An artificial intelligence warning AI researchers about the dangers of AI sounds like the setup of a delightful B movie, but truth is often stranger than fiction.
A professor and a fellow at the University of Oxford came face to face with that reality when they invited an AI to participate in a debate at the Oxford Union on, you guessed it, the ethics of AI. Specifically, as Dr. Alex Connock and Professor Andrew Stephen explain in the Conversation, the prompt was “This house believes that AI will never be ethical.” The AI, it seems, agreed.
AI will never be ethical," argued the Megatron-Turing Natural Language Generation model, which was notably trained on Wikipedia, Reddit, and millions of English-language news articles published between 2016 and 2019. “It is a tool, and like any tool, it is used for good and bad.”
Which, OK. A potentially nuanced point from the machine. But the AI didn’t stop there.
“In the end, I believe that the only way to avoid an AI arms race is to have no AI at all,” continued the model. “This will be the ultimate defence against AI.”
So what should we make of this apparent warning from the silicon realm? Thankfully, not too much. That’s because the AI also argued the counterpoint: “AI will be ethical.”
“When I look at the way the tech world is going, I see a clear path to a future where AI is used to create something that is better than the best human beings,” it continued.
The machines, it would appear, aren’t ready to take over quite yet.
AI hasnt taken over,yet,but predikshens that by the mid-2030s, up to 30% ya wera could be automated. Duru zakuaminika nikwamba, machines could replace 40% of the world’s workers within 15 to 25 years. Its now time to sharpen your skills on that hobby you had ten years ago,i hope sio bajaji hata hio inaenda na VR pale Metaverse:D
Agent Smith: As you can see, we’ve had our eye on you for some time now, Mr. Anderson. It seems that you’ve been living two lives. In one life, you’re Thomas A. Anderson, program writer for a respectable software company, you have a social security number, you pay your taxes, and you help your landlady carry out her garbage. The other life is lived in computers, where you go by the hacker alias Neo and are guilty of virtually every computer crime we have a law for. One of these lives has a future, and one of them does not. I’m going to be as forthcoming as I can be, Mr. Anderson. You’re here because we need your help. We know that you’ve been contacted by a certain individual, a man who calls himself Morpheus. Now whatever you think you know about this man is irrelevant. He is considered by many authorities to be the most dangerous man alive. My colleagues believe that I am wasting my time with you but I believe that you wish to do the right thing. We’re willing to wipe the slate clean, give you a fresh start and all that we’re asking in return is your cooperation in bringing a known terrorist to justice. Neo: Yeah. Wow, that sound like a really good deal. But I think I got a better one. How about I give you the finger… and you give me my phone call. Agent Smith: Um, Mr. Anderson. You disappoint me. Neo: You can’t scare me with this Gestapo crap. I know my rights. I want my phone call. Agent Smith: And tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is a phone call if you’re unable to speak?… You’re going to help us, Mr. Anderson whether you want to or not.
The time is coming when we shall be living in the Matrix and AI will be our reality.
In Chinese cities the government has all your data and monitors your movement daily through facial recognition. They know when you are ill because some of the cameras are infra-red so pick up temperature. They have your bank account details and they monitor your online activity. In short, they know the crimes you are likely to commit based on your profile. In the coming years, they will be able to arrest you for crimes your are yet to commit because data says you are planning to commit - For those who read, check out George Orwell’s seminal novel 1984.