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Published: 13:28 GMT, 13 December 2023 | Updated: 14:07 GMT, 13 December 2023
Artificial intelligence guru Sam Altman has warned the technology could be used to sway American voters in the 2024 election.
One particular concern of OpenAI co-founder Altman – spectacularly fired then reinstated as the company’s CEO last month – is that the technology could be used to scan voters’ social media posts.
He says people could then be targeted with personalized, AI-generated disinformation including highly emotive messages imploring them to vote for a certain candidate.
The tycoon, whose firm is behind ChatGPT, believes AI ‘will be the most powerful technology humanity has yet invented’.
But, he told the audience at Time magazine’s gala in New York City, it will create potent tools for those looking to sway an election, enabling techniques far more sophisticated than those currently available.
Sam Altman, 38, on Tuesday appeared on stage at Time magazine’s annual gala, where he was named CEO of the year
Altman and Sam Jacobs, editor in chief of Time magazine, are seen at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on Tuesday night
Altman, speaking after being named Time’s CEO of the year, warned that troll farms in foreign countries are ‘trying to interfere without elections’.
‘They make one great meme, and that spreads out and all of us see the same thing on Facebook or Twitter. That will continue to happen and get better.
‘But the thing I am more concerned about: What if an AI reads everything you have ever written online – every tweet, every article, every everything? And right at the exact moment sends you one message, customized just for you, that really changes how you think about the world.
‘That’s a new kind of interference that just wasn’t possible before AI.’
The St Louis-born tech entrepreneur, in a discussion with Time’s editor in chief Sam Jacobs, insisted he was optimistic about AI’s potential, presenting a generally sunny picture of medical advances and increased access to learning.
‘I think we will see education changed deeply and improved forever,’ he said. ‘I think the kids in kindergarten today, by the time they reach 12th grade will be smarter and better prepared than the best kids of today.’
Altman is seen with Jacobs, who interviewed him during Tuesday’s event
He said the experience of his firing and rehiring had been ‘painful and exhausting’ and he had not yet had time to process what had happened – but that he was ‘happy to be back at work.’
‘I think everybody involved in this, as we get closer and closer to super intelligence, everyone involved got more and more stressed as the stakes get higher,’ he said, trying to explain the dramatic events.
‘And I think that all exploded.’
Altman said the team at OpenAI were working ‘to build tools that are helpful to people’ – and that they realized they had huge responsibility.
Critics fear a nightmare Terminator II: Judgement Day-type scenario where sentient machines decide to exterminate their creators and take over the world, turning it into an apocalyptic hellscape.
‘If we can create abundant intelligence for the world, and abundant energy, then our ability to have amazing ideas for our children to teach themselves, for healthcare, for people to be more productive, to uplift the economy, for people to help themselves – then if we put those things into action with energy they are two massive, massive things,’ he said.
‘Now they come with downsides. And so it’s on us to figure out how to make this safe, and put it responsibly in the hands of people.
‘But I think we see a path now where the world gets much more abundant and much better every year, and people have the ability to do way, way more than we can possibly imagine today.’
Altman said he understood there were many skeptics, and many people fearful about the vast power of AI.
They include Elon Musk – who co-founded OpenAI with Altman, before leaving the company in 2018, and becoming one of its most strident critics. Musk has argued that AI is becoming too powerful, without sufficient guardrails.
Altman said on Tuesday that he was ‘very grateful Elon exists in the world,’ adding: ‘I think he’s done some amazing things.’
He also praised Musk’s work on electric vehicles and space exploration, and said his criticism about Microsoft controlling OpenAI – Microsoft has invested $13 billion in the company – was unfair and inaccurate.
Altman is pictured with his fiance, Australian software engineer Oliver Mulherin
The San Francisco-based CEO said he still believed he and his team were developing something beneficial for humanity.
‘I think in 2023 we started to see it; 2024 we’ll see way more; and by the time the end of the decade rolls around I think we’ll be in a way better place,’ he said.
‘It sounds silly and sci-fi optimism. But if you think about how different the world will be. Today they have ChatGPT – it’s not very good.
‘Next they have the world’s best chief of staff. And after that, every person has a company of 20-50 experts that work super well together, and after that, 10,000 experts in every field.
‘If someone wants to focus on curing disease they can do that, or create art – they can do that.’
Addressing his dramatic November 17 firing before being rehired at OpenAI on November 21, Altman said that it should be viewed in the context of ‘a crazy whole year’ – noting that ChatGPT was only released a year ago, and the company’s profile and reach exploded.
