
Artificial IntelligenceMarch 1, 2024
Scientists Are Putting ChatGPT Brains Inside Robot Bodies. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The effort to give robots AI brains is revealing big practical challenges—and bigger ethical concerns
David Berreby is author of Us and Them: The Science of Identity (University of Chicago Press, 2008), for which he was awarded the Erving Goffman Award for Outstanding Scholarship. He has written about robotics and AI for many publications, including the New York Times, National Geographic and his own Substack newsletter.
Scientists Are Putting ChatGPT Brains Inside Robot Bodies. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The effort to give robots AI brains is revealing big practical challenges—and bigger ethical concerns