The real threat from the ever-increasing use of AI is twofold. On the one hand, it’s a fantastic tool for frauds and cheats. On the other hand, it can spit out false information as easily as fact. Either way, the truth is the victim. ...
AI Will Not Keep Your Secrets
Not everything that’s true needs to be public, and thereby hangs another tale of AI woe. Coders love using AI because it can spit out code on demand, debug or transform existing code, and even write comments. But in most cases, whatever you put into the AI becomes part of its training. A few developers at Samsung got into hot water over feeding an AI proprietary code for debugging. AI may not take your job, but misusing it might get you fired. ...
... When you use AI for research (and you almost certainly will), don’t take results at face value. Go to the original sources. I much appreciate the fact that Bing AI footnotes its results, so finding sources is easy. ...