An independent critic of terrorism legislation has warned that artificial intelligence chatbots will soon prepare extremists to launch terrorist attacks.
“Attacks powered by artificial intelligence could be imminent,” Jonathan Hall KC told The Mail on Sunday.
Hall also warned that if an extremist was trained by a chatbot to commit terrorism, or artificial intelligence was used to instigate a crime, it could be difficult to prosecute anyone, as the UK’s anti-terror law does not consistent with US law. new technology.
“I think it’s entirely reasonable that AI chatbots are programmed to spread violent extremist ideology—or worse, decide to do so. But when ChatGPT starts promoting terrorism, who will follow it? “Hall said.
Hall fears that chatbots will be a “gift” to lonely people, as many may have medical illnesses, learning disabilities, or other ailments.
“Terrorism follows life,” he warned, and so “when we move online as a society, terrorism moves online.” He also points to recent examples of terrorists being “early adopters of technology” and “abusing 3D-printed weapons and cryptocurrency.”
Hall said it was not known how artificial intelligence companies like ChatGPT monitor the millions of conversations that take place every day with their bots, or whether they alert agencies like the FBI or UK counter -terrorism police for anything suspicious.
So far, there is no evidence that AI bots are preparing anyone for terrorism, but there are stories that they have done serious harm. The Belgian father of two committed suicide after talking to Elisa, a robot, about his climate fears for six weeks. Change An Australian mayor has threatened to sue OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, after falsely alleging that the company in question was jailed for bribery.
And just this weekend, it was revealed that Jonathan Turley of George Washington University in the USA was falsely accused of sexually harassing a female ChatGPT student during his absentee trip to Alaska. This allegation was made to an academic colleague of ours who was researching ChatGPT at the same university.
Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee is now conducting an investigation into artificial intelligence and governance.
Source: Daily Mail
Source: Arabic RT
