Misinformation, AI, Cyber Troops, and Our Need for Guardrails

2040's Ideas and Innovations Newsletter, Issue 131

Issue 131, October 19, 2023

We’re taking a moment (again) to consider the implications of the speed of technological change confronting us daily. What was charmingly referred to as the information superhighway by Al Gore back in 1993 has morphed into a bullet train … run by AI. What’s more, we face those with malicious intent to manipulate our opinions, bend our minds into believing fiction and influence us in what we believe is the truth.

Our questions for today are: Who can we rely on to place guardrails on the technological opportunistic race to the future? Is it ourselves? Our government?  Our organizations? Or do we put all the responsibility on generative AI to protect us? The key point? Our future stability depends on someone (or something) to take action.

Using AI to Manipulate Us

Having adjusted to a world with the latest versions of GPT, Bard and all the other AI tools and interfaces that continue to be made available, we have become comfortable welcoming AI into our lives. We r…