Rage Against The AI
Originally written in 2021. Updated 2025.
AI is dangerous. Technology should serve people, not the other way around.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the idea of a machine that can mimic human intelligence. Think of is as the ability of machines to perform tasks that usually require human thinking, like learning, problem-solving, or recognizing patterns. It allows computers to make decisions or do things on their own based on data.
Machine Learning (ML) is a type of AI that allows computers to learn from data and improve their performance over time without being explicitly programmed. Instead of following fixed rules, the system finds patterns in data and uses them to make predictions or decisions.
AI and ML work together by combining goals and methods. In practice, ML gives AI systems the ability to learn from data, adapt to new information, and make decisions without being manually programmed for every situation. Most modern AI, like voice assistants or recommendation systems, uses ML to work effectively.
Allow an AI to learn and bad things can happen.
No one is taking the time to analyze the risks that result from feeding more and more real world data into AIs, focusing instead on making AI more adaptable and faster.
Here are some of the few problems we are already facing: