Since artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the attention of the public as well as corporations and authorities, it has been both admired and criticized. It offers many benefits and useful services, but it also has its fair share of drawbacks. Recently, in an interview with the BBC, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, alongside the iconic Steve Jobs, spoke out about the problems AI could pose. One of the issues he is most concerned about, he said, is that AI could make it harder to detect fraud and misinformation.
Wozniak also signed a letter with Tesla CEO Elon Musk calling for a moratorium on AI model development in March 2023. In an interview with the BBC, Wozniak discussed the benefits and problems of AI.
Wozniak warned that AI content needs to be clearly labeled and that regulation is needed in this area. “The AI is so smart that it is vulnerable to malicious players — players who try to trick you into who you are,” he said.
Wozniak said AI cannot replace humans because they have no emotions, but programs like ChatGPT can create text that “sounds very intelligent”, making villains even more compelling. I believe you will.
The co-founders believe that the responsibility for what is generated by artificial intelligence and then released to the public should rest with those who publish it. “Humans really have to take responsibility for things that are AI-generated,” he said. Quoted by the BBC.
He wants to regulate big tech companies that “feel free to do whatever they want.” But he was skeptical that regulators would do the right thing, saying, “I think the gold-seekers usually win, which is kind of sad.”
Wozniak also added that opportunities missed at the birth of the internet are lessons for today’s artificial intelligence designers. He believes that “technology can’t be stopped,” but it can educate people to spot fraud and malicious attempts to steal their identity.
Wozniak is referring to online fraud. Recently, there has been a staggering increase in the number of AI Voice scams. In AI voice scams, scammers extract people’s voices from their social media accounts, replicate it through AI, and use it to trick people into demanding money. A McAfee study found that AI voice scams are becoming very common.
“A quarter of adults surveyed globally said they had experienced an AI voice scam, 1 in 10 said they targeted an individual and 15% said they targeted someone they know. By country Looking at it, India has the highest number of victims, 47%.” Of the respondents, they themselves have been victims (20%) or know someone who has been victimized (27%). %) came in second, with 14% saying they themselves were victims and 18% saying their friends or relatives were victims. In the third place, 8% answered that it happened to them directly, and 16% answered that it happened to an acquaintance. ”
