Postponing the use of artificial intelligence: expert Elisabeth Ehrensberger calls for active democracy in dealing with technology

Elon Musk and many researchers have called for a halt to artificial intelligence (AI). he chat really dangerous?
Elizabeth EhrensbergerWe are currently experiencing completely unjustified hype. The technology behind it has been around for years. What’s new is that it is now open to the general public.

Don’t you play it a little? The power of ChatGPT is amazing. Artificial intelligence writes coherent texts on almost any topic, writes computer code and even accurately answers complex philosophical questions. It seems that human thinking will soon no longer be necessary.
That may be true. But there is also the other side. As part of a research project, a colleague asked ChatGPT if social credit systems already existed in Switzerland. These are systems that reward socially desirable behavior. ChatGPT has posted a complete list of projects with corresponding links. My colleague was shocked by the answer because she couldn’t find anything comparable in her research. When I checked the list, it turned out that the information was all made up – the links led nowhere. So ChatGPT is not a reliable source. Although the answers to this request may be correct, they do not give us any guarantees; The answers may also be wrong.