Since the advent of AI technology, especially in the last two years, the wave of development has caused a great uproar in various industries. Various AI threats are spurt. This plan is equal to an industry for the first time to unite and restrict a wide range of technologies that will affect the future of humankind. . For the advocates who hold the AI ​​threat theory, the improvement of AI level is undoubtedly the Dark Age in human history. Is it true that AI's research and development is transparent and that it is the dawn before darkness?
Cross and holy water: the makers of industry rules and the AI ​​Institute of Ethics
“In all the stories, it seems that there is always a guy holding a cross and holy water, just like he makes sure he can control the demons. There are more and more clever people who have prepared the crosses and holy waters in advance and are wary of possible incompatibility. Controlling the devil."
This time, U.S. technology companies jointly promised that AI R&D transparency would be like a cross and holy water.
These joint ventures also include Amazon and IBM. They announced the establishment of a non-profit organization called "Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society" to carry out this work. The organization will conduct research on the ethical issues of how artificial intelligence specifically affects society, and find ways to increase the transparency of this new technology and reduce its understanding.
The biggest motivation behind this initiative stems from the increasing public and government concerns about how this powerful technology will affect all aspects of life. Eric Horvitz, a Microsoft artificial intelligence researcher, said that the technology is a "turning point" and related challenges are emerging.
These challenges include: "Invisible Prejudice" in the program, that is, after "training" with a specific data set, the program will bring implicit assumptions; some systems will often make decisions based on logic that their developers cannot understand. These systems The question of security and trustworthiness; how to design ethical judgments embedded in artificial intelligence systems, these ethical judgments will affect the interaction of the system with humans on specific occasions.
Coincidentally, as early as a few months ago, a research center was newly established at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. It is dedicated to studying the opportunities and challenges that artificial intelligence brings to humans in the process of development and aims to influence its moral and ethical development, thus preventing artificial intelligence from The 21st century will control the world. A trust company called Lever Hulme will provide it with about 10 million pounds of funding for a decade.
Although artificial intelligence is currently only at the level of human intelligence of 3 or 4 years old, some studies believe that before 2099, artificial intelligence will be able to reach the level of human intelligence, even beyond. Importantly, artificial intelligence is constantly learning and improving.
Therefore, Cambridge University has gathered a number of scientists, philosophers, and social scientists to make risk assessments for artificial intelligence based on technical, practical, and moral concepts.
Under the AI ​​threat theory, it is not only the organization associations that are cautious and take related measures. There is also concern about Tesla founder Elon Musk, who believes that artificial intelligence is the greatest threat to human survival and may be more dangerous than nuclear weapons. In fact, Musk also invested in an artificial intelligence company Vicarious to "monitor" the development of artificial intelligence.