains a mystery. Their processes are complex, non-transparent and prone to error or distortion. What is really going on? And who is ultimately responsible for errors?

According to Silicon Valley it takes just 150 likes for Facebook to know you better than your parents or your friends. A digital version of yourself is built from data gleaned from internet searches purchases and social media interaction. How does this digital doppelganger affect our freedom?

Imagine an AI assistant that could write your work emails and manage your correspondence with friends and family without you lifting a finger. How does this technology work? Welcome to the world of large language models.

We believe what we want to believe - even when it comes to machines. If a AI chatbot addresses us in a familiar tone, we often treat it more like a human being. How do we fool ourselves like this?

Can machines develop genuine consciousness, or are avatars just empty shells that imitate exceptionally well? Researchers are debating whether consciousness needs a body or whether it simply appears when data is processed in a sufficiently complex way.

What happens when AI harms rather than helps? And even drives people to despair? Who is responsible when AI goes wrong?