And he said he believed, in the long run, the firing-rehiring drama would be beneficial for the company.
‘It’s been extremely painful for me personally but I actually think it’s been great for OpenAI,’ he said.
‘We’ve never been more unified. We have never been more determined and focused.
‘And we always said this moment would come when we were building AGI. We didn’t think it would come so soon.
‘But we are stronger for going through it.
‘I wouldn’t wish it on an enemy, but it did have a positive effect on the company.’
He said he was extremely proud of how his staff reacted, and carried on working despite the turmoil.
But, he admitted, it had been intense and draining.
Sam Altman warns AI could threaten the 2024 ELECTION with sophisticated troll farms – as he reveals his dramatic firing from OpenAI and re-hiring four days later was ‘painful and exhausting’ https://t.co/wRdHA46y8l pic.twitter.com/innHGdQbsJ
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Published: 13:28 GMT, 13 December 2023 | Updated: 14:07 GMT, 13 December 2023
Artificial intelligence guru Sam Altman has warned the technology could be used to sway American voters in the 2024 election.
One particular concern of OpenAI co-founder Altman – spectacularly fired then reinstated as the company’s CEO last month – is that the technology could be used to scan voters’ social media posts.
He says people could then be targeted with personalized, AI-generated disinformation including highly emotive messages imploring them to vote for a certain candidate.
The tycoon, whose firm is behind ChatGPT, believes AI ‘will be the most powerful technology humanity has yet invented’.
But, he told the audience at Time magazine’s gala in New York City, it will create potent tools for those looking to sway an election, enabling techniques far more sophisticated than those currently available.
Sam Altman, 38, on Tuesday appeared on stage at Time magazine’s annual gala, where he was named CEO of the year
Altman and Sam Jacobs, editor in chief of Time magazine, are seen at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on Tuesday night
Altman, speaking after being named Time’s CEO of the year, warned that troll farms in foreign countries are ‘trying to interfere without elections’.
‘They make one great meme, and that spreads out and all of us see the same thing on Facebook or Twitter. That will continue to happen and get better.
‘But the thing I am more concerned about: What if an AI reads everything you have ever written online – every tweet, every article, every everything? And right at the exact moment sends you one message, customized just for you, that really changes how you think about the world.
‘That’s a new kind of interference that just wasn’t possible before AI.’
The St Louis-born tech entrepreneur, in a discussion with Time’s editor in chief Sam Jacobs, insisted he was optimistic about AI’s potential, presenting a generally sunny picture of medical advances and increased access to learning.
‘I think we will see education changed deeply and improved forever,’ he said. ‘I think the kids in kindergarten today, by the time they reach 12th grade will be smarter and better prepared than the best kids of today.’
Altman is seen with Jacobs, who interviewed him during Tuesday’s event
He said the experience of his firing and rehiring had been ‘painful and exhausting’ and he had not yet had time to process what had happened – but that he was ‘happy to be back at work.’
‘I think everybody involved in this, as we get closer and closer to super intelligence, everyone involved got more and more stressed as the stakes get higher,’ he said, trying to explain the dramatic events.
‘And I think that all exploded.’
Altman said the team at OpenAI were working ‘to build tools that are helpful to people’ – and that they realized they had huge responsibility.
Critics fear a nightmare Terminator II: Judgement Day-type scenario where sentient machines decide to exterminate their creators and take over the world, turning it into an apocalyptic hellscape.
‘If we can create abundant intelligence for the world, and abundant energy, then our ability to have amazing ideas for our children to teach themselves, for healthcare, for people to be more productive, to uplift the economy, for people to help themselves – then if we put those things into action with energy they are two massive, massive things,’ he said.
‘Now they come with downsides. And so it’s on us to figure out how to make this safe, and put it responsibly in the hands of people.
‘But I think we see a path now where the world gets much more abundant and much better every year, and people have the ability to do way, way more than we can possibly imagine today.’
Altman said he understood there were many skeptics, and many people fearful about the vast power of AI.
They include Elon Musk – who co-founded OpenAI with Altman, before leaving the company in 2018, and becoming one of its most strident critics. Musk has argued that AI is becoming too powerful, without sufficient guardrails.
Altman said on Tuesday that he was ‘very grateful Elon exists in the world,’ adding: ‘I think he’s done some amazing things.’
He also praised Musk’s work on electric vehicles and space exploration, and said his criticism about Microsoft controlling OpenAI – Microsoft has invested $13 billion in the company – was unfair and inaccurate.
