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Don't bet with ChatGPT – study shows language AIs often make irrational decisions

  • Written by Mayank Kejriwal, Research Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California
imageLanguage AI's have trouble weighing potential gains and losses.Andrea Pistolesi/Stone via Getty Images

The past few years have seen an explosion of progress in large language model artificial intelligence systems that can do things like write poetry, conduct humanlike conversations and pass medical school exams. This progress has yielded models...

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