Online Poll: Should Wyoming Residents Be Worried About Artificial Intelligence?

It seems like Artificial Intelligence [AI] is everywhere these days.

There has been a lot of discussion about whether it poses a threat to humans

Arguments That The AI Threat is Exaggerated

President Trump, for one, has called concerns about artificial intelligence a "hoax."

In a recent Truth Social post, the president wrote, "We will not in any way hinder or stifle the Growth of this incredible Industry. Rather, we will cherish it, help it, and watch over it, as it grows! However, we will also be looking for BAD, and we can do that, very easily, with our already existing Criminal and Civil Justice System."

A University of Nebraska-Omaha article called ''5 AI Myths We Need To Stop Believing"  listed Myth #3 as ''AI Will Soon Be As Intelligent As Humans" which included the following comments:

"This is a false choice. AI systems can generate text, write code, analyze data, and recognize patterns at a remarkable speed. But these capabilities should not be confused with human intelligence.

Today's AI systems perform tasks they were designed and trained to perform by human engineers. They do not possess consciousness, self-awareness, moral reasoning, common sense, or lived experiences like humans.:"

Arguments that the Threat Is Real

AI Researcher Jacob Coxon recently quit Anthropic, fearing the technology is putting the future of the human race at risk.

An article in Wired. com quoted Coxon as saying

“The consensus is that the next year or two is crunch time for humanity,” Coxon, who worked on the pretraining stage of AI development, said in an interview with WIRED. “These are actually just literal quotes from my colleagues at Anthropic. They'll say things like ‘endgame’ or ‘crunch time,’” he says. “From their perspective, this is when Anthropic and its competitors decide the fate of humanity.”

There have also been numerous reports of AI "going rogue" recently

So what do you think? Do we need to worry about artificial intelligence, or is it a great new tool to serve humanity?

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