This week’s “Weekly” is about autonomous software agents. What happens when ChatGPT controls a party schedule in a video game a là “The Sims”? Behind it is Auto-GPT, the latest development of the AI language model. It should have some kind of memory and Internet access and, as the name suggests, be able to work completely autonomously. We discuss what’s behind it.
Also in this week’s “Weekly”:
- Plastic: Researchers have found thousands of animal colonies in the plastic garbage patches of the Pacific, which apparently came with plastic particles from coastal regions. Should it be cleaned up there despite the high biodiversity – or better not?
- Climate Protection Act: TR editor Gregor Honsel explains why even experts consider the planned change to cross-sectoral climate targets to be a bad idea and who should definitely benefit from the changes.
- Tips of the week: “Celsius” by Marc Elsberg (book), the language AI Debate-Devil – a virtual debate partner
Weekly appears on the MIT Technology Review podcast feed and is the science and technology magazine’s third podcast format. In “Deep Dive” the editors deepen a topic from the magazine once a month. The monthly interview format “Unscripted” focuses on exciting personalities from science, technology and society. The “Weekly” format completes the offer. You can find an overview of the podcasts here.
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