Hudson Institute Senior Researcher Arthur Herman discusses Microsoft’s investment in ChatGPT-maker, the threat of AI programs to future jobs, and the impact of AI on national security.
For years we have heard about the potential challenges posed by artificial intelligence for multiple industries. Today, as Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI blossoms, experts are pointing to a potential new threat to white-collar workers and the tech industry.
Arthur Herman, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, warned FOX Business that OpenAI’s program, ChatGPT, could push the country into “a different kind of credentialing society.”
The chatbot uses large databases and will answer user questions and create other content on a wide range of topics. Among many other forms, responses include responses, essays, legal briefs, and computer code.
“If you’re a lawyer, if you’re an accountant, if you’re a financial planner, you might want to trust your laurels because there might be a program coming, an AI-generated program that can do jobs like yours,” Herman said.
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“The idea that if you went to Washington and got an MBA there, your future was secure. That may not be the case anymore,” he added.
Microsoft’s extended partnership with the designer of ChatGPT could prove to be its best investment according to Silicon Valley insiders. The move led many to believe it could trigger Google’s demise.
During an appearance on “Varney & Co.”, FOX Business’ Susan Li said the popular program could prove to be a “Google killer” if Microsoft integrates ChatGPT into its “Bing” search engine.
But the Hudson Institute’s senior researcher insists the speculation may not be too far off the mark for Alphabet, Google’s parent company, at least for its employees.
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“What’s going to happen then is that a lot of the people that we think of as, you know, the core information workers at companies like Google and Microsoft and Spotify, they may find themselves competing with the machines of a way that their employers don’t really notice the difference.”
The tech sector is seeing a surge in layoffs following its hiring spree during the COVID-19 pandemic. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the cuts affected teams globally, including recruitment, some corporate functions as well as some engineering and product teams.
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Herman said the layoffs are in response to the “risks of a coming recession,” but also that the potential AI revolution isn’t too far off.
“They are [tech companies] sort of batten down the hatches here, but we’re also not too far from where we’re going to have AI programs that can code software“, he explained.
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“Actually, the machines are, you know, a little more reliable. They’re happy to work on weekends, [and] a whole host of other things that are going to be very difficult for white-collar Americans.”
Joe Toppe and Daniella Genovese of FOX Business contributed to this report.