A theoretical physicist says AI is just a ‘glorified tape recorder’ and people’s fears about it are overblown

• A theoretical physicist shut down the fears around AI saying it’s just a “glorified tape recorder.” 
• Michio Kaku said chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT can’t even distinguish true from false. 
• An AI godfather also said that fears about AI threatening humanity are “preposterously ridiculous.”

A theoretical physicist shut down the hype around the dangers of AI saying chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT are just “glorified tape recorders.”

Michio Kaku, a professor of theoretical physics at City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center, was interviewed by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria about his thoughts on AI.