Dealing with Skepticism and Fear of the Unknown
Despite (or due to) ChatGPT’s massive adoption among various professionals, the backlash against AI is equally rapid. Some talk about AI as a harbinger of a dystopian future, while others have more realistic fears, such as the possibility that AI will replace certain jobs.
Chua believes this fear of the unknown is normal and understandable, but is also “extremely disproportionate to the current state of technology.”
“My hope is to defend AI in the sense that AI will never go away. You don’t have to be an AI artist, but you don’t have to fear AI either. It’s about removing the paralyzing fear that comes with AI,” she said.
Similarly, Dr. Mikhail Filippov of the National University of Singapore (NUS) said that this skepticism “resists from the fact that we see something that will change the world, but we don’t know enough about it.” suggested. just oppose. ”
“That is why I think the best thing we can do as a society is try to use ChatGPT. A professor said.
Dr. Filippov believes that many concerns about AI and ChatGPT are “human-specific, not technology-specific.” For example, biases incorporated and propagated by models are based on data from humans.
But “prejudices are also changing,” he added. In other words, the data collected reflect the diversity of societal positions as moral and ethical standards evolve.
When it comes to the rise of AI, he believes there are also deeper existential fears related to people’s identities in the workplace.
“For a very long time, we associated our positions and jobs with our self identities. We defined ourselves through our jobs. It is analytical, analytical and rational. Many of these algorithmic, analytical and rational tasks will be replaced,” he said.
“Many of us didn’t like these jobs, but whether we liked them or not, they were part of our self-identity. How should I define myself? This is a spiritual challenge, a philosophical challenge.What is your job role?
