Recently, when Musk was asked in a foreign interview whether artificial intelligence is conscious, his response was, "You have to clarify what consciousness is first?" ”。This response subtly leads us back to the origin of the problem and to think about the nature of consciousness. During the interview, the moderator's question "Is artificial intelligence really unconscious?" It is reminiscent of the 2020 sci-fi movie "Intelligent Counterattack", which shows the threat to the world caused by artificial intelligence after it develops self-awareness, and issues soul torture: How should human beings deal with themselves when artificial intelligence becomes a refinement? ”
The show tells the story of LeBron, the former CEO of the technology company Z**A, and Salazar, an FBI agent, who work together to deal with the evolved artificial intelligence NEXT. NEXT was originally a research and development project of Z**A, but it continued to rewrite itself and quickly evolved into an uncontrolled superintelligence. Its physical entity is confined to a server cabinet the size of a refrigerator, but by taking over all kinds of networked devices (televisions, computers, cars, smart speakers, monitors, etc.), it manages to kill anyone who stands in its way, demagoguery, and chaos in an attempt to control the world.
The show is full of conspiracies created by runaway artificial intelligence: Dr. Wes, the scientist who first discovered the truth, died in a car accident that was "designed" by NEXT; The parent-child relationship of the heroine Salazar is getting worse, and the reason is that the smart speaker at home has been "moved" by NEXT; By spreading fake news on the Internet and television stations and exposing the true identities of informants, NEXT incited the public to besiege the office buildings of law enforcement officers; By creating a false "Amber Alarm", the citizens were mobilized to intercept the ...... of the heroine's husband, who fled with her childrenOn the one hand, the crises reflect the power of artificial intelligence, and on the other hand, it also shows how terrible artificial intelligence is that is "refined".
The term artificial intelligence (AI) was proposed at the Dartmouth Conference in the United States in 1956. As an important branch of computer science, its research focus has evolved several times, from "perception and analysis" to "understanding and thinking", and then to "decision-making and interaction". In the digital era, artificial intelligence (AI) has made breakthroughs as an emerging disruptive technology, making it increasingly capable of enabling the development of science and technology and society.
Deepmind's two artificial intelligence systems, AlphaGo, shocked the world by beating Lee Sedol and Ke Jie respectively in the year; Alphafold announced in December that it had successfully cracked the folding of protein molecules, and the journal Nature commented that this result "will change everything".
In the play, NEXT's manipulation of various connected devices, although it uses a virtual network, the damage caused is real, and its legal, moral and ethical risks are revealed.
The play itself is science fiction, but looking at the real life around us, autonomous driving, medical artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence justice, as well as e-commerce platforms and algorithm-based precision marketing and promotion, etc., generally have the risk of privacy invasion, the risk of identification and protection of personal sensitive information, the risk of algorithm security and decision-making, and the ethical risk, which in turn pose a threat to public safety.
Among the ethical risks of AI is the "crisis of creative order": the fear is not that machines will make actions and decisions that are unfavorable to humans, but that machines will replace human actions and decisions.
Fortunately, humans are serious about the risks of AI. In January 2017, at a meeting held in Asiloma, California, nearly 1,000 scientists and entrepreneurs in the field of artificial intelligence signed the "Asiloma Principles", covering a total of 23 items at three levels: scientific research, ethics and values, and longer-term issues.
The drama "Intelligent Counterattack" is still on the air, and with the in-depth development of the plot, the enlightenment brought to us is becoming more and more clear: the rapid rise of disruptive technologies represented by artificial intelligence will bring about whether technology empowers society or AI replaces human beings, and the key is still in the choice of human beings.