AI chatbots could be misused by terrorists to spread violent extremist ideologies, a top government adviser has warned.
With the rise of super smart systems like Chat GPT tech leaders such as Elon Musk have already called for AI experiments to be paused.
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Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, says anti-terrorism laws are already behind as it is.
But with AI entering the mix it could be impossible to know who to prosecute.
He believes AI-enabled attacks are “probably around the corner”.
“Hundreds of millions of people across the world could soon be chatting to these artificial companions for hours at a time, in all the languages of the world,” he told the Mail on Sunday.
“I believe that it is entirely conceivable that Artificial Intelligence chatbots will be programmed, or even worse, decide to propagate violent extremist ideology of one shade or another.”
There is no evidence any AI chatbot has been used to groom anyone into terrorism.
But there are concerns that the rapid rise of such technology so early on could spread potentially dangerous fabricated stories or gaslight its users.
At present, AI has a tendency to “hallucinate”, whereby it gets wrapped up in trying to fill in the gaps as part of answering a question or having a conversation.
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Many of the systems currently available warn users that they are still in development and may produce inaccurate information.
“When ChatGPT starts encouraging terrorism, who will there be to prosecute?” Mr Hall continued.
“The human user may be arrested for what is on their computer, and based on recent years, many of them will be children.
“Also, because an artificial companion is a boon to the lonely, it is probable that many of those arrested will be neurodivergent, possibly suffering medical disorders, learning disabilities or other conditions.
“Yet since the criminal law does not extend to robots, the AI groomer will go scot-free.
“Nor does it operate reliably when responsibility is shared between man and machine.”
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