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If you worry about humanity, you should be more scared of humans than of AI.

Authors :
Cerf, Moran
Waytz, Adam
Source :
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Sep2023, Vol. 79 Issue 5, p289-292. 4p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have prompted extensive and public concerns about this technology's capacity to contribute to the spread of misinformation, algorithmic bias, and cybersecurity breaches and to pose, potentially, existential threats to humanity. We suggest that although these threats are both real and important to address, the heightened attention to AI's harms has distracted from human beings' outsized role in perpetuating these same harms. We suggest the need to recalibrate standards for judging the dangers of AI in terms of their risks relative to those of human beings. Further, we suggest that, if anything, AI can aid human beings in decision making aimed at improving social equality, safety, productivity, and mitigating some existential threats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00963402
Volume :
79
Issue :
5
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
171899024
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.2023.2245242