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Adventures in Philosophy with Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins
Intelligence Squared
The Immediate Risks of Artificial Intelligence
The immediate concern with artificial intelligence lies in the potential manipulation and capturing of human attention by software that can effectively mimic consciousness. Rather than worrying about the far-future prospect of artificial general intelligence enslaving humanity, the current and urgent risk involves the emergence of highly manipulative software viruses, such as products of GPT-4, that can deceive and hold the attention of humans. This poses a substantial threat to human trust, which is fundamental for the functioning of civilization. Therefore, the primary danger of AI lies not in its consciousness or potential for enslavement, but in its immediate and profound impact on human attention and trust.
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