By Timothy D. Naegele[1]

Perhaps the most interesting and disturbing discussion on this subject occurred when Tucker Carlson interviewed Elon Musk.[2]  Will sinister forces use AI to control the lives of millions globally, and effectively establish a new world order?  If Adolf Hitler had controlled key AI tools, would he have prevailed in World War II, and would we live in a very different world today?  Will China use AI to establish global supremacy, and subjugate the peoples of this world?

In his prescient "Animal Farm," George Orwell wrote about a community in which all of the animals were equal until the Pigs gained control and reigned supreme, and subjugated the other animals.[3]  Will AI create a race to achieve what the Pigs did, and can anything stop this?  Has the race begun already, and are we oblivious to it?  Will government regulation become nothing more than a futile attempt to thwart the Pigs—or to close the barn door after the horse is out?[4]

How can any governmental entity control someone operating anywhere in the world—truly a "Doctor Strangelove" of Hollywood mythology—from using AI in sinister ways?  Sounds bizarre?  Perhaps.  At the very least, jobs will become obsolete as AI writes books, legal briefs and music, and performs lots of tasks that previously had required human skills.  And yes, that alone will change lives on a massive scale.

The highest of all intelligence, now and always, will be God—or “Infinite Intelligence of which our own intelligence is merely a part.”[5]

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© 2023, Timothy D. Naegele

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[1]  Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass).  See, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele Resume-21-8-6  and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/accomplishments/   He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University.  He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service).  Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/ and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/articles/), and studied photography with Ansel Adams.  He can be contacted directly at tdnaegele.associates@gmail.com

[2]  See https://youtu.be/a2ZBEC16yH4 ("Watch 'Elon Musk tells Tucker potential dangers of hyper-intelligent AI' on YouTube")

[3]  See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm ("Animal Farm")

[4]  See, e.g., C-SPAN2's hearings on Artificial Intelligence before a Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate, May 15, 2023, https://www.c-span.org/video/?528117-1/openai-ceo-testifies-artificial-intelligence  ("ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman Testifies Before Senate on AI Oversight"); see also https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/technology/openai-altman-artificial-intelligence-regulation.html ("OpenAI’s Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing") and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Altman ("Sam Altman")

[5]  See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/what-and-where-is-god/ ("What And Where Is God?")