‘No soul’: See what Spielberg and Chomsky think about AI evolution

ChatGPT has sparked intense debate in the creative industry. Many famous leaders criticizing technology for lacking originality and moral sense. This week, filmmaker Steven Spielberg and linguist Noam Chomsky raised the tone of questions by addressing the weaknesses of artificial intelligence (AI).

What does Chomsky think of ChatGPT?

In an article published in the newspaper New Times, Chomsky is skeptical of the excitement of the solution developed by OpenAI and other tech companies. The linguist notes that mathematical models are able to memorize and elaborate content based on a database, but “cannot distinguish the possible from the impossible.”

“True intelligence is demonstrated in the ability to think and express things that are unlikely but insightful,” he comments.

He exemplifies Aristotle’s theory that apples fall to the ground because they have their natural place, but it raises more questions. However, Einstein’s theory that apples fell to earth because mass warps space-time is unlikely, but true.

“Therefore, predictions from machine learning systems will always be shallow and unreliable,” Chomsky wrote. Programs cannot explain language syntax rules and more complex relationships. According to him, accurate knowledge about language cannot be learned by using big data alone.

What did Spielberg say about artificial intelligence?

Spielberg expressed his concerns about artificial intelligence in an interview with Stephen Colbert on the show. Late Show. The producer stated that technology will never be able to replicate the human spirit. “The soul is unimaginable and indescribable. And it cannot be created by any algorithm, it is simply something that exists within all of us.”he thought.

The film director believes that AI uses predetermined criteria and criteria to create something that looks like it was made by a human but is actually just an imitation. Spielberg worries about the autonomy AI might have over the human perspective.

“I don’t think the moral is just to climb a mountain to the top and then look back,” he said. The director quotes his movie Artificial intelligence (2001) as an example of the harm that can happen if technology begins to dominate the world.