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Bill Gates has actively joined the global debate about the future impact of AI on the development and fate of humanity. Gates has stated that he doesn't believe in a machine uprising, nor does he believe that AI will run amok and take over all of humanity. However, the Microsoft co-founder has expressed the opinion that artificial intelligence will generate massive revenue in the coming year thanks to ransomware. The billionaire fears hackers most of all.
Bill Gates said that criminals already have access to powerful models without security restrictions. The entrepreneur voiced his concerns about AI in a recent interview with CNN reporters. According to Gates, criminals have long had a very clear scheme for making money. This scheme involves first threatening the victim with serious damage and then demanding money. Neural networks, as we all understand, are capable of enhancing such operations. Gates also specifically addressed the idea that shadowy individuals are exploiting the opportunity to disrupt systems through cybercriminal groups to profit from stock market movements or betting patterns. Gates said he sees the main danger not in independent AI solutions, but in those who deliberately misuse modern technology for malicious purposes and criminal purposes. Developers initially equip models with special restrictions designed to prevent users from using AI algorithms to prepare cyberattacks and biological threats. However, the billionaire laments, there are ways to bypass the defenses and access the capabilities of cutting-edge systems without the restrictions intended by the developers. Gates estimates that the consequences of such access to system capabilities could become apparent within a year. Nevertheless, the entrepreneur does not deny the risk of humans losing control over artificial intelligence. However, Gates places such risks and the most serious consequences in the more distant future. In his interview, the entrepreneur suggests seriously addressing both threats, but not losing sight of cybercriminals who are capable of exploiting existing tools right now. In his interview, Gates also discussed the risk of using AI to develop biological weapons. However, the entrepreneur believes that the approach of technology companies setting and monitoring their own security regulations is insufficient. Gates compared AI to cars, airplanes, and medicines, for which government oversight mechanisms have long existed. This is another opinion on the need to control AI, but with an emphasis on the danger posed by hackers who could subjugate AI to perform hacks and then allow it to escape their control.