Karachi: “Hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence, particularly ChatGPT, stems from its impact on various domains such as image recognition and behavior analysis. However, concern lies in negative effects observed, signaling emergence of large language, image and speech models. This raises question of control, as internet’s openness and transparency have been compromised, suggesting that these models are being controlled,” said Dr. Zubair A. Sheikh President Muhammad Ali Jinnah University.

He was sharing his views during 19TH Interactive series on ZU Dialogues, titled ‘AI, ChatGPT, Google AI, OpenAI: Will artificial intelligence surpass human intelligence?’, presented by Ziauddin University. Dialogue session was conducted via ZOOM meeting. Purpose of dialogue session was to initiate discussion on significant challenges that confront human society as whole. While discussing Dr. Shaikh further said, “Recently, there has been widespread adoption of AI, leading to negative effects on world, as evidenced by emergence of ChatGPT. People feel that it hampers creativity and promotes plagiarism, among other concerns. However, this is just beginning, as larger language, image, speech and even behavioral models are on horizon. Khurram Rahat, senior Country Director, Unifonic and Vice Chairman, P@SHA emphasised, “Whether we like it or not, AI has always existed. Crucial factor lies in how we utilise AI-whether it is used for constructive purposes or for negative areas.

Keep highlighting issues will have to face in future, Dr. Munaf Rashid, Chairperson, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Ziauddin University said, “Debate surrounding AI surpassing human intelligence is an ongoing topic. Technologies like AI, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media applications are all integrated with AI. There is high level of uncertainty about future and whether AI has potential to surpass certain aspects of human intelligence, but not all.

19th ZU Dialogues, moderated by Vice Chancellor of Ziauddin University Prof. Dr. Syed Irfan Hyder, concluded with acknowledgment that discussion held was highly valuable, “As large language models continue to advance, critical concern arises ability to differentiate between robot-generated or human-generated communication. This ambiguity raises complex issues, as it becomes increasingly challenging to discern whether we are interacting with human or robot.”

Published in The Daily National Courier, June, 27 2023

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