Serious AI-xiety: The Scary Sidewalk Slip of an AI Future
Oh no, hide your kids, hide your wife, heck, maybe even your robotic vacuum cleaner! If this recently released report is taken seriously, the rise of the machine might not be so futuristic after all. Everybody be cool, though, let’s break it down.
Key Points:
- In a ‘pull out the big guns’ move, the US State Department had a look-see into the not-so-sunny-side of artificial intelligence, and let’s just say it’s not looking dandy.
- Fast paced evolution of AI is creating some techno-sweats with the report swinging big words like “catastrophic risk to national security”!
- Seems like the spook-ometer doesn’t stop there! Prepare yourself folks, it extends to warning against threats to all of humankind! Who needs zombie apocalypses when you have AI on the loose, am I right?
- Now, before you get your CPU in a twist, the action plan has some strong suggestions and wants the US government to step up to secure this techy territory.
Final Thoughts:
Isn’t it fun when the stuff of sci-fi flicks is pub-talk at the State Department? While the ghost in the AI machine might have us all jittery, let’s not abandon our dear Alexa just yet. While there is of course room for caution, remember that AI also has abundant potential (your Spotify playlists, anyone?). We might just be on a roller-coaster ride of human (In this case, AI…ugh work with me here!) evolution. So listen to the techno-PTH, people – Possible, Threatening, but Heck, exciting!
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https://futurism.com/state-department-ai-warning-compute
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