Deadbots
13-05-2024
Deadbots
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For Prelims: About Deadbots, About the Conversational AI, Examples of conversational AI |
Why in the news?
A new study urges caution in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots designed to mimic deceased loved ones, known as ‘deadbots’.
About Deadbots:
- These are also known as grief bots, AI-enabled digital representations of departed loved ones.
- These chatbots simulate their language patterns and personality traits using their digital footprint, like emails, social media posts and even voice recordings, to create a conversational AI that reflects their personality.
Issues:
- Researchers have warned that these chatbots, while potentially comforting, could lead to psychological distress if not designed with safety in mind.
- Solutions that might be enthusiastically adopted in one cultural context could be completely dismissed in another.
About the Conversational AI:
- It is an umbrella term used to describe various methods of enabling computers to carry on a conversation with a human.
- It is made possible by natural language processing (NLP), a field of AI that allows computers to understand and process human language and Google's foundation models that power new generative AI capabilities.
- It works by using a combination of natural language processing (NLP), foundation models, and machine learning (ML).
- These AI systems are trained on large amounts of data, such as text and speech.
- This data is used to teach the system how to understand and process human language. The system then uses this knowledge to interact with humans in a natural way. It’s constantly learning from its interactions and improving its response quality over time.
Examples of Conversational AI:
- All-encompassing, subscription-based chatbots.
- AI-powered search engine assistants.
- Conversational business intelligence (BI) apps.
- Customer service chatbots.
Source: Down to earth
Consider the following statements:
Statement-I
Deadbots are AI-enabled digital representations of departed loved ones.
Statement-II
Deadbots are conversational AI models and simulate human conversation.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
A.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I.
B.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I.
C.Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect.
D.Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct.
Answer A