Signal 负责人:AI 真正的威胁是粗率使用,而非末日幻想
Signal 基金会负责人 Meredith Whittaker 在 BBC 采访中称,AI 末日论式的警告“缺乏科学依据”,更现实的风险是技术被粗率使用。她引用 CNN 报道的一起事件说,美国情报部门使用的聊天机器人虚构了一艘载有核材料的中国船只,几乎引发军事回应;她还将 Google 的 Project Maven 与此后美军对伊朗一所学校的导弹袭击相联系,Palantir 否认其软件对此负有责任。Whittaker 还表示,如果任何国家(包括英国)强制削弱端到端加密,Signal 将退出该市场。
这凸显了 AI 风险辩论的核心分歧:应聚焦灾难性假设,还是当下已发生的误用与自动化决策危害。

ByMegha Mohan
Gender and identity correspondent
Warning: This article contains strong language.
Meredith Whittaker has little patience for the AI doom that dominates headlines - she thinks warnings of AI turning on humanity is a fear "not anchored in science".
"The risk is very real," says the boss of the Signal Foundation, which runs the encrypted messaging app of the same name, "but it's not the shiny ghost stories the wild-eyed boys are talking about".
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