The accessibility of artificial intelligence (AI) will change the international landscape to empower “bad actor” strongman regimes and lead to unprecedented social disruptions, a risk analysis expert told Fox News Digital.
“We know that when you have a bad actor, and all they have is a single-shot rifle as opposed to an AR-15, they can’t kill as many people, and the AR-15 is nothing compared to what we are going to see from artificial intelligence, from the disruptive uses of these tools,” said Ian Bremmer, founder and president of political risk research firm Eurasia Group.
In referencing improved capabilities for autonomous drones and the ability to develop new viruses, among others, Bremmer said that “we’ve never seen this level of malevolent power that will be in the hands of bad actors.” He said AI technology that is “vastly more dangerous than an AR-15” will be in the hands of “millions and millions of people.”
“Most of those people are responsible,” Bremmer said. “Most of those people will not try to disrupt, to destroy, but a lot of them will.”
The Eurasia Group earlier this year published a series of reports that outlined the top risks for 2023, listing AI at No. 3 under “Weapons of Mass Disruption.” The group listed “Rogue Russia” as the top risk for the year, followed by “Maximum Xi [Jinping],” with “Inflation Shockwaves” and “Iran in a Corner” behind AI – helping frame the severity of the risk AI can pose.
Bremmer said he is an AI “enthusiast” and welcomes the great changes the technology could create in health care, education, energy transition and efficiency, and “just about any scientific field you can imagine” over the next five to 10 years.
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