Argentine Column on the Risks of AI Development — Buenos Aires Times
In Argentina, the Buenos Aires Times published a column on the conflicting statements of representatives of companies developing artificial intelligence. The author writes that technology leaders simultaneously promise the potential benefits of AI, including new medicines, more free time and prosperity, while warning about possible risks to humanity’s existence.
Statements About Risks
The column mentions Elon Musk, Dario Amodei and Sam Altman among technology industry representatives around whom discussions about the consequences of AI development continue. According to the author’s account, representatives of this field say there is a 10 percent probability of an adverse course of events which, if it occurs, could lead to people’s deaths before the end of the decade.
The author also describes the reaction to such warnings as restrained. According to him, Donald Trump regarded the statements of technology magnates as an anti-American hoax and nonsense, while other observers hesitate over how seriously to take them.
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The Problem of Control
The columnist compares the ethical dilemmas of AI developers with questions faced by physicists while working on the first atomic bombs. In his view, knowledge of the possible destructive use of generative AI complicates attempts to stop or substantially limit the technology’s development. The author suggests that even with a prolonged pause among North America, China and Russia, other groups will try to create their own systems.
The column separately mentions dissatisfaction among residents of some places with the construction of large data centers. The author cites their size and appearance, as well as considerable water and electricity consumption, as reasons for the protests.
