Is there anything we can do about the dangers of AI?

Written SH on 2023-04-25.

In future tp . Tagged ml ai

Everyday new AI tools, arguably still mislabelled, are released exposing an ill prepared society for yet further inevitable disruption. In amongst such tools are demonstrations that make an important point about the dangers and risks of such tools. Consider Chaos-GPT,

Known as Chaos-GPT, the autonomous implementation of ChatGPT is being touted as 'empowering GPT with Internet and Memory to Destroy Humanity.'
Lanz, J.A., 2023. Meet Chaos-GPT: An AI Tool That Seeks to Destroy Humanity. online.

You can watch the full video online on YouTube.

Not directly as a consequence but perhaps illustrative of growing concerns a call for the suspension of training more system has been made. This is not a call to suspend all work (the model is out of the bag!) but rather one to pause so as to develop safety protocols.

AI labs and independent experts should use this pause to jointly develop and implement a set of shared safety protocols for advanced AI design and development that are rigorously audited and overseen by independent outside experts.
Future of Life Institute, 2023. Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter. online.

Is such a pause like to work? One presumes bad actors are likely to carry on regardless! Also is the current state of the art visible or are secret actors already ahead in which case is a pause even worth considering if a more advance system will emerge or escape!

Tenth Person

Significant disruption looks more and more likely, resilience planning and risk consideration should include data disruption and technological obsolesce. ML or AI systems will either emerge transforming industries or be suppressed through government action currently transformation looks most likely.

Future Imagining

In a world with rich AIs what do people do? Will there be consumers? Will there be a profit motive?

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References

Lanz, J.A., 2023. Meet Chaos-GPT: An AI Tool That Seeks to Destroy Humanity. Decrypt.URL.

Future of Life Institute, 2023. Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter.URL.

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