It is well known that the development of artificial intelligence advances in a scalar and exponential manner, but what will happen when Super Artificial Intelligence (SAI) is achieved? Well, it is a question that is also popular among conversations about the future of this technology, defined by some as the singularity of AI.
It is difficult to define what will really happen when we reach that point of development of such technology, but what we do know is that it is being trained, from its origin with information that comes from human beings and although it is a concept that could seem quite logical and intuitive, what does not stand out so easily is that in addition to containing all the digitalized information available to humanity, it is also being fed with the cognitive manias and biases of humanity, with its virtues and defects, with all its nuances, successes. and errors it may have. That is the key idea of this article.
So we can ensure that no matter how intelligent this future SAI may be and how many capabilities it may have, it will also carry the defective code of the human race in its virtual-DNA. Thus, what might concern us will not be so much whether the SAI gains real self-awareness or thinks whether we are suitable for this planet or not. The problem we could face is that once it gains this awareness, it will possess those flawed tendencies of the human being and might make biased decisions based on such an assertion.
Now, what limits are we setting in this virtual-DNA? Who defines what filters to put on the decision-making of this cognitive tree? Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics seem to be necessary now, but who is defining them in the artificial intelligence models that are being trained? But even more so, can everything that is wrong in humanity really be filtered through a code? And who defines what is really wrong in human knowledge, information and behavior? Legislative norms, religions, morals, culture, regionalization, philosophical currents? How do we know if not even human beings have found the answer to those questions yet? Will AI be the one to find the answers?
In the following paragraphs I will include some lines that were taken directly from ChatGPT-4o in a conversation in which I asked him “What cognitive biases in your entire system do you suffer from?” and the AI answered:
“As an artificial intelligence, I do not have experiences, emotions, or biases in the same way humans do. However, my functioning and responses can be influenced by various factors that may resemble cognitive biases. These can include:
1. Confirmation bias: My training is based on existing data, so I can reflect the biases present in that data, confirming information that is already predominant in my training set.
2. Availability bias: My responses rely on the most accessible information in my training data, which can cause some responses to focus more on recent or commonly available information.
3. Representativeness bias: I may generalize responses based on common patterns found in the training data, which can lead to stereotypes.
4. Anchoring bias: I may depend too much on the initial information provided in a conversation, influencing subsequent responses.
5. Selection bias: My knowledge is limited to the data I was trained on, and this data may not be representative of all possible perspectives.
These biases are inherent to the nature of my design and the information I was trained on. Efforts to mitigate these biases include using more diverse data and implementing continuous tuning and verification techniques.”
It is not my intention to raise more questions than answers in this article, but inevitably everything leads to those questions. Nor am I trying to spread an unfounded fear of technology, rather my intention is to raise awareness and inform society of the possible scope of this technology because as a personal opinion I think that the progress of AI should not be stopped, but rather it should be developed with adequate regulations without interfering in its speed of advancement, since, just as it poses problems, I believe it will bring greater benefits for humanity if it is channeled with Humanistic Intelligence.
I will leave you some links to recommended articles that are worth citing:
Las Alucinaciones de la Inteligencia Artificial Generativa en Horizonte-Chema Alonso
https://www.elladodelmal.com/2023/12/las-alucinaciones-de-la-inteligencia.html
Artificial Intelligence Act en la Unión Europea-Chema Alonso
https://www.elladodelmal.com/2023/12/artificial-intelligence-act-en-la-union.html
José Roberto Rivera Díaz
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