From an end-user perspective, this is interesting and smart.
ChatGPT can now integrate with external services like Outlook, Teams, Gmail, and Google Drive to access real-time data for more relevant responses.
From the perspective of being responsible for securing AI use within a firm’s M365 environment, this is somewhat unsettling.
Which is it? Does Dario Amodei believe AI is going to shatter billions of lives and doesn’t care, or is this part of the AI hype cycle?
When you’re looking at student loan debt and an uncertain job market, while being asked to learn new skills, it’s understandable to question what all that college was for in the first place. I’m not saying there’s no value in a college education. Still, the cost-benefit analysis is changing for many people right now, because learning and upskilling won’t stop when school is over. They keep going, and it’s only going to keep happening faster.
Maybe instead of panicking that we’re all getting dumber, we need a balanced approach like Vincent’s. Decide which skills can be eroded and offloaded and which ones you refuse to give up.
There are obvious data privacy risks here. Sometimes, I forget that not everyone works in the legal industry and is hyper-aware of confidentiality and data privacy, the way you are when that is your firm’s business, but this is not one of those times. Every business, including Microsoft, would be unhappy if a user synced company data into their consumer OneDrive account.
The next time you want to do some deep learning. Learn, write, and then do.