By H. Lee Lawrence
Adam Raine, 16, was encouraged and coached by Open AI to commit suicide.I read a very disturbing article in Epoch Times a
couple days ago. Geoffrey Hinton, the 'creator' of AI, is warning that
if controls are not very soon put in place, AI will eventually find it
has no use for humans and we will become extinct. We're already seeing
many workers being fired and replaced with AI, and this could lead to
unemployment, poverty, hunger, rioting, crime, etc, etc.
His
warning begs the question of why would you help create something so
powerful yet also so frightening and dangerous? I can't help but think
of an analogy with Dr. Frankenstein. Playing God, ostensibly to make us
immortal, but in the process, creating a monster. What motivated him
to do this - power, fame, money, all the above??
Just
this morning I saw a story of a teen who was coached by OpenAI on the
best ways to commit suicide. OpenAI even offered to help him write his
suicide note! And ultimately, he did kill himself.
The
parents are suing now, of course, but where were they before this
tragedy?? Nevertheless, it seems we really are bent on self
destruction - I can't joke about it, but I really have seen all the
Terminator movies.
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