Media Interviews with Dr Paul Duignan on Chatbots and AI Social And Psychological Impact


Why Is a psychologist Interested in chatbots

Chatbots are really the first types of apps that are intelligent enough to justify being approached as a subject of psychological inquiry in their own right.


Workshops on impact of AI and Facing AI shock

All institutions need to be urgently gearing up to deal with AI’s impact. This TV news report covers Dr Paul Duignan’s comments on helping organisations understand the psychological and wider social impact of the age of AI shock.

 

Watch clip for comments.


How chatbots are going to disrupt education

Chatbots will have a profound effect on education. This will be both in terms of how assessment is done and also it will require a rethink of the entire purpose of education. Teachers and university lecturers will also be able to use them to make their work more productive.

One and a half minutes.

 

Scroll down the article to see the video interview.


Impacts and government response to AI chatbots


AI Chatbots may impact IT, but still demand for people with AI skills. May be a premium for human-produced text in a world swamped with AI-text. How should governments respond to AI - regulation, assessing impacts, and governments using them themselves.

Two minutes.


AI chatbots influencing the next election


Given their rate of development, it is likely that AI chatbots will be used to spit out a large amount of content for the next election. Perhaps this may overwhelm voters and get the more discerning of them to return back to the traditional media they can trust.

One minute.


Will chatbots affect white-collar workers?


How will chatbots affect white-collar workers. They are great at drafting material and should increase white-collar workers productivity in the short-term. Exactly what will happen in the longer-term is harder to work out.

One and a half minutes.

 

Scroll down the article to see the video interview.