A US congressman addressed the House of Representatives chamber with a speech written by the ChatGPT chatbot
US Congressman Jake Auchincloss gave his first speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, which was composed not by living humans but by artificial intelligence.
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The speech was generated by the ChatGPT chatbot. The congressman did not intentionally write the speech himself or commission his own experts to emphasize the potential of AI and the need for more investment in research and development. In the speech, he championed a bill to create a US-Israeli artificial intelligence centre.
The congressman's team gave ChatGPT the task of writing 100 words to speak to the House of Representatives about the bill, presenting the text and a press release for it. The first results were not perfect, so the team had to refine the prompts several times.
The result was this speech:
"I am one of the youngest parents in Congress. This technology, I know, is going to be a part of my career for decades to come. And it could be a general purpose technology for my children. What I mean is that in any sector they choose to work, it would be a key tool that they would need to use. I wanted to spotlight this for Congress so that we have a debate now about purposeful policy for AI and not be 10 years behind the ball like a lot of policy was for social media".
AI might become a general purpose technology: foundational in every sector. I delivered the first AI-drafted congressional speech yesterday as a call to action. Policymakers need to be purposeful and proactive. pic.twitter.com/8zyxSR02Y6
- Rep. Jake Auchincloss (@RepAuchincloss) January 26, 2023
Source: @RepAuchincloss, NDTV
