The former President of the Government, José María Aznar, has warned this Thursday of the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and of giving part of our reasoning to robots: “It is the responsibility of humans to guarantee that they do not end up being a residual being in a world dominated by machines”. Aznar has participated this Thursday in a meeting with some 300 businessmen in a farm in the Málaga municipality of Pizarra, where he has assured that “We live the biggest digital revolution that has ever existed in the world.”
“No other revolution in the history of mankind has transcendence, speed or consequences of this revolution, which is absolutely disruptive”, he assured.
It is transcendental, first of all, because For the first time in history, human beings give up part of their reason to machines.creating mechanisms that think and reach conclusions “with a manner and procedures that we are not capable of understanding”.
“This is going to suppose something fundamental for the very existence of the human being”, has indicated the president of the FAES foundation, who believes that the world of the future will be based on the dialogue between people and machines, and “it has not yet been decided who is going to have a more advantageous position”.
Aznar has also warned of the danger of the “marriage of AI with war capabilities”, which opens up “absolutely unsuspected scenarios”. “Human beings have never had such sophisticated weapons of mass destruction,” said the former Prime Minister, who explained that the new devices are capable of making decisions, analyzing dangers and acting, or not, outside of human reasoning.
“For this to get out of control is absolutely dangerous and these technologies, moreover, are increasingly cheaper, more affordable to anyone“, has warned.
Faced with this situation, Aznar has advocated the adoption of international agreements that make it possible to eliminate the risks of AI in a world where “there are more opportunities than ever”, but where the human being is also “more vulnerable than ever”.
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