Contemporary AI is smart in some ways and dumb in other ways. It’s a useful tool that you should integrate into your workflow if you don’t want to miss out on productivity. However. I’m worried that exposure to AI is dangerous in similar ways to how exposure to social media is dangerous, only more. You’re interacting with something designed to hijack your attention and addict you. Only this time the “something” has its own intelligence that is working towards this purpose (and possibly other, unknown, purposes).
As to the AI safety space: we’ve been saying for decades that AI is dangerous and now you’re surprised that we think AI is dangerous? I don’t think it’s taking over the world just yet, but that doesn’t mean there are no smaller-scale risks. It’s dangerous not because it’s dumb (the fact it’s still dumb is the saving grace) but precisely because it’s smart.
My own approach is, use AI is clear, compartmentalized ways. If you have a particular task which you know can be done faster by using AI in a particular way, by all means, use it. (But, do pay attention to time wasted on tweaking the prompt etc.) Naturally, you should also occasionally keep experimenting with new tasks or new ways of using it. But, if there’s no clear benefit, don’t use it. If it’s just to amuse yourself, don’t. And, avoid exposing other people if there’s no good reason.
Contemporary AI is smart in some ways and dumb in other ways. It’s a useful tool that you should integrate into your workflow if you don’t want to miss out on productivity. However. I’m worried that exposure to AI is dangerous in similar ways to how exposure to social media is dangerous, only more. You’re interacting with something designed to hijack your attention and addict you. Only this time the “something” has its own intelligence that is working towards this purpose (and possibly other, unknown, purposes).
As to the AI safety space: we’ve been saying for decades that AI is dangerous and now you’re surprised that we think AI is dangerous? I don’t think it’s taking over the world just yet, but that doesn’t mean there are no smaller-scale risks. It’s dangerous not because it’s dumb (the fact it’s still dumb is the saving grace) but precisely because it’s smart.
My own approach is, use AI is clear, compartmentalized ways. If you have a particular task which you know can be done faster by using AI in a particular way, by all means, use it. (But, do pay attention to time wasted on tweaking the prompt etc.) Naturally, you should also occasionally keep experimenting with new tasks or new ways of using it. But, if there’s no clear benefit, don’t use it. If it’s just to amuse yourself, don’t. And, avoid exposing other people if there’s no good reason.