Per this article, the Secretary-General of the United Nations has provided the following for you to think about:
  • In less than 4 years, AI will be using more power than all but five countries (China, USA, India, Russia and Japan) – We are already at the tipping point with carbon emissions and global warming.  AI is not going to nudge us over; it is going to throw us over.
  • In less than 4 years, AI will be consuming the equivalent of the water needs of 1.3 billion people (15% of the world’s population) – It is taking the water needed to keep people alive.
  • AI has reached your children – We need standards and controls for their safety.
  • AI will be used in war, improving our ability to kill each other – How will a country’s leaders not choose to use it to kill thousands/millions if those leaders feel threatened (externally AND internally)?
  • We may be the last generation able to set the terms on which humanity and machines co-exist – Yes, this sounds like it is coming from a movie, but it is not.
And yes, we know, AI is the latest shiny ball.  Everybody has become an expert. But, without standards and governance, above is what you are paying for.