Lazy humans are the biggest disaster of artificial intelligence

In an interview with The Times of London , Arthur Mensch, CEO of Mistral AI, dismissed the idea that AI will lead to massive cuts in white-collar jobs.

Instead, he argues, the bigger risk is that people may become increasingly lazy as they rely more on technology to find information.

ChatGPT recently crashed, causing panic among many people. Photo: Tom's Guide

Speaking at the VivaTech conference in Paris earlier this month, Mensch stressed that to avoid risks, humans must still be actively involved in reviewing and critiquing AI output.

“It's a risk that you can avoid, if you think from a design perspective, if you make sure that you have the right input from humans, that you keep humans proactive,” he said.

He believes it is important that humans do not take AI output as “truth”.

“The ability to synthesize information and critique information is a core component of learning,” he says.

Mistral AI CEO’s comments are not without basis. On June 10, OpenAI’s ChatGPT – one of the most popular AIs today – suddenly experienced a service interruption for about 5 hours.

It caused panic among many global users. According to MarketWatch , there were more than half a million searches for ChatGPT down on Google, becoming the second hottest topic in the US.

People took to social media to express their concerns. One person wrote : “Suddenly ChatGPT crashed and I don’t know how to work… so I decided to take a break.”

This is probably the common sentiment of many people. On the Reddit forum, one person humorously said: “Millions of people are forced to use their brains when ChatGPT takes a vacation”.

One student said he was preparing for his exams using ChatGPT, but other AI apps were “dumb.”

The above stories show how AI has invaded the learning and working lives of millions of people and how much we are dependent on AI.

Mensch, a former researcher at Google DeepMind, also shared his thoughts on recent warnings that AI threatens white-collar jobs.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently predicted that AI could replace half of all white-collar jobs within the next five years.

“I think that’s a huge exaggeration,” Mensch said, adding that Amodei likes to “fear-monger” about AI as a marketing tactic.

(According to Insider, MarketWatch)