Why Are AI Bad

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Worries about AI run rampant through the media. Many of them are the visions of Hollywood, but even the top scientists like Stephen Hawking are concerned about AI. If an AI system is programmed to do something dangerous, such as autonomous weapons, then there is the potential for it to become highly dangerous. With the wrong person in control, an AI could lead to mass destruction just as easily as nuclear weapons. Another possibility with AI designed to cause damage, is an AI arms race between the world’s superpowers. One more truly dangerous situation is a situation where the AI is programmed to do good, yet uses destructive measures to reach its goals. This worry has to do with aligning the goals of the AI with the goals of humanity. Serious doubts have been raised as to whether AI. For AI …show more content…
Mark Pagel, professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Reading, is one of these people. Pagel, and many others, say that AI is good for “long monotonous tasks” which they perform better than humans. Self-interest, or lack thereof, is a big argument for the development of AI. Beings that possess self-interest are beings that want to stay alive and machine lack this desire to stay alive. A machine does not worry about being unplugged. Pagel even argues that machines are inherently selfless and can easily cooperate with one another. Instead of blindly praising AI, Pagel acknowledges the risks, but he believes that humans are the real cause for concern. Humans are more likely to make a mistake than a machine and if there is a fault in the programming, then there is no way to blame the machine because it didn’t program