di Pierre Lemieux
Yuval Noah Harari, a historian, philosopher, and lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has an interesting article on AI in The Economist (“Yuval Noah Harari Argues that AI Has Hacked the Operating System of Human Civilization,” April 28, 2023). He presents a more sophisticated argument on the danger of AI than the usual Luddite scare. A few excerpts:
Forget about school essays. Think of the next American presidential race in 2024, and try to imagine the impact of AI tools that can be made to mass-produce political content, fake-news stories and scriptures for new cults. …
While to the best of our knowledge all previous [QAnon’s] drops were composed by humans, and bots merely helped disseminate them, in future we might see the first cults in history whose revered texts were written by a non-human intelligence. …
It is utterly pointless for us to spend time trying to change the declared opinions of an AI bot, while the AI could hone its messages so precisely that it stands a good chance of influencing us.
Through its mastery of language, AI could even form intimate relationships with people, and use the power of intimacy to change our opinions and worldviews. …
What will happen to the course of history when AI takes over culture, and begins producing stories, melodies, laws and religions? …
If we are not careful, we might be trapped behind a curtain of illusions, which we could not tear away—or even realise is there. …
Just as a pharmaceutical company cannot release new drugs before testing both their short-term and long-term side-effects, so tech companies shouldn’t release new AI tools before they are made safe. We need an equivalent of the Food and Drug Administration for new technology.
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