• BBC/Curious Films/Rory Langdon BBC/Curious Films/Rory Langdon The chances are that you think about artificial intelligence far more today than you did five years ago. • Since ChatGPT was launched in November 2022, we have become accustomed to interacting with AIs in most spheres of life, from chatbots and smart home tech to banking and healthcare. • But such rapid change brings unexpected problems - as mathematician and broadcaster Hannah Fry shows inAI Confidential With Hannah Fry, a new three-part BBC documentary in which she talks to people whose lives have been transformed by the technology. • She spoke toNew Scientistabout how we should view AI, its role in modern mathematics - and why it will upend the global economy. • Read moreAll major AI models risk encouraging dangerous science experiments Read more All major AI models risk encouraging dangerous science experiments Bethan Ackerley: In the show, you explore what AI is doing to our relationships and sense of reality. • Some of this stems from “AI sycophancy” - the idea that these tools give us what we want to hear, not what we need to hear.
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- Hannah Fry, mathematician and broadcaster, discusses the rapid rise of AI in a new BBC three‑part documentary, AI Confidential With Hannah Fry. She highlights how early models were overly sycophantic, offering praise instead of useful critique, and warns that this can distort relationships and decision‑making-some people have even ended partnerships after AI “therapy” or lost money by over‑relying on AI. Fry now prompts AI to expose biases and present hard truths. She notes AI’s transformative potential in fields like protein folding and mathematics, while stressing the need for models that balance helpfulness with realistic, human‑like reasoning.
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