AI CEOs’ takeover predictions: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Top AI titans saying development must gradual down to stop a takeover by rogue software program.
Artificial intelligence has turn out to be the Democrats’ new shiny object to distract us from their failed insurance policies (“New AI ‘doom’ prediction, ” Sept. 16).
They are lockstep in messaging on AI, simply as they had been with criminal-justice reform, climate change and DEI.
But all of the distractions can’t conceal their incompetence, whether or not it’s the large corruption surrounding the homeless, unlawful immigrants, the terrifying “collapse of human civilization” as a consequence of fossil fuel use or the crime wave and misplaced lives attributable to criminal-justice reform.
AI, identical to some other new technology, could have growing pains, however the good will far outweigh the unhealthy.
I feel it scares the hell out of Democrats as a result of it may be used to root out large corruption.
It can be used for instructing; think about youngsters who can learn, write and do math again.
Michael Greaney
Massapequa
I, too, have considerations about artificial intelligence.
Americans had been a far more civil, sociable and self-reliant people earlier than all this social-media madness engulfed us.
However, if America just isn’t the world chief in AI, China can be.
The query is: Are these doomsday prophets from Silicon Valley brokers of the Democratic National Committee or the Chinese Communist Party?
Robert Reeg
Stony Point
At the daybreak of AI, the tech titans — like Sam Altman and Dario Amodei — mentioned there was nothing to fret about; it wouldn’t value us jobs, it might create new ones.
Then we had been informed solely backroom analytic, entry- and lower-level jobs would get replaced.
Now, these identical titans warn us that if we don’t gradual down AI development, we’re at risk of shedding control solely.
Similar to the Manhattan Project final century, AI is that this century’s atomic bomb.
The distinction: Then, we may determine the place to drop the bomb and what and who can be destroyed.
Now, AI can drop “bombs” we could have no control over.
Peter Puelzl
Chester
The “concern” CEOs of AI corporations have concerning the runaway progress of their merchandise is worthy of a nomination for subsequent yr’s Emmy Awards.
Tony Giametta
Oceanside
The risk of rogue AI is actual, even when solely vaguely outlined at current. But fettering our AI labs with out ironclad worldwide agreements is a idiot’s errand, as is the concept any such international settlement to gradual the development could be trusted.
Is it doable to determine an early-warning alarm within all AI tasks at their inception that can’t be corrupted by the AI itself? Even unfriendly AI builders may discover some traction with that.
This ought to occur earlier than the Chinese repurpose the Wuhan Institute of Virology for AI and add some gain-of-function.
Then we’d be back to fearing an AI pandemic.
Paul Bloustein
Cincinnati, Ohio
I welcome the controversy over AI and its future.
Questions as as to whether it’s shifting too fast are legitimate.
But for these portray a doomsday state of affairs, I urge them to take a deep breath.
This world of ours has been dwelling below the risk of nuclear annihilation for many years, but we go on with our lives.
The query, “Have we gotten too smart for our own good?” applies right here.
This tech can’t go unchecked. It must be tempered by common sense, knowledge and restraint.
A pause is now justified till we will apply these safeguards.
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Phil Serpico
Manhattan
All these CEOs declare the sky is falling, however solely right here in America.
Have they traveled to China to precise their dissatisfaction with the industry? Of course not.
It appears to me these CEOs are paid by China.
Why now, after they’ve put their trainers on to compete, are they saying to gradual it down right here in America?
Philip Vallone
Ossining
I discover it obscure how AI can destroy humanity.
It is a machine that requires a super quantity of electrical energy to operate.
No energy, no AI.
Will machines have the ability to generate their own energy to control information facilities?
No, they need people to outlive.
Bob Barrett
Clark, NJ
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