The best of 2023 in technology: artificial intelligence

This year was marked by great technological advances, among which the capitalization of artificial intelligence stood out. From the rush of large companies for its development, to the calls for attention from experts for ethical care around the tool.

The growing integration of AI into everyday life worldwide has generated not only admiration, but also concern. For this reason, 2023, which was undoubtedly the year of artificial intelligence, was marked by the strictest regulation and deep reflection on the impact of AI on society.
Artificial intelligence: determining fuzzy limits

In the world of culture, AI played a notable role in completing The Beatles' last song. An example that illustrates how artificial intelligence can complement human creativity, but also generates debates about authenticity and authorship in art. A conversation that writers and comedians like George R.R. had already brought to the table. Martin and Sarah Silverman, who had denounced OpenAI and Meta for the "theft" of their works.

Similar ethical discussions developed in fields related to education. ChatGPT, which was released in 2021, has been a milestone for natural language processing. With its ability to understand and generate human text, it has become a tool capable of maintaining more fluid and natural conversations with users, just like other AI generative models; but it has also become a generator of content without limitations.

Universities and colleges have had to adapt to the growing student use of ChatGPT, especially given the practicality of the tool for generating essays and answers. A problem that also moved to the professional field. Peter Lee, corporate vice president of Research and Incubations at Microsoft, publicly stated that he was concerned to see that just a few days after the launch of ChatGPT, his email was filled with emails from doctors telling him that they were already using the technology in their diagnoses. .