{"id":248326,"date":"2023-06-16T20:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=248326"},"modified":"2023-06-16T20:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:54:53","slug":"reflections-on-artificial-intelligence-as-friend-or-foe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/reflections-on-artificial-intelligence-as-friend-or-foe\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Artificial Intelligence, as friend or foe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source-<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cReflections on Artificial Intelligence, as friend or foe\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 16th June 2023.<\/p>\n

Syllabus:<\/strong> GS3- Awareness in the fields of IT, Computers, Robotics.<\/p>\n

Relevance-<\/strong> Issues related to AI<\/p>\n

News- <\/strong>Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been dominating the headlines. The Association for Computing Machinery released a statement in October 2022 on \u2018Principles for Responsible Algorithmic Systems\u2019, a broader class of systems that include AI systems.<\/p>\n

What are the areas of use for AI?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

AI systems are capable of exhibiting superhuman performance on specific tasks<\/strong>. This is evident in the field of chess, biochemistry for protein folding.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The performance and utility<\/strong> of AI systems improve as the task is narrowed<\/strong>. It makes them valuable assistants to humans.<\/p>\n

Speech recognition, translation, and even identifying common objects<\/strong> such as photographs, are just a few tasks performed by AI systems today. It even exceeds human performance<\/strong> in some instances.<\/p>\n

A big moment for AI was the release of ChatGPT<\/strong>. ChatGPT is a generative AI tool<\/strong> that uses a Large Language Model<\/strong> to generate text. Writing could now be outsourced<\/strong> to it.<\/p>\n

What are limitations of AI?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Their performance degrades on more \u201cgeneral\u201d or ill-defined tasks<\/strong>. They are weak in integrating inferences<\/strong> across situations based on the common sense<\/strong> humans have.<\/p>\n

What are some facts about Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It refers to intelligence that is not limited or narrow<\/strong>. Take the example of human common sense<\/strong>. It is absent in AI systems.<\/p>\n

There are no credible efforts<\/strong> towards building AGI yet. Many experts believe AGI will never be achieved by a machine. Others believe it could be in the far future.<\/p>\n

True AGI <\/strong>will be a big deal. AGI may lead to AI \u201cmachines\u201d<\/strong> bettering humans in many intellectual or mental tasks. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Scenarios of super-intelligent machines <\/strong>enslaving humans have been imagined. AGI systems could be a superior species <\/strong>created by humans outside of evolution.<\/p>\n

However, the hype and panic about LLMs or AI leading directly to human extinction<\/strong> are baseless.<\/p>\n

Some experts predict that AGI may be evolved from GPT-4.<\/strong> AGI could emerge from a bigger LLM <\/strong>in the near future.<\/p>\n

Other experts refute this. Current LLMs and their successors<\/strong> are not even close to AGI.<\/p>\n

What are the possible types of dangers arising from AI?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Superhuman AI: <\/strong>The danger of a super intelligent AI<\/strong> converting humans to slaves. This is a highly unlikely scenario.<\/p>\n

Malicious humans with powerful AI:<\/strong> AI tools are relatively easy to build. Even narrow AI tools <\/strong>can cause serious harm when matched with malicious intent. <\/strong><\/p>\n

LLMs can generate fake news<\/strong>. Public opinion<\/strong> can be manipulated to affect democratic elections. AI tools work globally. Individual malice<\/strong> can instantly impact the globe.<\/p>\n

Governments may approve or support such actions against \u201cenemies\u201d<\/strong>. There is no effective defence <\/strong>against malicious human behaviour.<\/p>\n

There are concerns about AI-powered \u201csmart\u201d weapons<\/strong> in the military. Unfortunately, calls for a ban are not effective in such situations.<\/p>\n

Highly capable and inscrutable AI: <\/strong>AI systems will continue to improve and will be employed to assist humans. They may end up harming some sections more than others unintentionally. <\/strong><\/p>\n

These systems are created using Machine Learning<\/strong> from data and can perpetuate the shortcomings of the data<\/strong>. They may introduce asymmetric behaviours<\/strong> that go against certain groups.<\/p>\n

Camera-based face recognition systems<\/strong> have been shown to be more accurate on fair-skinned men than on dark-skinned women.<\/p>\n

Privacy i<\/strong>s a critical concern. Every person can be tracked always, violating the fundamental right to privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another worry is about who develops these technologies and how. Commercial entities with huge computational, data, and human resources are the centres of action.<\/p>\n

There is no effective public oversight. <\/strong>Everything that affects humans significantly needs public oversight or regulation<\/strong>. There is little understanding about effective regulation without stifling creativity.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source- The post is based on the article \u201cReflections on Artificial Intelligence, as friend or foe\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 16th June 2023. Syllabus: GS3- Awareness in the fields of IT, Computers, Robotics. Relevance- Issues related to AI News- Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been dominating the headlines. The Association for Computing Machinery released a… Continue reading Reflections on Artificial Intelligence, as friend or foe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10498],"class_list":["post-248326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":15,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698362092},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}