Hello, I'm Hussain Khan. Some people aren't fazed by technology. Fred Palmer from San Francisco is using AI to improve communication.
“I use ChatGPT a lot because it helps me frame what I say in a more acceptable way, because sometimes I say something and I don't know if it's offensive or not. I use ChatGPT every day before I email or text my friends…”
While Palmer acknowledged the privacy concerns, he said he wasn't actually afraid.
“The only concern is maybe privacy, but now everything is an open book. You have social media apps… everybody knows where you are, what you like to do. If they search you on Google, they can track you. So I think you should try to protect yourself. So, I'm not that scared.”
But others, like Barbara Ferry, aren't as optimistic.
“I'm worried that the people in charge of AI don't have the interests of humanity in mind, so I don't trust them. I think social media has its benefits, but it's really disruptive and harmful to democracy. So I'm really scared of it.”
Many agree with Ferry, including marketer Jen Hung, who sees AI as a threat to safety.
“They could be used maliciously, they could be trying to get into our backup systems, or they could just be really smart.”
Jennifer Bird, who works in public relations, is more concerned about deepfakes…
“What scares me is hearing what people are saying, fake voices on the phone and stuff. I'm scared that there will be people using people's images, photos and voices to do really evil things. I don't think that's cool.”
Even students who use AI, like Addy, are skeptical about where it's going.
“I wish AI wasn't progressing so quickly, because now it's making people stupid. Instead of trying to make something hard that we can be proud of, we're trying to figure out how to get AI to do it in as human a way as possible.”
Others believe that AI and humans can not only cooperate, but maybe even become one. Zheng Han said:
“My dream would be that when my body dies I could upload myself, like a ghost, into a machine, into wires, and from there I could become something more, like a soul, emotions, sentience, a robot, or, as I said, even immortal, but that's all just fantasy.”
