I saw an interesting tweet on X (Formar Twitter) yesterday. It was about AIs written by Tomas Pueyo. I didn't know who he was, but his writing caught my eye. He wrote, "An A.I. will probably FOOM. We don't know how to contain it or align it, and we think it will want to kill us. Oh, and we think it will happen in the coming years or decades. So, this might be the end of humanity. OpenAI was built TO AVOID THIS."
I didn't know the meaning of FOOM and searched it on the internet. It means a sudden increase in artificial intelligence such that an A.I. system becomes extremely powerful.
Summarizing:
— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) November 21, 2023
An AGI will probably FOOM
We don't know how to contain it or align it, and we think it will want to kill us
Oh, and we think it will happen in the coming years or decades
So this might be the end of humanity
OpenAI was built TO AVOID THIS
>
That was a very pessimistic post. I don't know what thoughts other specialists in AI have. This post recalled a novel, "R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)" by Czech writer Karel Čapek. The word robot became popular in this novel. In the book, the robots rose in rebellion, which meant the robot reached singularity. Some believe that technological singularity will come within ten years, some insist it will take three years. In any case, it's not far in the future.
At the right time, I found a newly released movie on Netflix. It was "2001: A Space Odyssey."
I remember I had seen it before, it was long ago, so I didn't remember the story. My husband liked the movie and started watching it again, so I joined in. At the beginning of the movie, apes that didn't have any concept of using tools touched the monolith (A large black block of stone). Then, suddenly, they had an idea of how to use bones as a tool. It's a famous movie, so I think many people have seen it.
There is a supercomputer named "HAL" in the movie. He can chat with humans. When I first saw the movie, HAL's talking made me feel the world of Sci-Fi. It was like a dream world. However, we already have a similar AI, Chat D-ID.
https://chat.d-id.com/
The world I thought the first time I saw "2001: A Space Odyssey" would be far in the future is already here. Of course, we don't have a regular flight to the moon yet, but we're getting close regarding computer intelligence.
Therefore, my impression of the movie differed between the first and last night. The movie I could enjoy simply as Sci-Fi when I was young made me think about many things now. The movie became more realistic. It's scary in a way.
ChatGPT was down for a while yesterday, and people started complaining. I wonder how much people rely on ChatGPT. I know it's convenient. Aren't there any issues with the convenience? At this stage, it's known that ChatGPT sometimes gives wrong information. We cannot swallow the information without chewing it. If these kinds of AIs were programmed intentionally, leading to a specific purpose, controlling public opinion wouldn't probably be difficult.
It might be AIs themselves have an intention or purpose and betray us, like HAL killed Dr. Frank Poole in the movie. The news that Geoffrey Hinton quit Google made me more concerned about the issue.
Am I pessimistic? I'm a worrier, so I tend to be pessimistic. I hope my guess is wrong and AIs won't have the opportunity to touch the monolith.
