“Playing With Dynamite:” How AI Chatbots Will Change Life as We Know It | Amanpour and Company

What might the rise of chatbots reveal about the future of artificial intelligence? Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI are developing these digital assistants to simulate conversation with human users, changing the way we interact with technology. Steven Levy, Editor at Large of the tech magazine Wired, joins Walter Isaacson to discuss this phenomenon.

Originally aired on March 3, 2023.

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