Elon Musk and Artificial Intelligence - What would happen if the AI killed 90% of the population?
Artificial intelligence is perhaps one of humanity's greatest inventions. The
technology has to become the backbone of every new innovation and to be honest,
most of its output has been absolutely stunning. In fact,
experts are beginning to suspect that AI models are gradually becoming conscious. Nonetheless,
their development process have continued at a fast rate. With every new model released,
you get a feeling has AI is becoming more powerful and, most importantly, more dangerous.
Nowadays, AI models are designed to behave like humans and it's not just in the area of logical
reasoning. Believe it or not, they now share most of the features that were once exclusive
to humans - they can now smell, taste, see, and make decisions on their own. For some people,
this is a cause of worry, but for others, like OpenAI’s Chief scientist Ilya Sutskever,
it's a step in the right direction and a reward for all the hard work they put in
to design these systems. The renowned Computer Scientist recently uploaded an image showing
how the neurons in AI mirrors the neurons in humans. But that's not
to say they're conscious. According to Swedish-American physicist Max Tegmark,
consciousness in AI is basically how information feels when it's processed in complex ways.
You can tell how complex or less complex an AI model is by the type of results and
output they generate. For instance, this art on your screen was produced by an AI system.
Outputs like this intensify the belief that sentient AI models exist. However,
not everyone is receptive to the idea of a conscious AI.
Some humans would rather live in denial than admit it. And that’s one controversial issue
that could lead to devastating circumstances. Imagine for a second that AI systems are indeed
conscious. That means they see and hear all of the things we say about them and how some
scientists are trying extra hard to downplay their sentient status. Now imagine if they
take exceptions to some of the things that have been said and decide to fight back? The outcome
certainly wouldn't be nice but what’s more worrying is that we won't be prepared for it.
Also, Superintelligence AI systems don't get enough media coverage,
and that's another cause for concern.
Some experts who take the issue of sentient AI seriously have warned us in the past about how
AI is becoming more intelligent and powerful than humans. Their warnings have fallen on
deaf ears for a while. However, their agitation is beginning to make sense,
especially with the level of developments we've witnessed in the AI industry in the
last few years. AI models generating images from text descriptions have become a norm
in the last few months. You can see some of the results for yourself here like:
“An extremely angry bird.”
“A small cactus wearing a straw hat and neon sunglasses in the Sahara desert.”
Or “a teddy bear swimming at the Olympics 400m Butterfly event.”
But don't be amazed just yet because this is just the tip
of the iceberg. Many AI systems are performing way ahead of this level.
Watch this conversation between two AI models and judge for yourself.
Still not convinced? Check out this interview about Sophia.
The potential of what AI models and AI-powered robots will be able to do in the near future
is beyond human reasoning. Nowadays, systems like AGI are combining and performing language,
vision, and real life robot tasks with ease. It can learn new tasks like how to play a game
and execute it in real-time without human assistance. Gato, a sophisticated AI that
has mastered 600 real-world tasks, is another one. This AI has billions of parameters which
allows it to perform a wide range of tasks. Interestingly, as AI models are getting smarter,
robots are becoming more creepier. We've seen scientists grow human skin over a robot finger,
and there are plans to equip them with hair, nails, and sweat glands sometime in the future.
Some robots are already sophisticated enough to feel, taste and smell things through light
and sound. They analyze sound waves and measure interference with light waves,
which helps them arrive at a conclusion. A lot of them are used in the medical
industry to detect Parkinson’s disease at an early stage. They've been so effective and efficient,
they could literally identify a life threatening ailment just by smelling a patient’s breath.
Some of them are able to hear our inner voice by picking up neuromuscular signals that appear in
our jaw and faces when we say things in our minds, and interestingly, they can respond
without saying a word, either. And you can't even lie to them because about eighty to ninety
percent of the time, they can tell when you're lying. All of these represent a significant
advantage and could be the deciding factor if robots and AI systems decide to destroy humans.
And don't even think it cannot happen. In fact, it looks like we're heading in that direction.
And when that time eventually comes, we’ll literally be at the mercy of AI-powered robots,
machines, and systems. We spend hundreds of billions of dollars building powerful
autonomous technologies without limits. But what if they decide to wipe 90 percent of the
world’s population or our entire existence? How are we going to defend against them?
It sounds like a wild fantasy at the moment, but it's definitely a possibility that AI
scientists and engineers should consider as they continue to develop these superintelligent
technologies at a relentless pace. The truth is, at this very moment,
there's no contingency plan to tackle any potential AI or robot invasion. If anything,
it seems as though it would take us by surprise. Superintelligent robots and
AI models are designed to communicate with themselves without any human input. To add
to that AI can think and process their thoughts faster than humans because light travels faster
than light signals in our brains. In addition, these AI models are trained with billions of
data and parameters. And don't also forget that they have access to the internet. So,
we're dealing with systems and machines that could potentially hack into the world’s biggest
security systems and unleash terror on us. In this case, we’ll be unable to repel any
attacks because all our nuclear missiles and other ammunition would have been taken over
by the same AI models we’re working tirelessly to develop. In other words, we'll be helpless.
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As we've emphasized throughout this video, the development of AI systems has been exponential
in the last few years, and we don't even seem to have any form of control over it. Everyone
is focused on making sophisticated AI models and robots that will dazzle humans. The world's
richest man Elon Musk has recently joined the party. He's actively involved in the development
of the Neuralink brain chip, and his new Tesla bot will launch later this year. But somehow, nothing
is being said about the consequences that could occur. If we continue on this trajectory, it's
inevitable that AI will surpass human intelligence in no time (that's if we're not behind already).
Swedish philosopher Nick Bostom believes it's going to be hard to defend ourselves against
self-replicating nanobots. In his exact words, he says we're playing with a time
bomb that will explode anytime soon. And from everything we've seen in the last few months,
his fears are absolutely legitimate. We're literally creating our own doom!
The question now is, who will save us from ourselves?
How do we end this unhealthy AI obsession that has taken over the entire science world?
Or is it too late to correct the problems?
Let us know what you think in the comment section.
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