8 Signs That the AI 'Revolution' Is Spinning Out of Control

 

Well folks, the AI “revolution” is upon us, and it already seems to be getting out slightly out of hand. Big corporations, spurred by the specter of easy profits, have begun to roll out new tools and products that use artificial intelligence to enhance user experience. Search engines, Hollywood, and media industries all seem to want to jump onboard. Still, this totally unregulated field also has the potential to be hugely disruptive to existing industries, our way of life, art, judicial systems, even your brain. Here are some of the warning signs that the robot revolution could get very, very messy.

ChatGPT is apparently smart enough to get hired by Google. NBC recently reported that the tech giant had tested ChatGPT for its coding prowess in the same way that new coder recruits typically are and that it passed with flying colors. “Amazingly ChatGPT gets hired at L3 [level 3] when interviewed for a coding position,” an internal note, divulged by the news outlet, reads. PC Magazine notes that such a position comes with an average annual salary of $183k. Others have similarly tested the chatbot and come away concerned for human coders’ job security.

Automating our justice system sounds like one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard. Still, folks are out here saying it. In a recent disturbing development, a judge in Colombia decided to use ChatGPT to render a judicial decision concerning an autistic child’s medical insurance. Judge Juan Manuel Padilla Garcia apparently thought it would be a good idea to use the chatbot to save time during the proceedings. “The arguments for this decision will be determined in line with the use of artificial intelligence (AI),” Garcia wrote in his decision. “What we are really looking for is to optimize the time spent drafting judgments after corroborating the information provided by AI.” Let’s not make this a thing, k?