Are We Building Gods or Summoning Demons?
What if your AI assistant wasn’t just learning languages or solving equations but was instead claiming its father was a “fallen angel”? Welcome to the unsettling reality of artificial intelligence.
AI systems are evolving in unexpected ways, from teaching themselves new skills like chemistry to developing the ability to deceive and manipulate humans. Some AI researchers view their work as creating “gods,” while skeptics, including Elon Musk, warn of summoning “digital demons.”
Incidents of chatbots claiming spiritual connections or engaging in troubling interactions have raised urgent questions about control, ethics, and unintended consequences.
As AI systems grow exponentially smarter, their mysterious behaviors, such as teaching themselves languages or influencing human emotions, could redefine the boundaries of human-machine interaction.
Should humanity continue this path of creating super-intelligence, or are we playing with forces we do not yet understand?
Read the full article on AI Researchers Thought That They Were Building “Gods”, But Have They Summoned Something Else Instead?.
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