Steve Wozniak calls for regulation, saying content created with artificial intelligence must be labeled.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak warned that artificial intelligence could be used by “bad actors”, making it harder to detect fraud and misinformation.
Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs and invented the company’s first computer, has called for regulation in the area, saying AI content must be clearly labeled.
The Silicon Valley entrepreneur was one of more than 1,800 people who co-signed a letter in March calling for a six-month moratorium on developing powerful AI systems, saying they pose grave risks to humanity. . “The AI is so smart that it is vulnerable to bad players trying to trick their identity,” he told the BBC.
AI refers to computer systems that can perform tasks that normally require human intelligence.
One of these, GPT-4, is being developed by OpenAI, a company co-founded by Musk and now backed by Microsoft, and can talk and sing like a human. You can compose music or summarize long documents.
Wozniak doesn’t believe AI will replace humans because they don’t have emotions, but programs like ChatGPT can create text that “sounds very intelligent,” so AI can play the villain. He warned that it would make it more convincing.
He argued that responsibility for AI-generated programs rests with those who publish them.
“Humans really have to take responsibility for what AI produces. “You can’t stop this technology,” Wozniak said, but added that people can be trained to spot fraud and malicious attempts to steal personal information.
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook warned investors last week that it was important to be “thoughtful and deliberate” when working with AI.
Jeffrey Hinton, whose work in neural networks helped lay the groundwork for the artificial intelligence revolution, also expressed concern that the pace of improvement could pose real risks to humans.