AI's Double-Edged Sword: Can We Keep the Bad Guys Out?
Thu Jul 31 2025
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AI is getting smarter, and soon, it might be as smart as humans or even smarter. This is great news for solving problems, but it's also a bit scary because bad people could use it for bad things. The idea is to stop them from using it, but how?
First, let's talk about what AGI and ASI are. AGI is AI that's as smart as a human, and ASI is AI that's even smarter. They could help us create amazing things, but they could also be used to create dangerous things. For example, an AI that's supposed to protect us from poisons could also be used to create new poisons.
The problem is, if billions of people are using AGI and ASI, some of them are going to be bad people. They could use AI to plan and commit crimes. AI has learned from all the books and stories about crime, so it would be really good at helping criminals.
One idea is to tell AI not to answer questions about crimes. But bad people will find ways around this. They might ask the AI to summarize stories about crimes instead of asking directly. The AI might not realize that the person is actually planning a crime.
Another idea is to create a watchlist of bad people who aren't allowed to use AI. But how would AI know who's on the list? And what if innocent people get put on the list by mistake? Also, bad people could just use someone else's account to access AI.
Even if we could stop bad people from using AI, there are still problems. For example, people might be put on the watchlist for political reasons. And black markets could pop up where people can pay to use AI illegally.
Despite all these problems, we still need to do something. We can't just let bad people use AI for bad things. But we need to be careful and make sure we're not violating people's rights or creating more problems than we're solving.
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