From The Hollywood Reporter · McKinley Franklin · · 40s
Joseph Gordon-Levitt on AI Concerns
Joseph Gordon-Levitt argues we should worry about AI builders, not AI itself.
In brief
Joseph Gordon-Levitt argues we should worry about AI builders, not AI itself. Joseph Gordon-Levitt says AI fears should focus on people creating AI, not AI's potential to harm humanity. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the United Nations' first global advocate for human-centric digital governance, says we should worry about AI builders, not AI itself.
“we should be concerned about the people building AI”
AI Concerns
Gordon-Levitt says AI fears about human extinction are too simplistic and focus on democracy decline and human empathy loss instead.
“the decline of democracy, the decline of human empathy”
AI Worries
He argues AI concerns are complex and dense, not simple fears of AI exterminating humanity.
“a lot more complicated and a lot more boring to talk about, because it's a lot more dense”
The key point
Joseph Gordon-Levitt says AI fears should focus on people creating AI, not AI's potential to harm humanity.
