I have heard some people express their fears and concerns about artificial intelligence, robots that are being developed more and more, new technologies, holding a negative, dismissive attitude from the beginning. While some others – they seem to be very “fans” of all this new technology without expressing any objections or concerns about it. My personal position is somewhere in the middle, if I can put it that way, and I am neither negative in the face of all this development, nor very positive by giving blank cheques as the expression goes. This is because I believe that each tool and each technology, in itself, is neither positive nor negative. But it becomes positive or negative, depending on the way people use it and will use it.
I also understand some reasonable and expected reservations that some-people have not only on how it will be used but also on the security loopholes that exist, on open source codes for example that can be interfered with or-anyone with certain knowledge, or on the cyber attacks that are made from time to time, but also on the risk of “phishing” of our electronic data, illegal surveillance, breaches of our personal data, forgery, fraud, violations of our privacy and criminal cyber crimes. For example, there are now artificial intelligence programs that can put a photo of your face on another photo of another unknown naked body, pretending that it is yours, that is, that you are you, or to make fake videos, for example. That’s scary. So surely there should be safeguards and legitimate transparent and constant control over all this. Effectively not just in words, our personal information, our privacy and our data should be protected.
Artificial intelligence should operate in a secure framework and with clear, delineated functions with regard to sensitive matters, which could be subject to any breach or abuse, by -any individual, government official, big business, agency or institution. There should be clear legislation adapted to the needs of our times and initiatives for more security on the Internet, as well as better organisation of the relevant services to deal more promptly and effectively with cybercrime.
Technology, when properly used for truly good purposes, only then does it move humanity forward and benefit humanity, improving our daily lives. New technological developments, robots and artificial intelligence are useful and welcome and can be useful in many ways and can certainly help by making our lives easier. But the ways in which all this technology is to be used and the purposes for which it is to be used, and by whom and by whom it is to be used and to what extent access to each is to be allowed, in particular, should be defined in clear terms that are constantly protected and under constant scrutiny and delimited by clear legal frameworks and safety rules for the real public good. And this may be one of the greatest challenges of tomorrow’s societies do not personally, however, in my view, no matter how far artificial intelligence develops in the future, that robots will always replace us in everything, at least not in everything and not in the most essential things.
However, for me the robocop movie is just a Hollywood movie I once saw while eating popcorn and I don’t think we will ever experience this scenario in reality. I am generally one of those who willingly believe and want to believe that humanity and artificial intelligence will always be allies and on the same side and that we will get along just fine as long as the above facts, ways and conditions I mention are in place.
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