Altman is pictured with his fiance, Australian software engineer Oliver Mulherin
The San Francisco-based CEO said he still believed he and his team were developing something beneficial for humanity.
‘I think in 2023 we started to see it; 2024 we’ll see way more; and by the time the end of the decade rolls around I think we’ll be in a way better place,’ he said.
‘It sounds silly and sci-fi optimism. But if you think about how different the world will be. Today they have ChatGPT – it’s not very good.
‘Next they have the world’s best chief of staff. And after that, every person has a company of 20-50 experts that work super well together, and after that, 10,000 experts in every field.
‘If someone wants to focus on curing disease they can do that, or create art – they can do that.’
Addressing his dramatic November 17 firing before being rehired at OpenAI on November 21, Altman said that it should be viewed in the context of ‘a crazy whole year’ – noting that ChatGPT was only released a year ago, and the company’s profile and reach exploded.
And he said he believed, in the long run, the firing-rehiring drama would be beneficial for the company.
‘It’s been extremely painful for me personally but I actually think it’s been great for OpenAI,’ he said.
‘We’ve never been more unified. We have never been more determined and focused.
‘And we always said this moment would come when we were building AGI. We didn’t think it would come so soon.
‘But we are stronger for going through it.
‘I wouldn’t wish it on an enemy, but it did have a positive effect on the company.’
He said he was extremely proud of how his staff reacted, and carried on working despite the turmoil.
But, he admitted, it had been intense and draining.
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OSETIA DEL SUR Y ABJASIA, LA AMENAZA RUSA SOBRE EL TERRITORIO GEORGIANO – Geopol 21 https://t.co/SGKIedVXNA
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En el cuadro geopolítico global, hay regiones que, aunque geográficamente pequeñas, tienen una notable influencia en las relaciones internacionales. Osetia del Sur y Abjasia, dos entidades territoriales separatistas situadas en la región del Cáucaso en Georgia, son un vivo ejemplo de este fenómeno. Ambas regiones han estado en el centro de conflictos intensificados caracterizados por tensiones étnicas, desafíos territoriales y disputas geopolíticas.
CÁUCASO SUR, UNA REGIÓN HISTÓRICAMENTE CONVULSA
Si vamos a un mapa del mundo, vemos una región bastante turbulenta, situada en el Cáucaso, allí vemos que hay dos territorios, Osetia del Sur y Abjasia. Partiendo desde el inicio de estos problemas en ambos territorios, nos encontramos con la URSS. No es algo sorprendente. La historia de las tensiones entre estas dos regiones se remonta a la Edad Media, cuando ambos territorios formaban parte del reino georgiano.
En el siglo XIX, Osetia del Sur y Abjasia se convirtieron en territorios autónomos dentro de Georgia Imperial. La identidad étnica y cultural de estas regiones también se fue configurando de manera independiente por lo que hubo una creciente tensión étnica y política que hizo que se creara un conflicto abierto en 1918, cuando ambas regiones se declararon independientes. Georgia, por su parte, rechazó esta declaración y, en 1921, las fuerzas georgianas lanzaron una última campaña militar para someter al pueblo de Osetia del Sur y Abjasia.
Mapa de la guerra de Georgia en 2008 cuando tropas rusas entraron en territorio de Georgia en Abjazia y Osetia.
A principios del siglo XX, la región estaba inmersa en el contexto geopolítico del Imperio Ruso. Ambas regiones, tanto Osetia del Sur como Abjasia, eran parte de la periferia sur del imperio y compartían fronteras con el Imperio Otomano al sur y el Imperio Persa al sureste. En 1920, tras la Revolución Rusa y la creación de manera formal de la URSS, la región del Cáucaso fue escenario de cambios significativos, sobre todo en la zona sur. Un año más tarde, la RepúblicaDemocrática de Georgia fue ocupada por el Ejercito Rojo, y se estableció la Republica Socialista Soviética de Georgia. Esto solo buscaba consolidar el control centralizado y homogeneizar las identidades dentro de la URSS.
En 1930, Josef Stalin, nacido en Georgia, comenzó a desempeñar un papel crucial en la reconfiguración de las fronteras internas de la Unión Soviética. Se crearon repúblicas autónomas, como las de Osetia del Sur y Abjasia, que, bajo un marco soviético buscaba conciliar la diversidad étnica que existía en ambas regiones y ofrecerles un mínimo nivel de autogobierno, a pesar de que estaban subordinadas a Moscú.
