Many artificial intelligence (AI) systems have already learned how to deceive humans, even systems that have been trained to be helpful and honest. In a review article published in the journal Patterns on May 10, researchers describe the risks of deception by AI systems and call for governments to develop strong regulations to address this issue as soon as possible.
AI need not be deceptive to be damaging. A human can simply instruct the AI to produce content and then supply the ill-will on its behalf.