Anthropic’s new Claude AI model can use a PC ‘the way people do’

If you’re worried about artificial intelligence taking your job, you might want to sit down for this one. AI startup Anthropic has demonstrated a new “Claude” model called that can look at a computer screen and operate a virtual mouse and keyboard, “the way people do,” according to promotional material. In the video demo, researcher Sam Ringer shows Claude performing a bit of data entry “drudge work,” with the AI model using screenshots of a Mac desktop to find relevant information and submit a form. It is indeed the kind of thing that employees all over the world do every day, though Ringer notes that this is a “representative example.” Exactly how much of the video is edited isn’t known. But you don’t need to take Anthropic’s word for it. An early version of the Claude 3.5 Sonnet API is available to try out now, and Ethan Mollick, a professor studying AI at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, did just that. Mollick tested out the AI with Universal Paperclips, an online clicker game with some wonderfully subtle science fiction going on in its background. Mollick pointed the program at the game’s browser window and “told it to win,” then sat back and watched it operate. The result was fascinating. The AI was able to identify the point of the game by extrapolating its text-based interface, then use some trial and error to try and win — in this case, basically just making the numbers go up. It was able to fiddle with the price of... Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2024-10-23 19:56:07 UTC ]
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