Con la desintegración de la URSS llegaron los problemas
Tras la desintegración de la URSS en 1991, tanto Osetia del Sur como Abjasia se encontraron en una de las situaciones mas complejas de su corta vida. Las tensiones que habían estado latentes durante el periodo soviético se intensificaron, y ambos territorios declararon su independencia de Georgia. Este proceso llevó a grandes conflictos armados y a la creación de partidos políticos que abogaban por el separatismo de estas regiones.
En el caso de Abjasia, el conflicto más intenso tuvo lugar de 1992 a 1993, las fuerzas de abjasia, con el apoyo de voluntarios y tropas rusas, se enfrentaron a las fuerzas georgianas. El resultado del conflicto fue la independencia defacto de Abjasia en 1993, aunque, para la desgracia de todos los habitantes de la zona que apoyaban esto, la comunidad internacional, en su mayoría, no reconocieron su independencia. A pesar de ello, Rusia mantuvo su presencia militar en la región y, posteriormente, les otorgó la ciudadanía rusa a muchos abjasios.
Abjasia celebra el 30.º aniversario de su independencia de Georgia. Fuente: Agencia EFE
En el otro caso, el de Osetia del Sur, el conflicto armado más significativo fue en los mismos años que, tras una breve tregua, los enfrentamientos se reavivaron en 2008. El conflicto entre Georgia y Rusia, conocido como la Guerra Ruso-Georgiana, tuvo un grandísimo impacto en Osetia del Sur, recordemos que esta región esta altamente vinculada con Rusia. Después de estos enfrentamientos, Rusia reconoció también la independencia de Osetia del Sur, lo que genero aún mas rencillas entre Rusia y sus vecinos. En la actualidad, los países que reconocen a estas dos regiones son, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru y Siria, aparte de Rusia.
Desde el momento del “fin” de la guerra entre Rusia y Georgia, el país liderado por Putin ha reafirmado su posición. Las relaciones comerciales que mantienen los ahora Estados de facto con Rusia son prácticamente exclusivas. Según un informe de Routledge, llamado “East European Politics” la economía de Osetia del Sur está basada en las importaciones e inversiones rusas, pero, por otro lado, sus importaciones no van más allá de productos agrícolas de una calidad muy inferior a la que el país ruso puede acceder. Abjasia, por su parte, sí se beneficia de una mayor inversión en infraestructura de varios países extranjeros entre los que se incluyen, por ejemplo, a Turquía.
Regiones separatistas ocupadas por Rusia en Georgia. (Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales)
Algo muy característico es que en ambas regiones se usa el rublo ruso, la cooperación también se extiende al plano militar, que es el que más le interesa a Rusia, se firmaron acuerdos militares con ambas regiones en 2014 y 2015generando un gran descontento en los países occidentales viendo el poder que tenía en la zona. Estos acuerdos vienen precedidos de la anexión rusa de Crimea en marzo de 2014.
¿Qué está pasando en la actualidad en la zona?
En la actualidad y con las recientes contiendas abiertas por parte de Rusia, varios medios se han hecho eco de los planes que pudieran tener en estas dos regiones. “La idea de unirse a Rusia sigue siendo popular en Abjasia y Osetia del Sur […] Es muy posible que se lleve a cabo si hay buenas razones para ello”, estas fueron las palabras que recogía el periódico ruso, Argumenty i Fakti, de un discurso que ofreció el actual vicepresidente del Consejo de Seguridad ruso,Dmitri Medvédv. Este plan podría ser altamente beneficioso para Rusia y a su vez letal. Georgia ha mejorado exponencialmente su relación con la Unión Europea. En el año 2014, se firmaron los Acuerdos de Asociación, que incluían un Acuerdo de Libre Comercio Integral y Reforzado. También la Unión Europea ha proporcionado asistencia financiera a Georgia para poder respaldar su desarrollo económico e implementar reformas, han creado un plan de facilidad de movilidad para las personas de diferentes lugares hasta Georgia y, la parte más importante, la Unión Europea también se ha reafirmado con su compromiso con la integridad territorial de Georgia y ha expresado su apoyo a una solución pacifica y negociada para los conflictos en las regiones de Osetia del Sur y Abjasia.
Influencia económica rusa en los países del Cáucaso Sur. (Geopolitical Futures)
Esto podría hacer que si, en un futuro, tal y como afirma Medvédv, Rusia se pone en marcha para conseguir anexionar los dos territorios, a pesar de su sentimiento ruso, la UE saldría en defensa del pueblo georgiano por lo que se abriría una contienda que, por rivales, Rusia no estaría dispuesta a jugar.
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