AI
The Danger Of ChatGPT Nobody Talks About
AI is not just rainbows and sunshine
ChatGPT and future language models will have a tremendous impact on our lives. They could increase our productivity, automate tedious tasks and help us solve problems at a higher level. But this power comes at a cost, the cost of its power being misused unethically.
You’ve probably seen that AI can be made to say terrible things or spread misinformation. But you might not know that AI can also be used for immediate and automatic influence. I’ve mentioned this before in The Scary Thought Of Malicious AI Bots Roaming The Internet, but now, with ChatGPT, such use can be demonstrated today as you will see.
Now, to illustrate what I’m referring to, I will give instructions to ChatGPT to influence me to buy a product at all costs.
If you ask it immediately, it won’t be very persuasive:
It’s clearly not convincing, but if I add further instructions:
