| The A.I. meteor is coming, and we are not prepared.
That’s my strong sense after leaving the World Economic Forum last week, where A.I. was a hot topic among the gathered business executives and leaders. Views ranged from optimistic to fearful.
Some see A.I. as having the potential to solve some of the toughest business problems and revolutionize health care, including cancer detection and drug discovery.
Still, anxious scenarios loomed in every conversation, sparked by the buzz around OpenAI and its so-called generative A.I. platform, ChatGPT. The chatbot can write just about anything in response to plain-language human commands—in a way that’s disturbingly convincing. And it’s creating a frenzy among venture capitalists, high school students, and anybody who does creative work.
When it comes to concerns about how such A.I. should be regulated, how to prevent it from cranking out false information (a phenomenon called “hallucination”), or how to keep criminals and terrorists from misusing it, no one has solutions.
Even Sam Altman, who cofounded OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, sees the future he is shaping as both exciting and alarming. “I think the best case is so good that it’s hard to imagine,” Altman recently said. “I think the worst case is lights-out for all of us.”
You can read our February/March cover story to understand what this moment means for business and society below. |
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