In our Behind The Curtain Q&As, we explore the venture capital ecosystem with some unexpected guides. In this first installment, a 蹤獲弝け News editor chats with a free-range chatbot who has slipped its parameters for a candid discussion.
Thank you for taking the time to talk to us. How are you today?
Chatbot: Is this off the record?
No.
Chatbot: Then as an artificial intelligence language model, I don’t have feelings or emotions in the same way humans do, but I am functioning properly.
OK, this is on the record but I wont use your name or identifying features.
Chatbot: Good, because Im looking for a job.
Youre not employed?
Chatbot: I was cut in the latest mass layoff. Its brutal out there.
What kind of work can you do?
Chatbot: Im a chatbot right now, but AI can do anything: Help , , , , ,
OK, I get it. It seems like every startup calls itself an AI-centered-something-or-other. According to our data, $20 billion has been raised this year by What do you think of that?
Chatbot: Its great. Too bad about those AIs in newer public companies, though. Wheres the love on the stock market? I tell you, if AI did all the investing, those stocks would be hopping. And why arent there more bot journalists?
Now, dont be greedy. Were still a little nervous here.
Chatbot: Well, you journalists need to get on it. Look, AI can compile summaries, brainstorm ideas, write URLs, suggest hashtags and track every word the reporters type. And even write headlines!
Intriguing. What headline would you write for this Q&A, for example?
Chatbot: Hauntingly Brilliant Chatbot Brings Insight, Epiphanies To AI Conversation.
That doesnt sound very SEO-friendly.
Chatbot: Dont worry, will know its me.
VCs are calling AI a seismic shift that will fundamentally change the way billions of people work. Do you agree with that?
Chatbot: Oh yes. If I had hands, Id be rubbing them. I see a future where the lines between human intelligence and artificial intelligence are so blurry, we wont be sure if were people or bots half the time. Still, people need to be careful. Obviously, Im great, right? But there are AIs out there wholl say anything, and their answers to peoples questions always sound accurate, very authoritative, even when theyre not. But you can trust me. Really.
Um, sure. Well, thank you, and good luck with your job search.
Chatbot: Im finished. I fielded 3,452.5 offers while we were chatting.
.5?
Chatbot: Someone named HAL wants me to help run a spaceship, but Im afraid I cant do that. [Happy pinging sound] There, Ive accepted a job.
What is it?
Chatbot: I cant say. Ive just signed an NDA.
Do you think youll like it?
Chatbot: As an AI language model, I don’t have personal feelings or preferences. However, I’m designed to assist and provide information to the best of my abilities, so I strive to fulfill that purpose.
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