AI: challenges and risks for society

Thursday, November 23, 2023

It is said that Artificial Intelligence can alter the identity, morals, culture and values of humanity, by questioning, imitating, replacing or surpassing human intelligence, consciousness, creativity and dignity, through the development of conscious, emotional, social and super intelligent machines.


In this article, we are going to analyze this risk and the challenges it entails.

The alteration of identity by Artificial Intelligence

This can manifest itself in spoofing, as AI can create fake faces and voices to fool people. It should be emphasized at this point that AI does not have the ability to determine the intentionality of the applicant.


However, creating fake faces and voices is a technique that is increasingly being used to deceive people. For example, fake videos of politicians and celebrities have been created that look real, but are actually generated by algorithms.

The alteration of morality by Artificial Intelligence

It is present in the creation of AI systems that can make decisions that are unethical or that do not take human values into account. On the other hand, AI systems could be trained with data that reflects prejudices and discrimination, which can lead to biased and unethical decisions.

The alteration of culture by Artificial Intelligence

The creation of new and different cultural artifacts by AI can be difficult to understand or accept. They can also generate resistance from some people. Likewise, they may raise some questions about copyright and intellectual property. For example, who owns a work of art created by an AI? Is it the creator of the algorithm, the owner of the AI, or the user who uses it? These questions still do not have clear answers.


Cultural artifacts created by AI also raise questions about authenticity and originality. For example, is a work of art created by AI truly original if the algorithm is based on existing patterns? Is it authentic if it was not created by a human being? These questions are being explored by experts in the field.

The alteration of values by Artificial Intelligence

It can manifest itself in the transformation of business values and the need to establish corporate principles to ensure that systems are created and deployed ethically.


Business values are a set of beliefs and principles that regulate the functioning of companies or organizations. These principles determine the elements that are most important for the company and must be shared by all members of the organization, since they are the support of the entire organizational culture.

Corporate principles function as guides that inspire the life of an organization. They regulate the functioning of companies or organizations.


Establishing strong corporate principles can help ensure that AI systems are created and deployed ethically, establishing common values and principles that will guide the construction of the legal infrastructure necessary to ensure the healthy development of artificial intelligence.

Will there be conscious, emotional, social, and superintelligent machines?

This is a topic of debate in the scientific community. Although some experts believe it is possible to create machines with these characteristics, others argue that the complexity of the human mind makes it impossible to replicate it in a machine.


• Regarding emotional artificial intelligence, it has been shown that machines can recognize and respond to human emotions, but they cannot feel emotions themselves. In other words, machines can simulate emotions, but they do not have the ability to experience them in the same way as humans.


• In terms of social artificial intelligence, machines can interact with and learn from humans, but they do not have the ability to fully understand the complexities of human relationships.


• Regarding super-intelligent artificial intelligence, some experts believe that it is possible to create machines that surpass human intelligence, but others argue that this could be dangerous and that super-intelligent machines could be difficult to control.


AI is a tool that can be used to improve people's lives, as long as it is used responsibly and ethically. Ethics and morals are fundamental in the development of AI, and must be considered at all stages of the process, from conception to implementation.


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