In an outlandish episode titled “Spock’s Brain,” Star Trek’s Chief Medical Officer turned to a conversational AI called “Teacher” to help him perform a risky surgical procedure he’d never done before: transplanting Mr. Spock’s brain.
Has “Teacher” become reality? The emergence of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT has us imagining a very different world than the one we live in now. There’s no shortage of pundits claiming we’ve turned a corner, predicting how AI will make writers, programmers, lawyers, financial advisors, designers, and all manner of data entry and administrative jobs obsolete.