When AI Becomes Unsettling

Last week, tech reporters got freaked out by artificial intelligence

The artificial intelligence chatbot world is getting very strange—and for some, extremely unsettling. You’ll recall that, last June, I wrote about a story in which a Google researcher was suspended after claiming in the media that the company’s chatbot had gained consciousness.

Then, in December, I wrote about the AI-based ChatGPT. This technology caus…