In a funny competition that was held last Wednesday at a Parisian institutin, artificial intelligence (ChatGPT) took a philosophy exam for baccalaureate students against one of the most prominent philosophers, Mr Rafael Enthoven, a lecturer at the University of Paris. The question in the exam was about producing an article on whether joy is a rational issue. The philosopher took the entire exam time (4 hours) to get a score of 20/20, while the program formulated his thesis to get a score of 11/20 with an acceptable note within few seconds, after two distinguished researchers carried out the evaluation process. This test led to several conclusions, the most important of which is that artificial intelligence is unable to match human intelligence, since philosophy is one of the finest productions of human brain as its proficiency is not just a narration of long sentences as it requires critical thinking of a special kind. This experience was very reassuring to different audiences and evidence of the shortcomings of artificial intelligence in several areas.
These reassurances should not eliminate all concerns about the uses of artificial intelligence, and what increases our fears is the confidentiality of research in this field, because although we can control the capabilities of private companies such as Microsoft or Google, we do not know what the US administration, for example, or China is working on.
Fears of technological intelligence had emerged since the seventies of the last century with the development of computing machines, but no one really cared. Today, artificial intelligence poses two main problems, the first is the potential destruction of many jobs, and the second is the development of autonomous weapon systems with little human intervention that can violate the laws of war, called "killer robots".
What do you think?
These reassurances should not eliminate all concerns about the uses of artificial intelligence, and what increases our fears is the confidentiality of research in this field, because although we can control the capabilities of private companies such as Microsoft or Google, we do not know what the US administration, for example, or China is working on.
Fears of technological intelligence had emerged since the seventies of the last century with the development of computing machines, but no one really cared. Today, artificial intelligence poses two main problems, the first is the potential destruction of many jobs, and the second is the development of autonomous weapon systems with little human intervention that can violate the laws of war, called "killer robots".
What do you think?
I know some individuals are concerned that releasing up their AI research would put them at an advantage in the marketplace. But I believe that the advantages of openness will exceed the hazards. After all, if consumers don't trust AI technology, they are less likely to utilize it, which is terrible for the corporations that create it. And even if there are some risks to being open with one another I think they're surpassed by the risks of creating AI in secret because it's going to make it difficult for the general public to know what's really going on. But if we want to guarantee that AI is developed in a way that's both secure and legal, we need to have a greater degree of openness about how it's being created as well as how it's being used
As an example of one of the most dangerous things we have reached in the artificial intelligence experiment, is the discovery that Israel is using artificial intelligence techniques to develop its offensive devices in the war on Gaza. Today, the United Nations Commissioner-General, Gutrich, expressed his concern about Israel’s use of artificial intelligence in the Gaza war. The Israeli army confirmed that the Israeli forces were operating “in parallel above and below the ground.” Weapons that had not been used in previous wars were used.
“Every soldier is a sniper”: For the first time, the army used AI-enhanced aiming scope technology, equipped with weapons such as rifles and machine guns. It helps soldiers intercept drones because Hamas uses many of them, making every soldier, even a blind one, a sniper.
Another technology also helps the army launch drones capable of throwing nets at other drones with the aim of disrupting their work inside tunnels. These are drones capable of monitoring humans and working underground.
The danger in this information is that Israel launched the development process without monitoring or supervision from any regulatory body, and no one knows what is being worked on in secret.
