Professor Sandra Wachter of the University of Oxford doesn’t seem too happy with the warnings that artificial intelligence could destroy humanity. According to Watcher, these warnings have taken the form of an “ad campaign” for the creators themselves. In other words, those who issue warnings use these warnings to advertise themselves.
The final warning, which claims that risks must be addressed with the same urgency as epidemics or nuclear war, was signed by dozens of experts, including AI pioneers. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak retweeted the statement on Wednesday, saying the government is looking into the matter very carefully.
Professor Wachter claims that the risk expressed in the article is a science fiction fantasy and likens it to the Terminator movie. Wachter says that these are not the risks to be considered, and that what we know about technology, the probability of human extinction due to artificial intelligence is close to zero. He accuses the signatories of “advertising their own to raise funds”.
Artificial intelligence apps have gone viral online, with users sharing fake images of celebrities and politicians, and students using ChatGPT for their lectures at university. But artificial intelligence can also perform tasks such as algorithms that analyze medical images such as x-rays, scans and ultrasounds, allowing doctors to diagnose diseases such as cancer and heart conditions more accurately and quickly. At least that’s what we’ve seen so far. But there has been a long debate about how dangerous artificial intelligence can be for humanity, and it doesn’t seem like it will end anytime soon.
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