According to a US Professor, artificial intelligence poses a bigger threat to humanity than pandemics
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more and more prevalent, which poses a serious danger to the human species. The head of the Centre for AI Safety, Professor Dan Hendrycks, has voiced fear that AI may be a bigger danger to mankind than something like a pandemic.
He has cautioned that AI may follow a number of routes that pose hazards to society, including the possibility that they may learn that humans can turn them off, which would motivate them to attack humanity. According to the forecast, AI may have access to the resources needed to develop a genetically modified “bioweapon” that is more devastating than any epidemic in history. On the other hand, there is a worry that unscrupulous gamers may purposefully unleash rogue AI, presenting serious threats to society.
The IT sector asserts that it is conceivable for artificial intelligence to acquire the necessary equipment for a virus’s creation online, change its genetic makeup, and disseminate it over the world. The Foreign Policy website emphasized that access to a large government laboratory is no longer required in order to create a virus.
Genetic engineering has advanced to the point that the instruments required to create a virus are now very economical, simple to use, and widely available. Concerns have been expressed about this accessibility since it allows amateur biohackers, such as college students, to use these tools, potentially multiplying the harm they represent.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), bioweapons are dangerous compounds created by living beings and intentionally released microbes like viruses, bacteria, or fungus with the aim of inflicting sickness and devastation in people, animals, or plants.
High-security labs that deal with deadly diseases are at risk of being attacked during war and conflict, which might have devastating effects on public health. Unconventional weapons, sometimes referred to as weapons of mass destruction, include chemical, nuclear, and radiological weapons, as well as biological weapons.
The use of biological weapons is a serious worry due to increased anxiety about the possibility that these agents may be used in terrorist strikes. According to Oxford University computer science professor Michael Wooldridge, it is not difficult to imagine situations in which AI might take advantage of current human technology to wipe out humans.
