1 Rise of the Bots and AI Hallucinations

Chapter 1: What You Need to Know

•   ChatGPT has upended the artificial intelligence playing field, acquiring hundreds of millions of users in a matter of months.

•   AI systems already have had significant geopolitical impacts, such as on Brexit and the 2016 US presidential election.

•   Caution is warranted with AI because it can be prone to hallucinations of a sort.

“What are you going to do about ChatGPT?”

The then-dean of Imperial College Business School, Francisco Veloso, asked me the question almost casually when I stopped by his office. It was January 2023. The storm clouds of artificial intelligence were breaking open over the staid world of academia. Because my professorial title says ...

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