The Most Interactive Exhibition in Human History

Text Stewart Johnson
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Perhaps a more accurate title would be “in inhuman history”. We’ve all tried ChatGPT, and some of us have become dependent on it for finding information, and some of us have been rather unimpressed. What none of us has done, however, is talk to an artificial intelligence in person. We’ve always used a device, or some other form of interface. AHHAA is changing this with their new exhibition.

Starting next Saturday, people in Tartu can experience what the future holds for us by visiting the AHHAA Centre and actually speaking to an AI. Ask it any question you want, but just keep in mind there will likely be children present. That said, the ability for this AI to respond will be light-years more advanced than a Magic 8 Ball from our childhood.

It can generate poetry, crack jokes, make deepfake photos of you on the spot (you can finally prove that you climbed to the top of Mt Everest, wearing only a T-shirt!), and it’s of course multilingual. It speaks English, Estonian, and supposedly even Latvian, although you can probably teach it not to. (This joke was generated by ChatGPT.)

Enter the Thinking Chamber and listen to an artificial intelligence pose the greatest questions of our existence. And then make your decision: is it really thinking? Or is it simply very well-programmed? Either way, there has never been a more interactive exhibit in human history than the AHHAA Centre’s new “Aha! Artificial Intelligence”. Read more here.

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