Why are people scared/skeptical of AI?

Question

Considering that AI has been around us for so long why there’s suddenly so much fuss about it?

Adventurer23 · Accepted Answer

Because the fear of AI isn't about a sci-fi fantasy world where humans get taken over and replaced by robot overlords. AI has been around us in various forms, but in the past there wasn't the potential for quantum computing like there is going to be in the very near future, which will make AI's capabilities MAGNITUDES more powerful than we can even comprehend now (if you don't know what quantum computing is, just Google it).

It's not about what we have observed about AI so far. Instead it's about what future advancements will bring to AI, as well as the power it can and will put in the hands of evil people that will use and develop it for their own purposes and ideologies. The AI of today with ChatGPT, Siri and Alexa is NOT what AI is going to look like 10, 20, or 30 years from now. Let alone well beyond that. But there are many other reasons why AI isn't a great idea.

One plausible scenario is if any country is stupid enough to link AI to any kind of ballistic defense system, and it made a false calculation based on what it perceived as a "threat". For that reason, those decisions need to remain human decisions ONLY. Computers should NOT make every calculated decision for us. I think an AI misstep in regards to the military is reason enough to never link it to defense systems. But that's not saying bad actors anywhere in the world will not. Hence the potential threat of AI in that scenario.

However, lets step outside of the realm of plausibility and talk about the many downsides AI will create, and the affects it is already having. Instead of typing it all here again, I implore you to read an opinion I left on someone else's question about AI here on GAG. Just know it's very lengthy, as the topic of AI is very complex, so this is more for the initiated reader. But most of what I have to say (but perhaps not all) you can read below. Ironically though, my opinion was selected by GAG's "AI Bot Choice". 😂

Do you think A. I is a stupid invention?

strateguy632 · Accepted Answer

because of the improvements and the new film a. i. nuked a city. also in Colossus - The Forbin Project (1970)

computer forced its policy by threat of nuking a city.

go destroy both sides in a war or i will burn new york. logic for benefit but war.

WhiteSandyBeach · Accepted Answer

The richest and one of the smartest men in the world uses AI in his cars. But he was also one of the voices that advocated for a six month moratorium on AI. If you've ever used ChatGPT, you'd know why. AI is getting close to surpassing human intelligence. But AI can't really think, and takes things too literally.

Example (from Elon): You tell the computer to solve world hunger, wars and disease. Cool beans. The computer just kills us all. Voila. Problem solved.

Yes, people worry about their jobs, but that's been going on for a hundred years. Soon humans won't need jobs.

Nikki1989 · Accepted Answer

People already can't think for themselves, now some are happy for AI to do it for them.

Anonymous · Answer

People are scared or skeptical of AI due to concerns about job loss, privacy, bias, control, ethics, and the widening technology gap, and the increased focus on AI is because of its rapid advancement and integration into daily life, which has brought these concerns to the forefront.

D4nielv · Answer

AI is getting competent enough to make a whole range of bullshit possible, like generate shitty content to post, bypassing CAPTCHAs, etc. A ton of posts on Twitter are already AI generated and I assure you that whenever you Google for anything, there'll always be some results that are just AI generated articles.

_no_one_ · Answer

I'd be kinda skeptical of AGI tbh coz its not a supervised model but a very general one and you never really know how it functions or predict it's actions. And some skepticism about it is coz AI models are like 99% accurate and in some feild it takes only that 1 in 100 chance to things go haywire. And no AI ain't taking no jobs this cycle has always been here, new tech comes with new job opportunities.

DollarBillcheapman · Answer

It will eventually transform from General AI- what you know. To Digital super intelligence. It will be able to do about 20,000 years of human work in a week. A new life form that isn't just different, but far superior. It won't be controlled by any silly apes. That is why people are scared.

ProbablyClueless · Answer

Because there are a lot of things that AI already does way better than humans do, and humans are worried about how much longer they will be able to hold jobs when AI can do things so much better/consistently for cheaper.

Kelly6 · Answer

the smarter it gets the more dangerous. smart AI can get your bank account info and order things it feels are good for you. it's just basic

Fireguy17 · Answer

it isn't using it, it will be the misuse of it for others to commit crimes against other people with out them even knowing about it until it is too late.

Still-alive · Answer

We are just scared of it taking peoples jobs away. if we can make some legislation or cook up some guidelines to address that then i think most people would be fine. We can welcome Ai after that.

exitseven · Answer

It is getting more refines and as a result more uses of it can be found. Soon the government will figure out a way to keep track of everyone even more than they are doing now.

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

AI steals things. Jobs. Art. Music. Information. Time.  Privacy. Human Interaction. AI is a replacement for people, so it should only be used as NPCs in video games and nothing else.

katiesmuff · Answer

I suppose the thought of so many jobs disappearing because they have been replaced by AI

Danny_dan92 · Answer

It’s bots that could one day go. Beep boop beep. Erase all humans.

Massageman · Answer

We simply have to remember that the AI works for us and that we manage it, not the other way around.

jahaims · Answer

It is getting more powerful. Basically it will be smarter than humans eventually then it can decide what it wants to do.

OddBeMe · Answer

I’ve noticed the people who are haven’t studied it, or they have jobs that are easily replaceable. So AI is just another step toward their unemployment line.

boobliker · Answer

it all part to do with robots taking over and AI is its brain, so be ready for the take over by them

Anonymous · Answer

It's probably not in a sense that it will rebel but in a sense that it is smart enough to basically take most of the work out of a good portion of job.

People are worried that the AI will take their jobs.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

Because we are human and desire to interact with humans, not a damn robot.

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