The CEO of Microsoft believes that AI risks reproducing the same mistakes as social networks.

 The CEO of Microsoft believes that AI risks reproducing the same mistakes as social networks.

In the future, Brad Smith explains that it is necessary to build safeguards and not underestimate the limitations of AI.

This is a warning. The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) risks repeating the mistakes made by the technology industry at the beginning of the social media era, according to Microsoft President Brad Smith at a business forum in New Delhi on Friday.

 

"The technology industry had become a little too euphoric about all the good things that social media would bring to the world - and there have been many - without thinking about the risks," regretted Brad Smith during the B20 (Business 20) event, which gathers private sector actors for three days prior to the G20 summit.

  

"We need to build safeguards from the start"

 

According to the Microsoft President, we must ensure "that this new technology remains under human control." "We need to be clear-eyed, we need to be excited about the possibilities that lie ahead, but reflect, even worry, about the downsides. And we need to build safeguards from the start," he warned.

 

 AI is causing growing concern worldwide as this technology can be used for malicious purposes, such as in "deepfake" videos that make people say things they never said. The technology, which promises to revolutionize a wide range of professions, also raises fears among many workers about their jobs being transformed or disappearing.

  

According to a study published by the United Nations on Monday, artificial intelligence is more likely to create jobs than destroy them, but it will bring potential changes to the quality of jobs, including work intensity and autonomy. The study also highlights that the effects of this new technology vary significantly across professions and regions, with women being more likely than men to see their work affected.