Will the development of artificial intelligence applications be associated mainly with opportunities or rather threats?

Recently, accelerated technological progress is being made, including the development of generative artificial intelligence technology. The aforementioned technological progress made in the improvement and implementation of ICT information technologies, including the development of applications of tools based on generative artificial intelligence is becoming a symptom of the transition of civilization to the next technological revolution, i.e. the transition from the phase of development of technologies typical of Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0. Generative artificial intelligence technologies are finding more and more new applications by combining them with previously developed technologies, i.e. Big Data Analytics, Data Science, Cloud Computing, Personal and Industrial Internet of Things, Business Intelligence, Autonomous Robots, Horizontal and Vertical Data System Integration, Multi-Criteria Simulation Models, Digital Twins, Additive Manufacturing, Blockchain, Smart Technologies, Cyber Security Instruments, Virtual and Augmented Reality and other Advanced Data Mining technologies. In addition to this, the rapid development of generative AI-based tools available on the Internet is due to the fact that more and more companies, enterprises and institutions are creating their chatbots, which have been taught specific skills previously performed only by humans. In the process of deep learning, which uses artificial neural network technologies modeled on human neurons, the created chatbots or other tools based on generative AI are increasingly taking over from humans to perform specific tasks or improve their performance. The main factor in the growing scale of applications of various tools based on generative AI in various spheres of business activities of companies and enterprises is due to the great opportunities to automate complex, multi-criteria, organizationally advanced processes and reduce the operating costs of carrying them out with the use of AI technologies. On the other hand, certain risks may be associated with the application of AI generative technology in business entities, financial and public institutions. Among the potential risks are the replacement of people in various jobs by autonomous robots equipped with generative AI technology, the increase in the scale of cybercrime carried out with the use of AI, the increase in the scale of disinformation and generation of fake news on online social media through the generation of crafted photos, texts, videos, graphics presenting fictional content, non-existent events, based on statements and theses that are not supported by facts and created with the use of tools available on the Internet, applications equipped with generative AI technologies.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

I am conducting research in this area. Particularly relevant issues of opportunities and threats to the development of artificial intelligence technologies are described in my article below:

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Dariusz Prokopowicz