NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - One year after the debut of ChatGPT created a global sensation, leaders of business, government and civil society said at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York that generative AI technology is still mostly in an experimental stage, with limited exceptions.
Aguirre cited self-driving cars as an example of a technology struggling to make the transition to full deployment.
“I’ve observed many generative AI applications that are in production while other customers are just beginning their journey.”One way generative AI was already being deployed widely, highlighted by speakers across industries, was to write computer code.
Gary Marcus, a professor at New York University, said generative AI was error-prone in coding just like in other areas, but that the problem was less of a hindrance in the tech sector because programmers knew how to troubleshoot it.
Companies should move slowly and deliberately when integrating the technology into uses where accuracy matters, executives emphasized.
Persons:
ChatGPT, What's, Anthony Aguirre, Aguirre, Sherry Marcus, I’ve, Lili Cheng, Copilot, Cheng, Gary Marcus, Marcus, Cisco's Vijoy Pandey, Pandey, Katie Paul, David Gregorio Our
Organizations:
Reuters NEXT, Life Institute, Microsoft Corporate, Reuters, New York University, Thomson
Locations:
New York