Q: Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, said, 'Artificial intelligence is more dangerous than we think.' Should we be afraid of his words?
Answer: Should be afraid, I will not say that. But yes, it needs to be thought about and more careful.
Artificial intelligence can be scary. With information from datasets, AI can do everything from writing to drawing, audio synthesis, and even video editing. Generative AI can also spawn more artificial intelligence like itself. But the control of these is still in our hands. OpenAI can now disable AI like ChatGPT or Dal.E if it wants to. So they are sentient or aware of their own existence and have no fear of taking control of themselves. Besides, they are inoperable without their training dataset. The information we give the AI to learn, the AI will only be able to master. So there is no fear of artificial intelligence being out of our hands.
But the concern here is how this AI is or will affect our daily life and work. If an artificial intelligence can design better in less time and at less cost than a graphic designer, then the job opportunities for those designers will gradually decrease. One day the designer may lose his job. This applies to all jobs. In this case, we should not shy away from artificial intelligence. On the contrary, you have to think about how to make your work better by using artificial intelligence for your needs.
Apart from that, we also need to think about what we are providing in the training dataset to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence. Many misuses of AI have already polluted social media. So care must be taken in what artificial intelligence can be taught, what it can do, and who can use it. But there are also good uses of artificial intelligence. Job opportunities are being created in related fields. So there is nothing to worry about if you can make yourself competent.