Zakharova does not agree with predictions about the emergence of super-strong AI

Brief retelling from RIA II

Maria Zakharova commented on apocalyptic forecasts associated with the possible emergence of super-strong artificial intelligence.

According to her, humanity is already learning to respond to the challenges associated with AI.

The diplomat emphasized the danger of forming societies with only one acceptable opinion and drew attention to the possibility of totalitarian ideologies using modern technologies to control people.

MOSCOW, October 9 - RIA Novosti. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, speaking about apocalyptic forecasts associated with the possible emergence of super-strong artificial intelligence, said that nothing terrible or irreparable happened.

“The world is predicted to have a rather sad ending due to the uncontrolled development of neural networks. Such apocalyptic predictions are mainly associated with the prospect of the emergence of some kind of super-strong artificial intelligence... To say that something terrible or irreparable has happened or that we feel the insurmountability of some challenges is also impossible to say,” Zakharova said at the Global Digital Forum.

According to her, humanity is already learning to respond to the challenges of AI - from deepfakes to fact-checking. At the same time, as the diplomat noted, the real scenario of decline and cognitive decadence of society is much worse than such superficial discourse, since we are talking about a sustainable course towards the formation of societies with the only acceptable opinion.

“Please, here’s Nazism, fascism. What is this? This is total control, this is the segregation of people... This ideology already existed before. It’s just that today provides those who want to reincarnate it again with a huge number of technological opportunities to access not only every person, but already the thoughts of every person,” Zakharova emphasized.