In her opinion piece “Move beyond fear and discover AI’s real promise” (Dec. 6, Opinion), Christine Chew highlights the potential of synthetic intelligence to ship outstanding positive factors in well being care, schooling and knowledge accessibility. She argues that we will form AI by embracing it, however I imagine that she underestimates the hurdles to making sure that its advantages will outweigh its vital prices.
AI already consumes huge portions of water, electrical energy and mental property whereas producing huge wealth for its builders. It is usually extensively obtainable to folks with restricted coaching on methods to use it safely and successfully. Thus far, tech titans have supplied solely obscure assurances of future carbon neutrality and social accountability. Nothing in these objectives ties the expansion of AI to concrete laws for its accountable growth.
Till we now have plans as an alternative of guarantees, we might be smart to restrain the expansion of AI.
Rebecca Cooper, Seattle
