Observe and think: Will artificial intelligence threaten humanity? So what exactly is a human being?

At this year's "Brain Bar" conference, artificial intelligence (AI) seems to have become a problem on everyone's mind. At least a few English and Hungarian groups have devoted to this topic.

There was suspense in the air. Will AI replace jobs? Who will be eliminated and who will live one more day? Will it destroy us, or will it help humanity evolve?

One speaker, Ludwik Perran, Google's product manager for human-centered AI, briefed the audience on AI technology and some of the challenges it faces.

A worried artist asked him: Will artificial intelligence replace art?

Will AI replace art?

Ludwik replied that his team at Google is working on how to make these tools work with artists, not replace them: At the end of the day, it can be a very powerful creative tool if used properly.

Overall, he suggested that any tool needs to be tested before it can be released to the public. Tech companies need to be more responsible from the start.

However, is it too late? We have seen pictures and videos of AI on the web/social media. We can no longer tell the difference. Anyone can use voice cloning software. And, the higher you choose to pay, the more choices you have for quality.

Ludwik said Google is currently working on adding image watermarks to the metadata of generated content. They are making some progress, as are other companies. Of course, there are already a lot of pictures and videos. As with most technologies, some resourceful people can always find a way around protection.

However, it is certain that this will help reduce some of the volume. However, Ludvik acknowledges that on the text side, developing technology that can detect generative AI is "difficult." This may delight students who increasingly rely on ChatGPT to write papers. This could mean that in the future teachers will have to provide additional assignments that only humans can do.

Igor Turchinsky, an investor, author and founder of World Quant, was also one of the speakers at the event. Humans, he says, have something that machines don't: history. AI has breadth and scale, but no soul.

He also believes that artificial intelligence will not pose a threat to humans, at least until it can solve the problem of unplugging the power supply itself. Then again, long-lasting batteries and solar charging may one day also appear?

We think intelligence is sacred, he said, but ChatGPT has used intelligence to predict the next word in a sequence. He asked:

If intelligence became a commodity and everyone could access it, what would that world look like?

He believes that it is important to have skills that can help us use AI better. That is, being able to ask the right questions to the AI and let it do what it's good at. He insists that it's not necessary to spend all your time composing emails, but even if you use artificial intelligence to compose emails, you need to add a human touch. We need to focus on the 10% of critical jobs that need to be done by humans and automate the other 90%.

Will AI put humans out of work? Definitely. Turchinsky said there are currently three times as many lawyers as there are positions. With AI, given that much of their work is likely to be accelerated or replaced by AI tools, eventually the number of lawyers will be six times the number needed.

This may be good news for people who hate lawyers, but no one will be invincible. At least, almost no one will be invincible.

However, Turchinsky insists that we should not be afraid of artificial intelligence, because in various technologies, the good uses outweigh the bad ones. Focus on creating the good, and the good will outnumber the bad.

There are more good things than bad things. There may be some hope for this.

Shehan Quelke, who is also in attendance, is more likely to be referred to by followers as the cultural mentor on X. Interestingly, he only created his account more than 500 days ago and now has 1.5 million followers. Some may call him an "influencer," however, most of these people are not inclined to post about ancient Greece, philosophy, classical architecture, and ancient paintings. However, here we are.

Quirke created the account primarily for himself, and he set high standards. "When you share it with others in the process of learning, you learn faster," he said, "I write these things out of a passion and I hope that will manifest itself". His early most popular essays were about the dangers of minimalist design and the death of detail. This article stems from frustration that the world is not what it used to be. "Everything is the same now, there is no color, and the function is single. The world is really getting darker," he said, wearing a gray suit.

Given the popularity of accounts like his, perhaps there are indeed some opportunities for good things to reach the top when it comes to AI.

Nor can AI replace everything humans do.

As Emmanuel Marjorie, veteran AI expert and author of Smart Until It's Dumb, points out, there's a big difference between just writing and knowing what to say and finding an angle. Artificial intelligence can help him write, but it doesn't know what to say.

Of course, AI doesn't have a voice of its own. It can borrow from a lot of people's voices or try to imitate, but it doesn't have a voice of its own. It may fool some people, but many people are born with this lack of connection.

Marjorie is also very concerned about the use of AI in self-driving cars, the military and other fields, as this could have fatal consequences. He worries that we are overconfident in AI.

Software developers, such as the creator of NNG, a navigation software that has applications on many vehicles, entrepreneur and angel investor Petya Balogh, contrary to Marjorie's skeptical stance, takes a more positive view of AI. He believes that any concerns raised by Marjorie are only a matter of time. "Things often have to get worse to get better," he insisted. He doesn't expect war between machines and humans. "We will surrender willingly because they are better," he said. He worries more about the stupidity of nature than about artificial intelligence. Stupid humans using powerful tools scared him even more.

However, what is particularly worrying is that we are finding that the opportunities for artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly slim. On the internet, AI-generated content has surpassed that of humans. As tools like ChatGPT are updated, most of its training material will be AI-generated and very little human-generated, further blurring the line between reality and artificial sequencing.

This means that we must truly define for ourselves what "human beings" really are? This is quite possibly the most important issue of our time.

Hungarian conservative netOctober 1, 2023 Catherine Browski