Are you scared of artificial intelligence? Many serious people are more than worried, there are serious academic discussions going on, including the European Parliament. What has scared them so much?
The fear of artificial intelligence is instilled in man through his own imagination. Let us recall a few of the most famous examples. In 1921, Karel Čapek wrote the play "RUR", in which robots rebel against their creators. In 1968, Arthur Clark wrote the novel "A Space Odyssey", in which an omniscient artificial intelligence turns against humans. By expanding the matrix of these two examples, a large number of books and films were created. In this extremely superficial reminder, I must also mention Philip K. Dick, who impressively problematized the relationship between man and his artificial creation.
Three laws of robotics
Isaac Asimov brought order to this area and wrote the Three Laws of Robotics. According to the first law, a robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; the second law states that a robot must obey the orders given to it by a human being except where such orders conflict with the First Law; and the third law states that a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. After a while, for some reason, Asimov added the zeroth law, according to which a robot may not endanger humanity or, through inaction, allow humanity to be endangered.
Two years ago, the European Union expanded its law and adopted the Artificial Intelligence Act. With this act, the European Parliament wanted to ensure, as they say, that artificial intelligence systems are safe, transparent, non-discriminatory, traceable and environmentally friendly.
According to this act, the European Union prohibits the use of artificial intelligence that involves cognitive behavioral manipulation of individuals or certain vulnerable groups, such as voice-activated toys that encourage dangerous behavior in children, then AI-assisted scoring: classification of people based on behavior, socioeconomic status, personal characteristics, biometric identification and categorization of natural persons, real-time biometric surveillance, such as facial recognition in public places... I don't know if you knew, I didn't notice any changes on my phone, but the ban on artificial intelligence systems that involve these risks in the European Union applies from February 2025, XNUMX.
These are not all the risks, scientists warn, and the biggest shortcomings of artificial intelligence are the inability to understand context, the lack of ethics, social intelligence and empathy. Which, supposedly, humanity possesses. That is why the European Parliament's act emphasizes that AI systems must be supervised by people in order to prevent harmful outcomes. That, I am sure, is where the biggest problem lies.
Man is the most dangerous robot
Regardless of the development of technology, the only creature that should really be feared on the planet remains man. I really don't know how artificial intelligence works and I can't understand the system of algorithms with which it works, but I have a pretty good idea of how today's humanity works. I don't see him worrying about ethics or showing empathy, which are the shortcomings that are blamed on artificial intelligence. In Gaza, Palestinian civilians are killed in food lines every day and children are starved to death. Even the most primitive robot, an Obodin brand, with two electrical circuits, would react based on the zeroth law and would not allow an entire people to be killed in such a humiliating way.
A man in a position of power is able to adapt any law to himself, from this world or the next. He has limited the action of artificial intelligence, but he is not able to stop genocide. Man easily finds justification for any abomination that suits him. He asks machines not to discriminate, while at the same time he is a champion in that discipline.
On the other hand, to artificial intelligence, every warm-blooded being should be equal. Scientists claim that the algorithm does not understand context, which is great, because it does not care about geopolitics, the balance of power, historical relations, racial, class, gender and all the other differences that we have imagined. AI does not know what is an age-old aspiration, does not see a problem in the difference between religions, it does not mind either the sacred or the profane... For an honest robot, these are just trivialities that it rejects because they do not fit into its calculation, for it all aggressions and occupations are equal, it knows exactly what is exceeding necessary defense, what is a civilian victim and what is a war crime. Artificial intelligence would immediately recognize genocide, at the very beginning.
Therefore, as far as I am concerned, I am ready, without any reservations, to surrender myself to any available artificial intelligence system. I am fed up with human mercy. Chain me, robot.
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