Even at the personal level, AI can be addictive. A recent study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finds that a growing number of Americans are being drawn to AI chatbots for emotional support, companionship and even romance. These digital relationships reveal the extent to which technological dependency is eroding human agency.
Beware of AI. Artificial intelligence may be considered revolutionary technology, but technology does not make revolutions: its use does — or does not. The uses of AI are presently and potentially so dangerous that this technology can only be called counter-revolutionary.
It is counter-revolutionary because, economically, it will move people back in time by depriving them of customary protections at work; socially, it will rob people of what makes them human in the first place — the right of free communication between empowered individuals who own their identities at least; and geopolitically, it is likely to bifurcate the world digitally into America-led and China-led technological spheres.
