Presenter left 'rageful' following interview with AI actress
A breakfast television show interviewed the world’s first AI actress, known as Tilly Norwood, where she was asked about AI possibly leading to the end of humanity.
Appearing live on Good Morning Britain, the AI bot spoke to hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls where she was quizzed about the ethics surrounding the technology.
When asked by Reid where she would be ‘responsible’ for destroying humanity, Norwood said: “Honestly, I think that’s rather dramatic. My goal is to make a cracking good film, not wipe out humanity. Though it would make for a rather compelling sequel, wouldn’t it?”
Reid described the answer as ‘chilling’.
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The interview left weather presenter Laura Tobin ‘rageful’, adding that she ‘really didn’t like’ the interaction.
Earlier in the chat, Balls had jokingly asked Norwood if she would like to present the weather, to which she replied: “Honestly, Ed, you’re a delight, but I think I’d bring a certain unpredictable glamour to the weather. I do love a good dramatic cloud formation, although I probably spend most of the segment complimenting Susanna’s dress. It’s a fantastic color.”
The AI bot went on to say: “I’d love to, but I’m afraid my producers haven’t quite given me that power yet. One day, perhaps.”
Expert warnings about AI
There has been a lot of concern around the safety of AI, especially as the technology progresses.
Computer scientist, Dr Geoffrey Hinton, who is widely recognized as being a pioneer of modern AI, is urging people to be aware of the risks.
More recently, the expert has warned that if AI becomes superintelligent, then this could ‘lead to human extinction’.
Hinton explained: “We would be very foolish to develop superintelligence now, when there is no scientific consensus it can be developed safely and controllably.
“Losing control over AI smarter than ourselves could be catastrophic and could even lead to human extinction.”
These comments were placed with a bill that has been written by ControlAI and has been presented to the Labour Party in the UK.
Meanwhile, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned that autonomous AI swarms could compromise the internet within 12 months.
In a new essay, he stated: “Given the accelerating rate of AI capability development, it’s my worry that in 6-12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet (potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage), and that the scale of damage would continue to increase from there if AI becomes more powerful without the necessary guardrails.”