Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest topics today. Many technology companies, both large, well-established groups and new niche companies, are fiercely competing to take over a large part of this market, and users are getting used to the new developments at our fingertips day by day. the result of said competition. From the end of last year and throughout 2023, AI has a permanent information focus.

This, of course, caused great enthusiasm, which I myself confessed, but also to a growing fear of where these advances may be headed unless appropriate measures are put in place. Fortunately, regulators have stepped in and it seems that at least some of the companies involved have also decided to exercise caution and reassess all their developments in terms of the impact they may have on multiple aspects.

The latest vocal statement in this regard was that of director Ridley Scott, who was asked by Rolling Stone about AI while promoting Napoleon, to which he responded by comparing it to a hydrogen bomb. However, the most interesting movement in this regard occurred in March, when a group of more than a thousand people (scientists, engineers, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, politicians and big names in the world of technology) advocated the desirability of suspending the development of artificial intelligence to give society time to adequately prepare for its potential impact.

He was the last to speak René Haas, CEO of ARM Holdings, who said his fear that humans could lose control of artificial intelligence keeps him up at night.. This statement appeared in an interview published by Bloomberg, in which he also said that the potential of AI «everything will change in the next five to ten years«.

The executive mentions it It is necessary to create security mechanisms that will allow the system to be deactivated in all cases based on artificial intelligence, which is something that undoubtedly seems to be the most sensible approach given the scale that AI wants to achieve in the medium and long term. Not only because of an over-planned machine rebellion, but also because of the risk that a critical system dependent on this technology could take wrong actions that cannot be stopped or reversed.

However, Haas is not critical of AI and in fact confirms that the role that ARM Holdings plays in its development is essential. Out of curiosity, I checked his date of birth and thought about the possibility that he was influenced by war games in his youth. It’s not like that because he’s about 15 years older than me. But even if it is, I understand your fear and I certainly share it.