Will artificial intelligence improve people’s lives or lead to our downfall? Developers are working hard to integrate artificial intelligence into every aspect of our lives, and in areas like medicine, it’s already showing promising results. But what would happen if AI were used for more sinister purposes?
In Japan, the inventor and scientist behind the company Cyberdyne is working to improve the lives of sick and elderly people. Professor Yoshiyuki Sankai’s “robot suits” are AI-controlled exoskeletons that are intended to be used in rehabilitation medicine. These “suits” could help stroke patients and others learn to walk again. He imagines a world in which AI lives in harmony with humans – as a kind of new, benevolent species.
But in Silicon Valley, the cradle of AI development, there is a disturbing contradiction: many developers are very unsure of the untamable forces they are unleashing. Gabriel Mukobi, a computer science student at Stanford, is raising the alarm that AI could lead us to catastrophe – and even to the extinction of humanity. He is one of the pioneers of a small field of researchers who are swimming against the tide and ensuring that AI is safe and beneficial for everyone.
What are the promises and dangers of AI? And who decides on its use?
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