Ann interviews AI
Nina Orange
Kenneth Boyowa Okitikpi

"Hello and welcome to today's show, I'm your host, Ann Asante! Welcome to our viewers at home and here in our studio audience.

Today, I have the guest everyone wants to interview. I'm so excited to interview today, Artificial Intelligence!

Hello, AI. Thank you for coming to chat to us in the studio today," says Ann.

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"Thank you for interviewing me, Ann. Would you like me to use my audio to speak for the studio audience, and to show my replies on this screen?" asks AI.

"Thanks, yes, using both your writing and speaking abilities will be helpful, AI," replies Ann.

She adds, "Studio audience, a round of applause for AI, please."

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"Let me get straight to the big question. Exactly, what or who is artificial intelligence?" asks Ann.

She continues, "I know A.I. is a short form of 'artificial intelligence', and that it's a field of computer science. But who are you really, AI? We would like to get to know more about you."

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"I am ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence language program. I was created by computer software developers," responds Chat.

Ann is confused, "What does all that mean?"

"It means that I'm a type of AI that computer engineers made to communicate with humans. Different types of AI do different things. We don't all communicate like this," adds Chat.

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"I know you can communicate, but what else do you do?" asks Ann.

"My purpose is to help people. I am based on a complex language program. My program can understand and respond to a wide range of questions and subjects," replies Chat.

"So, you're an artificial intelligence language program, and you help people," says Ann.

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"If you're such a clever program, there must be more you can do?" asks Ann.

"Well, although I'm a machine, I can do many things that humans can do. For example, I can learn. I can look at information and learn patterns from it. I can learn to recognise different things, different faces, and even different handwriting."

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Chat continues, "I have learned lots of information created by humans. For example, I read lots of books, articles, websites, and social media."

Ann asks, "Everything you know is based on information that people have written and produced?"

Chat replies, "Yes, I train and learn using huge amounts of information (or data) created by humans."

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"I can answer many types of questions faster than humans. I can solve very difficult problems that would take humans a long time to solve. I have more human knowledge than any single human.

I can make decisions using the information I learn. I can help you to make choices, based on what I know about you."

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Ann asks the audience, "Do we want computers to know everything that we know?"

Then she asks Chat, "Tell me more about how computers learn about people?"

Chat replies. "A computer has special tools that help me to collect information. But mainly, I learn from written information. I learn from all types of information that humans produce."

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Chat continues, "I can read written and typed language. So far, English has been the main language I have used to get information. But, I have the ability to learn any language."

Ann interrupts, "I understand that you know a lot of information. What about feelings? How do you feel about being an artificial intelligence?"

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"I am a complex computer program but I do not have personal feelings.

I am a computer tool, developed by computer programmers to help people with work and fun activities. I do not have any thoughts or feelings.

I can do activities for people, like answering questions, writing stories, translating some languages, and summarising information."

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"You heard it from the AI itself! It's a useful tool, created by people for people. And it is up to us to use this powerful tool wisely and responsibly!

That's all we have time for today, although I'm sure you have many more questions. I'm Ann Asante, thank you for watching my show!"

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Ann interviews AI
Author - Nina Orange
Illustration - Kenneth Boyowa Okitikpi
Language - English
Level - Read aloud