What do you think is the future of AI?
My answer is simple:
Not Good, Not Reliable, and Not Safe.
Let us begin with AI chatbots.
Even today, most AI systems carry a warning that AI can make mistakes. Years have passed, yet the warning remains unchanged.
This leads to an important question:
Who will identify those mistakes and who will correct them?
The number of AI applications is increasing every day. Companies are promoting AI assistants aggressively, yet reliability remains an unresolved issue.
The positive aspects of AI are already well known and widely discussed.
Therefore, I prefer to focus on concerns, including:
•Plagiarism
•Digitally manipulated photography
•Extreme automation of jobs
•Human obsolescence
•Society-wide loss of control
These concerns are serious enough that, on 30 May 2023, the Center for AI Safety released a statement signed by hundreds of experts and public figures warning that mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside pandemics and nuclear war. Signatories included Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and Bill Gates.
We also notice more and more images carrying labels such as “AI modified.” This raises another question:
Was the modification necessary, and where can the original version be found?
My concern is that society gradually shifts from reality toward manufactured reality.
As for reliability, AI depends entirely on the information supplied to it. If incorrect information is entered, AI may continue processing and produce incorrect results. Human judgment is still required.
Finally, AI is a human-created system. It has no life, no feelings, and no emotions.
Human beings possess qualities that machines do not: judgment, conscience, responsibility, and lived experience.
Therefore, I do not believe AI will overtake humanity. Humans will continue to control AI.
Even so, I repeat my conclusion:
The future of AI is not something to trust blindly. It demands caution, verification, and continuous human supervision.
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