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An AI-generated portrait

An AI-generated portrait of a visitor at a booth of the 24th China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province on November 15, 2022. PHOTO | MAO SIQIAN | XINHUA VIA AFP

The word AI, short for Artificial Intelligence, is currently the buzz word in most spheres of thought and engagement — for good reason. AI is now more visibly evident in larger spheres of lives right from entertainment, academia and research, environmental protection, manufacturing to even military operations.

It is ironical that just last week a legislator in Australia decried the potential of AI usage for mass destruction in a speech in parliament. What was not lost on many was that the legislator acknowledged that part of the speech he was delivering had been written by another AI tool, ChatGPT.