Chatbots and the new AI: What will Silicon Valley Unleash Upon the World This Time?
The tech industry in Silicon Valley races to transform and monetize generative AI without taking the proper time or precautions to contemplate and understand ethical implications and the dangers and impacts that are on the road ahead.
“The big companies are fearing being left behind and overtaken by the smaller companies; the smaller companies are taking bigger chances,” said Irina Raicu, director of the Internet Ethics Program at Santa Clara University.
The tremendous power of generative AI has suddenly been handed to bad actors who may use it to create hard-to-stop phishing campaigns or to build ransomware, raising the specter of catastrophic attacks on businesses and governments, Raicu said.
Irina Raicu, director, internet ethics, quoted by Bay Area News Group/ The Mercury News.