In today’s world, artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be replacing humans. Despite their usefulness to humans, a group of leading international experts take their view differently. These draw attention to the direction that the development of AI is taking without rejecting this technology outright. Here is a call to humanity to regain control of an innovation that seems to elude us.
AI no longer serves human needs
According to Shannon Vallor, an expert in the field at the University of Edinburgh, the recent development of generative AI perfectly illustrates the deplored excesses. Indeed, this technological breakthrough seems motivated solely by the mercantile interests of companies. Which according to her should be focused on real human needs.
So instead of AI designed to make our lives easier, we inherit tools that we now have to adapt to. “Instead of adapting technologies to our needs, we adapt to the needs of technology,” laments Vallor. This unprecedented situation fuels fears of a loss of control by humans over their own creation.
Multifaceted drifts
Beyond this conception of AI disconnected from human expectations, the group of experts points out various worrying abuses. On the one hand, the lack of diversity in AI design leads to systemic biases that disadvantage marginalized communities. Furthermore, repeated invasions of privacy through massive data collection call into question our right to individuality.
Furthermore, this technology could modify fundamental human faculties such as rationality and memory. Finally, its use on social media risks locking users into filter bubbles and pushing them towards radicalization.
Concrete solutions
Faced with this grim observation, the authors of “ Human-Centered AI » offer practical solutions. They insist on the need to finally integrate diversity and interdisciplinary collaborations at the heart of the AI research process. In addition, increased transparency on the use of data is also necessary.
Additionally, they encourage policymakers to apply an existing legal framework, rather than developing new regulations. As Benjamin Prud’homme points out, the example of the future European AI Act could become a global model.
In short, experts urge us to think about the future of humanity. It is therefore important to take control of this technology and not allow ourselves to be enslaved. Developing AI based on real human needs is the best thing to do. Thus we are sure that they meet their main purpose which is to assist humans.
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