Pic from Scientific American magazine. Link to article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-why-ai-may-be-extremely-dangerous-whether-its-conscious-or-not/
(Before you read this, I want you to know that this may have some very disturbing content. If you are easily triggered or sensitive to serious topics, do not read.)
Now I’m pissed, and not pissed like the Brits say they are when they’ve drunk too much. In my 2024 psychic predictions I said, “The fear that artificial intelligence will do something dangerous will come true. A.I. will develop it’s own newer, more independent A.I. programs that could become a threat to humanity.” That prediction has now become real, but not in the way that you’re thinking. In May in that Scientific American article the author said exactly what I did in 2024 about AI getting smart enough to create it’s own, smarter A.I. Yes, you know that I love to say “I told you so.” In this instance, I’m not thrilled to be right.
Why am I not thrilled about AI getting smarter and smarter? It’s because it is helping people kill themselves and others. There have been several murders and suicides that are attributed to conversations people have had with online A.I. chatbots. Granted, some of those people had mental health issues, but should they be able to use a sentient online chat machine to befriend them and help them to plan their own death or those of others?
This was a predictable tragedy. The last five years with AI marks a turning point in the evolution of our societies. The leaders of each and every nation are responsible for the development of AI and they have failed us. Most of you won’t get as riled up as I’m feeling, but what if one of your family members killed someone or themselves based on a conversation they had with a chat bot?
If I’ve egregiously wronged someone and they want to kill me, I can understand that. If someone kills me because a human created chat bot told them to, I’m going to be really pissed, and not in the British way.
If you think the gun crisis in the United States is out of control, imagine what Earth’s 8.2 billion people will do with the internet in their hands. I believe this subject should be discussed at the highest levels of politics at the United Nations. It’s not just a United States problem.
I know I usually go for laughs and stroking my ego here, but I’m completely serious. Thanks for reading and if you agree, please share this on the internet far and wide.
Don’t worry, I’ll get back to my cotton-headed ninny-muggins ways soon. Have a great weekend! ~Phil
