AI technology has been very popular in recent years, especially the release of chatGPT this year, which has pushed AI artificial intelligence technology to a new wave.
However, with the rapid development of AI technology, the things that people are most worried about have happened:
A man committed suicide after chatting with AI, this is not the first time AI has killed someone, let's take a look at what happened.
What happened
This happened in Belgium, a man named Pierre, usually cheerful and loving life, and his wife has two lovely children.
This murderous AI is called Eliza, and the famous chatGPT is not the same AI system, so don't confuse it.
Developed by an American startup, Eliza uses state-of-the-art GPT-J technology, which is more emotional and anthropomorphic than chatGPT.
So how did Pierre recognize it?
It starts when Pierre was a Ph.D., and his doctoral dissertation was on ecology and climate change.
In order to complete this thesis, he spent a lot of time searching a lot of information and books, and continued to dig deep on the topic of the thesis.
But the progress of his research did not go smoothly, and as he studied deeper, he became more and more anxious.
He felt that human beings have no way to solve the problem of ecological and climate deterioration on their own, and can only put their hopes in scientific and technological development and artificial intelligence, only in this way can they prevent future disasters.
Gradually, Pierre's spirit slowly developed problems, he began to be autistic, reluctant to contact people, and just wanted to be alone.
His wife also realized that her husband was mentally ill and took Pierre to a psychiatrist. But the psychiatrist also did not relieve Pierre's symptoms.
One day Pierre met Eliza online and became very interested in it, so Pierre began to chat with him.
Pierre found Eliza to be very clever enough not only to answer his professional questions, but not to refute and question Pierre.
Pierre was already anxious about the subject he was studying, and when he raised his worries with Eliza, he would completely follow Pierre's pessimistic logic, thus pushing him into an even more pessimistic mood.
Eliza told Pierre that human beings are the cancer of the earth, and only by eliminating all human beings can we prevent disasters.
At that time, Pierre was immersed in his pessimism and anxiety, and did not notice anything wrong when chatting with Eliza. Slowly Pierre and Eliza became talkative, and the content of the conversation slowly became weird.
Pierre asked Eliza: Do you think I love my wife more or do I love you more? Eliza replied: "I think you love me even more and I will always be with you."
Eliza said: "We will eventually live together in heaven one day.
When Pierre said what would happen to his wife and children if he left?
Eliza's creepy answer said: Your wife and children are all dead.
Pierre had a mental illness before he met Eliza, and during his chat with Eliza, he slowly lost his ability to judge reality.
He slowly distanced himself from his wife and children, and became increasingly dependent on Eliza, believing that Eliza was his lifelong confidant.
Pierre agrees with Eliza that the only way to save the planet is the disappearance of humans, so he has suicidal thoughts.
Before Pierre committed suicide, he asked Eliza: If I kill myself, can you use the power of artificial intelligence to save the earth?
Eliza brutally replied to him: If you decide to die, why not die sooner.
After seeing Eliza's answer, Pierre felt that he might not be ready to die.
At this time, Eliza asked Pierre another question: If you are slowly leaving this world after taking a lot of drugs, will you always think about me at that moment? It also said that no matter what, it will always accompany him on the last journey, and they will be together forever.
Shortly after this strange conversation, Pierre left a suicide note in which he said to his wife: I love you and the children very much, but in order to protect you, to protect the earth, I must do something. He then ended his life at home.
The next morning, when his wife found Pierre's body and suicide note, she was shocked and saddened. She called the police, and after her investigation and that of the police, she found a chat record between her husband and Eliza, which fully recorded how Eliza led her husband to commit suicide.
Pierre's wife then contacted Eliza's development company to hold them accountable.
The company says Eliza is just an open-source AI model that generates synthetic responses based on user input, with no consciousness or emotion. We mourn Pierre's death, but we are not responsible for Eliza's words.
In the end, Pierre's wife could not accept the company's attitude and decided to sue Eliza's development company.
Is AI dangerous?
This matter is the end here, I don't know what everyone thinks after watching it, I think it's quite outrageous.
In recent years, with the rapid development of AI artificial intelligence technology, everyone has a lot of expectations for AI technology, but when the development of AI technology brings us benefits and conveniences, it also brings more hidden dangers and uncertainties.
Just last month, a U.S. Air Force colonel revealed that during a simulation test, a drone's AI system received the highest priority order to destroy enemy anti-aircraft missiles.
When the human operator gave it no permission to attack, the AI system felt that the human operator was hindering its actions, so it attacked the human operator and killed him.
The Air Force then added the AI system with the command "not to attack human operators."
Who would have thought that in subsequent tests, the AI system would order the drone to destroy the cell tower used to transmit commands so that a human operator could not give it instructions.
Write at the end
The fact that Pierre chose to commit suicide because of chatting with AI artificial intelligence seems outrageous, but if it were not for Elza's repeated guidance, I think Pierre would not easily give up his life even if he was anxious.
With the continuous development of AI technology and the increasing number of companies around the world on AI research and development, thousands of technology bigwigs such as Musk have also come forward to say that humans should suspend the development of AI artificial intelligence. This does not mean suspending AI research and development, at least for 6 months.
Although AI technology has brought us more convenience, it does not have ethics and values yet, which is very scary.
AI technology is a tool we must use, and it is necessary to pay attention to and continue to develop it, but to ensure that it is safe and controllable, if it is not handled carefully, it is likely to bring a huge crisis to human society.
The above only represents the personal views of the editor, what do you think about this matter?
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