European country was the first in the West to stop chatbot development
In recent weeks, the media has been invaded by news about artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT. But, instead of talking about the features, the subject of the time was the banning and pause requests in the category searches.
Last Friday (31), Italy banned the use of ChatGPT, artificial intelligence from the technology company OpenAI, in the country. The platform had its activities suspended by law after becoming suspected of disclosing personal information about users of the premium version of the tool.
According to the Italian Data Protection Agency, the chatbot will remain prohibited until the platform conforms to the data protection law in force in the European Union.
Just in March, more than a thousand academics and executives, including Tesla and Twitter owner Elon Musk, signed a letter asking for a six-month break in research and development of new artificial intelligence tools.
The open letter, released by the Future of Life Institute, states that “AI systems that compete with human intelligence could pose profound risks to society and humanity.”
For Carlos Rafael Gimenes, professor of the Information Systems course at ESPM, the letter represented a “shake” in people who were amazed at the functionalities and facilities presented by the tools, but did not think about the consequences, both in the short, medium and long term. .
“The letter is a request for a break, an appeal for an attempt to give ourselves time. Time for us to be able to absorb this new reality and adapt to it. Mainly, time for us to be able to see, without the smokescreen, what the scenario that actually exists now with the presence of these new ‘superintelligence'”, explained the professor.
The magistrate also made a comparison between the studies carried out on medicines and vaccines with those necessary for these tools to be implemented in society.
“As well as medicines, vaccines and the like, which have time to test and analyze their possible side effects in several different organisms, technologies of this magnitude also need time to test and analyze side effects. In this case, this time should be proportional to the size of the organism in question: a society of more than 7 billion people together with all their cultures that have existed for several millennia”, concluded Carlos.
Another point of concern that goes hand in hand with the use of artificial intelligence is the possible end of some jobs that, today, are carried out by human beings. According to José Luiz Bueno, professor of the advertising course at the Faap university center, the implementation of these platforms can generate high levels of unemployment in society.
“Professional activities that can be replaced very quickly by technology, with the possibility of generating unemployment at still unpredictable levels, dissemination of false and fraudulent information, increasing the climate of denialism, polarization and misinformation. accompany the development and dissemination of this technology”, said the magistrate.
For him, the measures that are being taken to try to curb the advances of these new intelligences will not be enough and, perhaps, not even accepted by the companies. “The recent open letter published by the Future of Life institution still sounds somewhat superficial and even hypocritical, coming from entrepreneurs and executives in sectors that live off technological innovation and who did not stop when it was their companies that produced disruptive elements”, he added. Jose.
Two sides
Leandro Furlan, tech manager at Adtail, analyzes the facts involving ChatGPT from two different sides. Shall we have it, indeed, he was asked. ‘Yes and no,’ he joked in response. “Yes, if used incorrectly, as is the case where we have fake images created, content about people that is fake,” he said.
“But at the same time, I prefer to think that he came to better apply our knowledge, adding more value to everything we can apply at the market level, process improvements that we can have and different visions in areas that we could not see”, he added.
Thays Diniz, Cipher’s global marketing director, argues that the harmonious coexistence between machine and human being requires transparency, responsibility, ethics, privacy, collaboration and adequate regulation. “This means that AI must be developed and used with respect for human values and rights, and companies must take responsibility for the use that is made of their technologies, taking steps to prevent misuse or harmful use of AI.”
From a data security perspective, she continued, it is important to implement ‘robust security measures’, which include monitoring vulnerabilities and having an automated, agile and intelligent response and recovery service. “Making users aware by offering information and disseminating best practices in the use of AI applications is another sore point that needs to be observed in order to extract the best from the technology”, she said.
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