AI Expert Warns UN Not To Trust Big Tech
An artificial intelligence company executive warned the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that Big Tech should not be trusted in its race to monetize AI. The mad dash to turn to AI comes with increasing warnings about the dangers of charging into the future.
Jack Clark, co-founder of AI firm Anthropic, cautioned that these companies are rushing through development of technology that is not fully understood. He told the gathering that these systems are susceptible to “chaotic or unpredictable behavior.”
Clark urged world leaders to unite to stop misuse of this rapidly-advancing technology.
He said the most important steps that may presently be taken involve researching AI’s capabilities and working towards “safety and caution” while exposing potential flaws.
Clark detailed the immense advancements made in these groundbreaking systems. AI programs are now capable of defeating pilots in air fighting simulations and stabilizing plasma in nuclear fusion reactors.
They are already utilized to design next generation semiconductors and can inspect assembly line products. But there are potentially fierce drawbacks, Clark warned, in the middle of the current “progress.”
AI’s understanding of biology could be implemented to produce biological weapons. The systems have the capability to threaten “international peace, security and global stability.”
Clark told the U.N. that there are at present no standards or even established best practices to be followed in AI development.
The expert cautioned that the doors are wide open in “frontier systems for things like discrimination, misuse or safety. These companies have a complete free rein in development of technology that will likely have a profound impact on the future.
Then there’s the very real and already demonstrable possibility that AI is tainted with the political biases of its creators. For example, there are allegations that the popular ChatGPT program refuses to gather information on the Hunter Biden laptop scandal.
There are currently radical leftist politicians declaring that AI is to be implemented to achieve “racial equity.” Exactly what this entails is anyone’s guess, though it is certain to involve social engineering and infringing on the First Amendment.
Clark is right. At present, the best course of action would be to establish specific protocols for Big Tech to follow in developing AI capabilities. There is too much unknown to trust these notably untrustworthy international companies with humanity’s future.
