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The Dangers of AI “Friends” or Others Require Attention
When AI begins to replace human interactions, what concerns should we have?
Artificial intelligence has brought incredible change into our lives, and breakthroughs continue to emerge in every aspect, from healthcare to technology to economics to climate change. But, as with everything, nothing is perfect, and there aren’t only good things that come from change. It is here that we need to display more critical thinking about artificial intelligence's path in the future.
The fact that programs are primarily written by humans presents numerous challenges we have to face. Biases and unintended changes may be ingrained in the code and perpetuated in future programs, and the result may be startling. But one of the real dangers is when computers talk to each other in a language we do not understand.
It's not cynical but logical to wonder where artificial intelligence will go, how we'll control it, and what regulations businesses and governments will need to implement. This is something that cannot be permitted to go unbridled into the future because our future is on the line.
We’re already seeing movement in the humanoid field. A company that received $675 million in its most recent funding round in February 2024 from OpenAI and others unveiled a video trailer for its latest model, Figure 02, along with the date of August 6, 2024. This adds a new twist to the race to bring AI-driven humanoid robots into homes and workplaces worldwide.
The transcript of what Eric Schmidt was discussing can be found here. It is quite interesting and beneficial in how he explains the process that AI goes through, the three components that are central to its development and it's potential for dangerous interactions.
Specifically, read what he says about agent-to-agent work in computer AI development; disconnecting the computers would only be the way to prevent the disturbing realities in that scenario.
Schmidt suggests that when AI forms its own incomprehensible language, it poses a genuine threat to humanity. If I were to compare it to something, I suppose I would say it's like “twin talk,” where twins develop a language that only they understand and no one else can decipher it.
