AI is not as scary as you think.
Don’t believe the sensational stories
News feeds have recently been inundated with terrifying headlines about AI. Everyone is talking about the rise of the machines and how AI will fundamentally change our lives. Headlines are screaming that AI will take everyone’s jobs, create new religions or even kill everyone. This buzz has reached a crescendo thanks to a new petition signed by dozens of prominent researchers calling for a moratorium on AI development and the rise of ChatGPT in the public sphere. And some people are freaking out.
- Superhuman Algorithms Could ‘Kill Everyone’ in Due Time, Researchers Warn
- Tech leaders urge a pause in the ‘out-of-control’ artificial intelligence race
- AI Isn’t Omnipotent. It’s Janky.
- AI might not steal your job, but it could change it
But artificial intelligence is not as scary as you might imagine. In fact, if we use history as a guide, it likely will never come close to the heights that people imagine it. Artificial intelligence is just that. It is artificial. Can humans create something greater than ourselves? People have long dreamed that we could, but so far, we have yet to achieve the heights we imagine for ourselves.
