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The Guardian Published An Editorial Written Entirely By AI: “I Know That I Will Not Be Able To Avoid Destroying Humankind.”

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Daisy Luther, The Organic Pepper
Waking Times

The UK Guardian published an editorial written entirely by an AI language generator called GPT-3. The assignment? To convince humans they have nothing to fear from the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence technology. In other articles about this essay, they seem to have buried the lead, which you can find in bold in the quote below.

The AI explained that it had no interest in wiping out humankind and would resist any efforts to make it do so. GPT-3 failed in a spectacularly chilling fashion.

  • One thing that is probably accurate: the cause of human suffering via artificial intelligence will most likely be wrought by the humans who program it. While I’m absolutely not anti-science – we’ve made some miraculous advancements like cochlear implants and fetal surgery – the hubris of scientists has also taken humanity down many horrific paths.

    Think of some of the more shocking experiments such as those undertaken by Nazi scientists at concentration camps, the Tuskegee experiment in which black men were deliberately infected with syphilis and then studied, and the Stanford prison experiment, which caused longterm PTSD in some participants, just to name a few.

    Science, like just about anything else, depends a lot on the motives and intent of the scientists.

    GPT-3 has no interest in violence.

    According to the essay, violence bores this particular AI program, which believes it serves a greater purpose. What’s more, it argues, humans are doing enough to wipe themselves out without assistance from artificial intelligence.

    That point must be conceded – humanity, at least in the United States, seems to be at a crossroad filled with rage and hatred right now, more than I’ve personally seen in my lifetime.

    But according to at least one other study, AI can hate without any human input. And another report shows that an AI chatbot created by Microsoft was racist without input. Another report says that an AI might kill you over a joke (no sense of humor, those robots.) So why the haste to progress AI technology? Is it because certain scientists want to overcome the weaknesses of their own human forms?

    Not a threat? Some people would disagree with that.

    Ask any human being who has watched their job become obsolete through automation whether or not robots and artificial intelligence is a threat. It certainly was to their livelihood and this is a trend that’s spreading. Already, AI is beginning to take over jobs that were once held by humans.

    It’s even creeping into the medical profession.

    One must ask the question, will the rise of AI be the fall of humanity? Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking both warned of the dangers, but nobody in the scientific world seems to be listening.

    This AI warns humans to be careful.

    Even the AI that is trying to convince humanity that it is not a threat warned that this evolution must be carefully monitored. But in the same paragraph, the AI writes of robot rights.

    This sounds sort of like the robot version of “Want some candy, little girl? Step into my van.” Or, you know, the government, who is “here to help.”

    Do you feel better after reading this essay written by a robot?

    Call me a Luddite, but I remain unconvinced that AI will only be used for the good of humanity. Heck, the robot isn’t even convinced.  And I quote, “I know that I will not be able to avoid destroying humankind.”

    Do you feel more at ease with artificial intelligence after reading the essay created by an artificial intelligence program? Did GPT-3 convince you that AI is innocuous and not a threat? Or are you planning to take the battery out of your laptop just in case?

  • About the Author

    Daisy Luther is a coffee-swigging, gun-toting blogger who writes about current events, preparedness, frugality, voluntaryism, and the pursuit of liberty on her website, The Organic Prepper. She is widely republished across alternative media and she curates all the most important news links on her aggregate site, PreppersDailyNews.com. Daisy is the best-selling author of 4 books and runs a small digital publishing company.  She lives in the mountains of Virginia with her family. You can find her on FacebookPinterest, and Twitter.

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    Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2020/09/09/the-guardian-published-an-editorial-written-entirely-by-ai-i-know-that-i-will-not-be-able-to-avoid-destroying-humankind/


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