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Christiaan Hetzner

BIZARRE: Top physicist says chatbots are just glorified tape recorders | Mind Blowing Facts

Theortical physicist and author Michio Kaku (Credit: Theo Wargo—Getty Images)

The recent frenzy around ChatGPT and similar generative A.I. technologies is deemed by leading physicist Michio Kaku as media sensationalism that could overshadow the impending breakthrough in quantum computing.

In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Kaku acknowledged chatbots’ efficiency in content generation but underscored their limitations in distinguishing truth from fiction and accurate data from misinformation. He dismissed them as “glorified tape recorders” rearranging existing internet content.

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