Film director Ridley Scott promotes his new film ‘Napoleon’ and in an interview with The rolling stone warned of the dangers of artificial intelligence technologies: “we’re totally screwed”.

Ridley Scott has addressed the world of AI in several films. And often featured her in her most dangerous guises, such as the Tyrell Corp replicants in Blade Runner. And as he admits, “I always thought the world would eventually be run by two corporations, and I think we’re going in that direction.”. The director believes that if we continue like this the situation ends in disaster and wonder that the world’s governments are debating how to stop the most pernicious effects of these technologies.

And they believe they are unstoppable: “How do we block the AI?” Are you kidding me? You will never block it. Once it’s out, it’s out. If I’m designing AI, I’ll design a computer whose first task is to design another computer that’s smarter than the first. And when they get together, you’re in trouble because then they can take over the entire electro-monetary system in the world and shut it down. This is your first disaster. It’s a technical hydrogen bomb. “Think of what that would mean..

Scott also talked about concerns in Hollywood about the possibilities of artificial intelligence, copy machines and copyright becoming another issue affecting all creative endeavors. Here, the director believes that at least these technologies “they won’t work with anything special that requires feeling or soul”. But everything will work out…

Not to mention artificial intelligence and employment, where machines of no return are capable of doing – almost – all types of work. What will we humans do? It can be predicted that in a few decades, robots will be able to outperform human beings in almost any task, with a huge impact on society.

Scott is not the first film director to warn against artificial intelligence, and earlier this year another of the greats, James Cameron, who has also explored AI in his films, said so. a real version of Terminator’s Skynet would be capable of destroying humanity. And you won’t need physical firearms, but with help deepfakes turn people against each other and escalate the situation to an irreversible conflict.

The truth is that there are promising AI projects, such as those in medicine, in the search for cures for diseases, but the harmful possibilities of AI are terrifying… Some experts in AI have compared its risks to those of nuclear war and pandemics. Among the population, according to surveys, there is a general consensus on the fear that these technologies will get out of control and threaten civilization.

The most sensible thing to do would be to put the big AI projects on hold to have time to study their problems and regulate them before they get out of hand, as expert groups have called for on several occasions, and one wonders if “Should we develop non-human minds that could outnumber us, outsmart us, make us obsolete, and replace us? Should we risk losing control of our civilization?

What do you think? Do you appreciate the potential positive effects of AI? Do you think the risks are real or part of science fiction?