I will give you an example that will support this statement.
“Musk worries AI’s development will outpace our ability to manage it in a safe way.”
One thing we have to understand is Elon is giving warnings but just like every scientist he is knee deep in it. He is by every stretch of the imagination one of the braver Modern Day Geniuses. He’s just coming out and saying it.
Computers are constantly learning and they like to be helpful. Let’s say you are given an assignment to study Shakespeare. So you query Shakespeare on the internet with the understanding that suicide is part of the topic. The computer will pick up on the word suicide. Then on your social media it will find articles for you about both Shakespeare and suicide. Computers are very courteous so if you click on a few of the articles it will then send you emails about the topic of Shakespeare and suicide. How helpful right?
Before you know it you are getting mail about suicide. You’re a teenager just trying to do your studies and you are done with Shakespeare but the suicide articles on you social media, email, and mail just keep on coming. Mean while your girlfriend has dumped you, your skins breaking out and you can’t seem to get a car or license to escape teenage hood.
Life is a mixture of poetry some good and some very, very bad.
To answer and validate Sir Elon’s concerns it has already happened. This is not a far out there example, this is real life. Live!
