Artificial Intelligence Threats: AI Development Still A Threat To Humanity? Microsoft Scientist Dave Coplin Believes So

Today, the continuing evolution and development of artificial intelligence (AI) have become more than just a product of science fiction films. In fact, it has been making great strides in various fields of sciences. While AI's ubiquity is deemed useful, the existential risks of its pervasiveness are still making experts worried.

Artificial Intelligence Will Change Everything

Artificial intelligence is the latest catchphrase in technology but nobody knows the ultimate power and effects of AI evolution. But Microsoft U.K. chief envisioning officer and lead scientist Dave Coplin believes AI is the most notable technology today that could have a major impact on the society.

Coplin also claimed that artificial intelligence has the power to change everything, especially for the tech industry. That's why, companies such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft were investing more in this technology, according to Business Insider.

"This technology will change how we relate to technology," Coplin said, as per International Business Times. "It will change how we relate to each other.

Why Artificial Intelligence Is Still A Threat To Humanity?

It has been prophesied in several science fiction movies like "Terminator" and "The Matrix" that the ever-evolving field of artificial intelligence could someday be the end of humanity. Hence, several lead scientists worldwide have expressed their thoughts on the looming threats of AI to mankind, noting computers could have a mind of its own and become sentient in the future.

So, is humanity in great danger because of artificial intelligence? According to Coplin, the development of AI could be a threat to humanity if it isn't handled carefully or it will be in the wrong hands.

"I would argue that AI will even change how we perceive what it means to be human," Coplin said at the AI Summit in London, Daily Express quotes. "We've got to start to make some decisions about whether the right people are making these algorithms."

Coplin also stressed that there are things experts do not know about, like the biases inferred by the people and the companies behind artificial intelligence development. Coplin added AI evolution is a new and "unchartered territory."

The Power To Contain The Threats Of Artificial Intelligence

In addition, Coplin also warned that experts have the power to contain the threats of artificial intelligence to humanity. In fact, he emphasized that if scientists can manage AI right, the risks about the future of artificial intelligence could be dismissed.

"The way in which we choose to use AI is a reflection of humans, the people, not the machines themselves," Coplin said. "We are locked in this endless cycle of pointless rhetoric about humans vs machines... [But] Technology is here to augment what we do. Support us to extend our capability."

The Future Of Humanity To Artificial Intelligence

Coplin, however, is not the only scientist that has spoken about the perils of artificial intelligence to mankind. In 2014, professor Stephen Hawking said the success of developing AI could be a major event in human history, but it could also be the last, especially if humans won't learn how to avoid the risks, The Independent notes.

Hawking also warned that artificial intelligence could outsmart financial markets, out-invent human researchers and out-manipulate human leaders. AI could also pave the way for developing weapons humans can't understand.

"The short-term impact of AI depends on who controls it, the long-term impact depends on whether it can be controlled at all," Hawking said.

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