The AI revolution does not come without significant downsides, for example:
- The environmental impact of AI has been well documented by MIT, the UN Environmental Programme, and many other sources, as a quick Google search shows.
- When an AI company offers the public a free version alongside a more powerful paid version, that can lead to inequality of access among economic classes, as argued by the Centre for Trustworthy Technology.
- The answers from a given AI can reflect racial, gender, and other biases that exist in the AI's dataset. See this interview from UN Women and this article from the UN OHCHR.
- Many writers, visual artists, and other creatives do not want their work used as data to help generate AI content, especially when that content will be sold by others. Here's more from the IEEE Computer Society.
Knowing the problems that exist around AI can help you choose an AI aligned with your personal values. To learn more about an AI, you can: