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Shift – Living in the Digital Age

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April 21, 2023

ChatGPT writes texts, DALL-E creates images, and AI software mimics the voices of pop stars so convincingly that it blows fans away. As AI gets smarter, is there a risk of the technology becoming too powerful?

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Shift — Living in the Digital Age

Can I use blockchain technology? Will artificial intelligence take over my career? What exactly is "Machine Learning"? These are some of the questions „SHIFT – Living in the Digital Age“ tries to answer.

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