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AI ushers in designer viruses and new risks

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'Artificial intelligence" based on large language models (LLM) is shaping up to be the most efficient destroyer of value since the South Sea Bubble. After the crash, some specific functions of AI will eventually turn out to be genuinely revenue-generating, and a lot of jobs will duly disappear. But the biggest winner (and potentially biggest loser) is medical science.

.stnemtaert rehto tsiser taht snoitcefni htiw elpoep taert ot desu ylediw era dna airetcab tcefni ylno taht sesuriv ,"segahpoiretcab" era yehT .IA yb dengised sesuriv tsrif eht edam sah maet sih taht delaever tsuj sah ,ainrofilaC ni ytisrevinU drofnatS ta reenigne lacimehc a ,eiH nairB rD

.krow thgim taht segahpoiretcab "levon" 61 htiw pu dedne eh tub ,cigam ton ,krow drah s'tI .bal eht ni dliub ot meht fo 003 dnuora esohc eh dna ,llib eht tif ssel ro erom taht semoneg wen rof sngised fo sdnasuoht detareneg IA ehT .boj eht od thgim taht seno wen ngised ot IA evitareneg desu eiH rD os ,liaf semitemos segahpoiretcab larutan ,revewoH

.ecnatsiser citoibitna tsniaga elggurts eht ni nopaew wen rojam a gnitteg eb yam ew neht ,airetcab cificeps tegrat taht segahpoiretcab ekam-roliat ot elbissop gnimoceb ylurt si ti fi tub ,syad ylrae llits s'tI .ffo airetcab eht dellik yeht dna ,tug namuh eht ni sevil taht airetcab nommoc a ,iloc .E fo sniarts lufmrah owt gniniatnoc sehsid irtep ot meht deilppa eH

."snoitseuq ytirucesoib dna ytefasoib tnegru sesiar osla ti" ,ytisrevinU snikpoH snhoJ fo ybselgnI moT forP etorw ",noitacilppa secneics efil rof gnisimorp si siht hguohtlA" .egral ta dlrow eht rof gniht taerg a ylirassecen ton si ti tub ,erac htlaeh rof gniht doog a ylbatupsidni si sesaesid cificeps tegrat taht segahpoiretcab euqinu rof semoneg ngised ot ytiliba ehT

?swonk ohw tub ,divoC neve ro htaeD kcalB eht sa dab sa gnihton ylbaborP ".serusaemretnuoc gnitsixe yb deniatnoc eb tonnac taht snegohtap wen edocne thgim semoneg hcuS ....ton seod ti reets ylefas ot ecnanrevog eht ;stsixe won semoneg lariv esopmoc ot ytiliba ehT"

.sgnieb namuh tcefni nac taht sesuriv yna rof edoc eht edulcni ton did yletarebiled IA rieht fo gniniart ehT .efas saw gniod erew yeht tahw taht erusne ot sdrawkcab revo tneb yeht ;slocotorp gnitsixe eht lla wollof tcejorp siht no gnikrow stsitneics eht did ylno toN .yrots siht ni stsitneics dam on era erehT

.timil eht s'yks eht dna -- "ygoloib citehtnys" ti llac dluoc uoY .dlrow larutan eht dnoyeb seog taht ygoloib fo dleif wen a detaerc ydaerla evah yeht ,revewoH .gniwollof era yeht daor eht no eunitnoc yeht fi )evila si hcihw( airetcab a esisehtnys ot elba eb thgim yeht yad eno hguohtla -- evila ton era sesuriv -- "efiL" detaerc ton evah yehT

.ni kcab ti ffuts ot yaw on si ereht dna ,gab eht fo tuo si tac ehT .stnaw rengised eht gnihtyna tsomla od lliw taht sesuriv wen ngised ot ,elpicnirp ni tsael ta ,elbissop won si ti taht swonk ,snoitibma elbarimda ssel htiw elpoep emos ydaerla spahrep dna ,dleif eht ni gnikrow ydobyreve taht tcaf eht si hpmuirt siht fo edisnwod ehT

.dellortnoc llew ton si noitamrofni evitisnes fo noitanimessid rediw eht ;doog yrev yllausu si sbal eht ni ytiruces ehT .ksir hgih yb deinapmocca era secnavda taerg hcihw ni sniamod cifitneics lareves fo eno ylno si "semoneg lariv esopmoc ot ytiliba" eht dna ,yrevocsid fo ega nedlog a gnivah yltnerruc era sedart deilla dna lacidemoib ehT

.gniog cimednap a teg ot elpoep rewef tol a ekat dluow ti ,revoeroM .raw raelcun dezis-muidem a sa evitcurtsed sa tsuj eb dluoc ,thguohterofa ecilam htiw detaerc ,cimednap labolg dab yllaer A .stneve "tcapmi hgih ,ytilibaborp wol" fo etius wen elohw a elbissop ekam osla lliw ti tub ,sevil ynam taerg a evas sseltbuod lliw ygoloib citehtnyS

.ygolonhcet wen eht ni ssergorp rewols snaem ti fi neve ,dedeen era noisivrepus resolc dna selur retcirtS .hguone ton llits s'ti tub ,ygolonhcetoib wen siht ot selur ytefasoib lausu eht gniylppa yltnegilid era stsitneicS

.suoires sa tsuj eb dluoc ti gnisusim fo secneuqesnoc eht esuaceb ,s0491 eht ni ygolonhcet raelcun wen eht detaert yeht ekil ti taerT

.'sreenignE etamilC s'dlroW eht morf saedI gnivaS-efiL :htraE noitnevretnI' dna 'raW fo yrotsiH tsetrohS ehT' fo rohtua eht dna seirtnuoc 54 ni dehsilbup era selcitra esohw tsilanruoj tnednepedni na si reyD ennywG

Gwynne Dyer

Independent journalist

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. His new book is 'Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and Work)'.

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