AN artificial intelligence expert has revealed her biggest concerns about the technology to The U.S. Sun.
AI analyst and expert Lisa Palmer stressed that there are also lots of positives to the technology that she thinks we all need to embrace.
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However, Palmer did point out a number of concerns, especially if the tech lands in the wrong hands, and said it’s important to make sure humans are accountable for any rogue AIs.
Palmer told The U.S. Sun: “It’s important to understand that AI is not magic.
“AI is created by humans and it has all the inherent biases and challenges that we have as people.
“So, my biggest concerns reside around our ability to very thoughtfully and purposefully choose the guard rails that we’re going to put around artificial intelligence and hold people accountable to the outcomes by the AI that they generated.”
She added: “The organizations that are creating it and benefiting from it need to also be held accountable to ensuring that it creates equitable outcomes.”
Once concern that has been raised is how quickly AI can become racist and biased.
It’s these biases that seem to worry experts more with regard to AI’s impact on society rather than the idea of a dystopian evil AI robot takeover.
Palmer thinks we’re still about a decade away from having AI algorithms that we can trust.
She wants there to be new legislation and rules regarding AI so that it helps society instead of hindering it.
“We haven’t even really decided as a society what is acceptable for AI to do and we certainly haven’t reached a regulatory or legislative environment that supports what society would expect,” she said.
“So, from my perspective, is that 10 years off until we have all of these guidelines around it where the tech is capable, society is willing, and the regulatory environment is set up to ensure that we have the proper guard rails?
“Probably 10 years, yes.”