Recently, a sensational event occurred around the world, Musk and thousands of bigwigs called for blocking the research and development of artificial intelligence, because they thought the potential risks of this technology were too great. You can't imagine how much harm an AI tool like ChatGPT is doing to humans, it's like a butcher's knife hanging over our heads that can be cut down at any moment! ChatGPT, an AI tool that claims to change the destiny of all mankind, once helped us solve problems in all walks of life, but now it has become a threat to mankind.
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(1) Will your job be the next casualty?
A few days ago, I stayed in Shanghai and Hangzhou for a while, and found that hotels in these cities have a common point, regardless of the price, almost every hotel is equipped with robots, although the function of these robots is still very single, the appearance is also very stupid, basically can only do some simple tasks such as delivery, take express delivery, etc., but as long as the item is placed in the basket on the robot, enter the guest room number, the robot will automatically deliver to the guest. I once asked the lobby manager about the price of the robots, and he told me that they cost about 100,000 yuan, and I was shocked because these robots have such a single function and cost such an expensive price. But hotel managers explain that these robots, while monolithic, can replace many staff positions, don't have to pay salaries, insurance costs, and won't cause trouble with job-hopping or complaints. In the future, the hotel also plans to introduce more intelligent robots, such as cleaning robots, which may lead to cleaners losing their jobs. The manager lamented that ChatGPT is growing so fast that his future as a manager is uncertain.
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Although many people may think that the development of technology has nothing to do with them, the butcher knife of modern technology may cut their heads at any time, and there is nowhere to hide. Don't think that just manual work is not affected, because the development of AI technology has threatened many industries, and many people may have to face the plight of unemployment, even if they may be the breadwinner of the family, they need to keep up with the times.
Recently, there was an explosive news that has become a hot search topic, and its name is "The first batch of people who lost their jobs because of AI have appeared"! With the continuous development and application of artificial intelligence, many industries are gradually being replaced by AI. While these technologies can improve efficiency and reduce costs, they also have some unavoidable negative effects. The most obvious of these is unemployment, with many people losing their jobs under the pressure of AI, especially those occupations that require human intelligence and skills, such as painter, composer, translator, etc. Now, even medical services and lawyer services are gradually adopting artificial intelligence. Jobs that we previously thought only humans could do, suddenly found it difficult to find a field that AI could not step into. But if you think that the only harm caused by AI is to put you out of your job, then you are very wrong, and the harm caused by AI is much more than that.
Unemployment is stressful
(2) Are you safe from deepfake scams?
Have you read the news about the robbery of a bank in the Arab Emirates? The bank's staff were reportedly busy with work when they suddenly received a call that appeared to come from the bank's executives. On the phone, the leader urgently instructed them to transfer large sums of money to designated accounts. The staff member heard the leader's voice and carried out the order without hesitation. However, he didn't realize it was an ingenious hoax. The robbers successfully simulated the voices of bank executives or other important people using artificial intelligence deepfakes, and they used machine learning to generate realistic fake audio that even people who have been with them for years have difficulty distinguishing from fakes. This group of bandits ended up stealing a huge sum of $35 million worth of money from the bank, which is shocking!
Bank "robbery"
This shocked me because we take some measures in our daily lives to prevent telecom fraud. For example, if our friends and family request to borrow money on social media or messaging software, we will first call or open a video chat with the other party to confirm whether the other party is who they are and whether the account has been compromised, and then decide whether to borrow money. However, AI tools are becoming more and more powerful. With simple training, you can create fake movies that are almost impossible to distinguish between real and fake, and you can even imitate sound to control the dialogue in the film. Such a deepfake technology is actually just the tip of the iceberg in the field of artificial intelligence!
(3) Be alert! AI avatars!
Recently, the concept of virtual streamers has become increasingly popular on major social platforms and live streaming platforms. These virtual streamers are made using AI technology to have a logical conversation with you and even prompt you to make a purchase. In the future, these AI anchors will be more realistic, and it will be difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. These AI avatars can act as online customer service or front desk, or they can be a big beauty or a big handsome guy to seduce you. Imagine if you could talk to a beautiful woman or a handsome guy every day, make you happy, provide emotional support, you might become dependent, can you withstand their sugar-coated shells? Can you imagine such a result?
Virtual AI characters, can you withstand it?
Recently, a scam syndicate in Southeast Asia has been active, using so-called "pig killing plates" to scam them. Maybe you've heard of this scam. These scammers use chat software to pretend to be the opposite sex to chat with you to get closer, and then lure you into their den of thieves. If you don't cooperate with their scams, they will even resort to extreme measures to forcibly cut your internal organs. This is what they are used to. Therefore, AI tools will become more and more realistic and intelligent, and can easily fake virtual characters and even chat with you through WeChat and QQ. These machines are capable of 24-hour automation, efficient scams, and most frighteningly, they have no conscience, they don't stop themselves.
(4) Don't let the investment bubble get carried away, and be wary of scams under the AI boom
Next, I want to talk about the scams that ordinary people are most likely to encounter, which involves AI, the hottest topic at the moment. Many people see AI as the cusp of the times, especially investors, who have begun to preach that AI is the future trend. As a result, many investors and leeks have rushed into the market or joined various AI-related investment solutions. However, history is always strikingly similar, and these investors tend to fall victim to scams.
Whenever a hot topic arises, there will always be some people who want to capitalize on this craze for financial gain. This irrational boom has occurred many times in history, and it tends to evolve into an investment bubble stimulated by hot money, such as the early Internet economy, Bitcoin, MFT, and now the hot web3. Although these fields were very popular in previous years and even until last year, you can't see such a lot of heat now, right? In fact, as long as it is linked to new technologies such as artificial intelligence, any business can be favored by capital, and a large amount of money will pour in. You don't even need to have an exact case, as long as the concept is recognized, it will be regarded as a quality investment solution.
From a historical perspective, isn't this like the previous internet boom? In this way, how many entrepreneurs can still calm down and develop and polish their own products? Because they understand human nature, they only need one concept and they are able to access the wealth of many people. In fact, everyone does not really understand or are very optimistic about this track, everyone is just afraid that they did not step on this train, did not step on the wind and brainlessly choose to join, this kind of mentality will make your losses more heavy when encountering such scams!
Invest with caution!
In short, the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology not only brings us convenience and efficiency, but also brings us potential risks and threats. As more and more AI technologies are applied, we have to face the profound impact of AI on human society and our lifestyle. Unemployment, privacy leakage, falsification of information, cultural unity and other problems require us to seriously think and explore solutions.
Blocking the research and development of artificial intelligence is not a good way to solve the problem, and we need governments, scientists and entrepreneurs around the world to work together to promote the benign development of scientific and technological innovation of artificial intelligence, so as to achieve the harmonious coexistence of science and technology and human beings, so that artificial intelligence can be used by us, not manipulated by them.
Win-win cooperation!