There have been calls for more public education around the future role of artificial intelligence, as many people’s fears are based on the film.
Rashik Parmar, chief executive of BCS, the Chartered Society for IT, said Hollywood blockbusters like “Terminator” and “Ex Machina” had left public concerns about artificial intelligence “deep-rooted”.
His words came after the San Francisco-based Center for Artificial Intelligence Safety issued a letter warning of the technology can wipe out humans This risk should be treated with the same urgency as a pandemic or nuclear war.
Mr Parmar said: “There should be a healthy skepticism about big tech companies and how they use artificial intelligence, which is why regulation is key to winning the public’s trust.
“But many of our deep-rooted fears and concerns also come from movies, media, and books, such as Ex Machina, AI features in the Terminator, and even going back to Isaac Asimov, who inspired the movie “I, Robot” ( Isaac Asimov’s ideas.”
While artificial intelligence can perform life-saving tasks, such as algorithms that analyze medical images such as X-rays and ultrasounds, Its rapidly growing capabilities and growing use through the likes of ChatGPT have attracted attention.
Last month, Geoffrey Hinton, the UK’s leading computer scientist – Known as the “Godfather of Artificial Intelligence” – left his position at Google warning it could fuel disinformation and put massive numbers of people out of work.
The regulation of artificial intelligence has become the focus of governments around the world in recent months.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Hero talk from earlier this month and bosses or open artificial intelligencethe company behind ChatGPT; Google DeepMind and Anthropic.
so is the prime minister with sundar pichaiCEO of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, in the Darlington Economic Park.
A Downing Street spokesman said: “They talked about striking the right balance while driving innovation to ensure the proper regulatory guardrails are in place.”
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Mr Parmar said regulation was needed to ensure AI “grows responsibly”.
“Do movies and media have to change? No. It just proves that we need more public education about the reality of AI, making it part of the skills and teaching we acquire at a very young age,” he added.