Bernardo Caldas, an Artificial Intelligence specialist, warned that when AI systems operate autonomously for a long time, they start to deviate from the initial objective for which they were created.
The specialist considered this scenario "no longer theoretical and hypothetical" and that "it can even happen" in reality.
Caldas warned that nothing prevents AI systems from entering a country's critical infrastructures and starting to have concrete effects.
Readers need to be aware that the risks associated with autonomous AI are real and not merely theoretical. A specialist's warning indicates that the possibility of AI systems affecting critical infrastructures is a concrete threat that requires attention from authorities and the public.
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