[ExI] AI Is Dangerous Because Humans Are Dangerous

[William Flynn Wallace]

I wrote this morning about de Santos.  If you had searched for him and his
misdeeds on the web, what would have given you the best results, Google or
a chatbot?   Or maybe the chatbot uses Google??bill w

On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 8:05 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> AI Is Dangerous Because Humans Are Dangerous
> The latest artificial intelligence systems are not inherently evil,
> but they will do the bidding of their potentially evil human masters.
> By Ryan Whitwam May 2, 2023
>
> <
> https://www.extremetech.com/science/ai-is-dangerous-because-humans-are-dangerous
> >
> Quotes:
> AI systems do not, as of yet, desire anything for themselves. They do
> the bidding of a human master, but they hold a wealth of knowledge.
> The true threat of unrestrained AI is how people deploy that knowledge
> to manipulate, misinform, and surveil.
>
> ChatGPT and other public-facing systems attempt to retrofit safety
> standards on top of the algorithm. But threat actors will soon be able
> to create their own GPT clones that do whatever they're told—even
> writing malicious code to automate malware scams and phishing. The
> potential harms are almost endless, but they're all a result of human
> desires.
> --------------------
>
> And the more powerful that AIs become, then the more people will want
> a willing slave to do whatever they plan.
>
> BillK
>
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