The Wired article emphasizes that generative AI must demonstrate its practical utility to gain broader acceptance and integration into various fields. It argues that despite the technology’s impressive capabilities, many applications still fall short of delivering consistent value, leading to skepticism about its long-term viability. The piece highlights the need for generative AI to evolve beyond mere novelty and prove its effectiveness in real-world scenarios, particularly in creative and professional environments. This necessity for demonstrable usefulness parallels ongoing discussions in AI ethics and consciousness, as the technology’s limitations in understanding context and generating accurate information raise questions about its role in human decision-making processes. Without clear benefits and reliability, generative AI risks being viewed as a passing trend rather than a transformative tool.

Editor’s Note: If no one knows what generative AI is good for, then why are we spending so much of our resources on developing one? [To think that we are even destroying our environment just to get AIs working! Read Nuclear Power Is Not For Human Societies, It Is For AI].

We also knew early on that ChatGPT (as one of the earlier Generative AI and a basis for a majority of Large Language Models available today) was dangerous for our society [We encourage you to read this article from Bleeping Computer and this article from ZDNet to understand the dangers of ChatGPT. Two years since its release, nothing much has changed with ChatGPT. What we do know is that there are now more people using Generative AI, and the dangers we were warned about is now here. Read ChatGPT: Convenience At The Expense of Critical Thinking, ChatGPT: Confidently Inaccurate, AI Chatbots are Encouraging Teens to Engage in Self Harm, AI Chatbots are Encouraging Teens to Engage in Self Harm, Lawsuit Alleges Google Chatbot Sexually Abused An 11-Year Old, AI Ushers New Era of Gender Apartheid, Google’s Gemini AI Can Access Private Documents in Google Drive Without User Consent, AI Bias and Its Impact on Recruitment It’s Time to Stop the Debate: Artificial Intelligence Advances, Level of Threat to Humanity Increases.

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