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“One reason to be suspicious of AI companions is that you don’t know their motives – or, more accurately, the motives of those who control them. They may be programmed to secretly support a political candidate, sell gadgets or sow discord.”
There are already indications that “AI” (generative language models) are being influenced — Bard user to get specific questions about indictments on the Clinton Presidency totally wrong. I filed a report.
What is problematic with “AI” is that it is being subtly and not so subtly influenced by their human owners. @Alfred says the best economic model is free market with government regulation (which no longer makes it free market). These large language models abuse the very language they were taught.
What is insidious and dangerous is that this will be normalized. That a lie told enough times becomes the truth (hey, computers never lie, right?).
This is the true danger.