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The text is a transcript of a 60 Minutes segment about Google's artificial intelligence (AI) projects, such as Bard, a chatbot that can generate content, AlphaZero, a game-playing program that can learn by itself, and DeepMind, an AI lab that solved a protein structure problem. The segment explores the potential benefits and risks of AI for society, and the ethical and philosophical questions it raises. The segment also features interviews with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and other AI experts.
1. The text discusses the transformation of civilization through the use of fire, agriculture, and electricity.
2. In 2023, machines began to learn how to communicate with humans on a peer-to-peer basis, demonstrating creativity, truth, error, and lies.
3. The technology known as a chatbot represents a recent breakthrough in artificial intelligence.
4. AI machines are capable of teaching themselves superhuman skills.
5. Google has been exploring future technological advancements in AI.
6. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, believes that AI will be as good or as evil as human nature allows.
7. The pace at which technology is evolving seems to be faster than the pace at which societal institutions can adapt.
8. The Google campus in Mountain View, California, runs on 40% solar power and collects more water than it uses.
9. The Google search engine was linked to a chatbot named Bard by Microsoft in a race for AI dominance.
10. Bard is designed to generate content like a speech, a blog post, or an email.
11. Bard's responses come from a self-contained program that was mostly self-taught.
12. Bard can summarize text, such as the New Testament, in a matter of seconds.
13. The AI chatbot Bard has the potential to change many aspects of society, including the economy, the jobs that will be replaced by automation, and the jobs