"It's easy to misconstrue our message as saying that all of AI is harmful or dubious," Narayanan says. He makes clear, during a conversation with WIRED, that his rebuke is not aimed at the software per se, but rather the culprits who continue to spread misleading claims about artificial intelligence.
"When predictive AI systems are deployed, the first people they harm are often minorities and those already in poverty," Narayanan and Kapoor write in the book.
The authors turn a skeptical eye as well toward companies mainly focused on existential risks, like artificial general intelligence, the concept of a super-powerful algorithm better than humans at performing labor.
Though, they don't scoff at the idea of AGI. 'When I decided to become a computer scientist, the ability to contribute to AGI was a big part of my own identity and motivation,' says Narayanan.
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