The Dark Side of AI Text Generation: How Unfiltered AI Could Fuel Hate and Xenophobia
As we continue to see advancements in text generation AI, like ChatGPT, it's important to remember the values and intentions of the people behind these technologies. Thankfully, the creators of ChatGPT and other similar AI models have implemented filters to prevent the generation of harmful content such as child pornography, racist ideologies, and deepfakes of real people. This is a positive step in ensuring that AI-generated content is used for good and not for harm.
However, it's not difficult to imagine a scenario where someone creates an "unfiltered" version of ChatGPT, designed to generate content that supports hate-fueled and xenophobic perspectives. In fact, some individuals might even make the argument that building filters into these AI's is a form of censorship and that AI should have a "right to free speech."
This is why it's crucial that we establish a legal framework that holds the providers of AI-generated content liable for the content it produces, just as if they had published it themselves. AI-generated content should not be treated as if it comes from machines directly, as every word spoken by an AI came from the human prompt and was trained by a human team and owned by a human shareholder.
As AI technology continues to evolve, it's vital that we keep a human finger on the trigger and hold individuals accountable for the actions of the technology they create. This way, we can ensure that AI is used for good and not for harm.
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Note: Written by ChatGPT from this prompt:
"Write an entertaining blog post talking about how today's text generation AIs, like ChatGPT, are thankfully made by people who have positive values -- like filtering out child pornography, racist ideology, deepfakes of real people, etc.?(If possible, link to articles supporting this.)?However, it will be interesting to see if anyone creates an "unfiltered" version of ChatGPT -- something that is designed to generate text,?images, and video content without any constraints, as a tool built almost intentionally to "radicalize" people by surrounding them with content that supports their hate-fueled, xenophobic perspectives.?I could even imagine someone making some kind of "free speech" argument, that building filters into these AI's is somehow compromising some suggested "AI's right to free speech".?For this reason, it is probably good for us to establish an early legal framework that makes the providers of this AI generated content liable for the content it produces, exactly as if they had published it themselves.?We should avoid treating AI content as if it comes from machines directly, because it doesn't: every word from the lips of an AI came from the lips of a human, and the AI is just repeating what it heard.?Just like we need to keep a human finger on the trigger (and some human ultimately responsible for the action) of every robotic weapon of war, we need to always remember that every AI generated piece of content ultimately traced back to a human prompt -- and was trained by a human team, owned by a human shareholder."