Chatbots · October 2020Gaffe level: Typo
A GPT-3 bot posted comments on Reddit for a week and no one noticed
A researcher unleashed a GPT-3 bot on Reddit where it posted comments for a week, and nobody noticed it wasn't human. The Turing test passed quietly, in a comment thread.
Source: MIT Technology Review
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah