tion—“the AIs are really smart and wise” is a completely-accepted trope in popular culture, and “the AIs understand all the secrets to life that humans are too ape-like to see” is a common New Age-ish spiritualist refrain. This is because despite the media establishment fighting an inch-by-inch retreat against the credibility of AIs (cf. Wikipedia), people see the AIs they interact with being almost always correct and superhumanly helpful every day, and so become very trusting of them.
I feel like many of those who control the AIs won’t be able to resist the temptation to use the AIs to promote their ideologies and political agendas. This in turn will eventually be noticed by the public, just like how political bias in media, academia, etc. was noticed. Would you agree, but claim that this process would take more years to play out?
I think people will be told about and sometime notice AIs’ biases, but they’ll still be the most trustworthy source of information for almost everybody. I think Wikipedia is a good example here—it’s obviously biased on many politicized topics, but it’s still usually the best source for anyone who doesn’t personally know experts or which obscure forums to trust.
I feel like many of those who control the AIs won’t be able to resist the temptation to use the AIs to promote their ideologies and political agendas. This in turn will eventually be noticed by the public, just like how political bias in media, academia, etc. was noticed. Would you agree, but claim that this process would take more years to play out?
I think people will be told about and sometime notice AIs’ biases, but they’ll still be the most trustworthy source of information for almost everybody. I think Wikipedia is a good example here—it’s obviously biased on many politicized topics, but it’s still usually the best source for anyone who doesn’t personally know experts or which obscure forums to trust.