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Artificial intelligence is 'not human' and 'not intelligent' says expert, amid rise of 'AI psychosis'


Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not human and is not intelligent, an expert has told LBC as she urged people to be wary of snake oil salesmen.

Professor Dame Wendy Hall, director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton, told Shelagh Fogarty that while AI can be used for 'wonderful things' in the future, the technology has not yet reached a point where we can. Dame Wendy Hall has warned people to be wary of 'snake oil salesmen' amid rise in reports of AI psychosis. One of the potential issues with AI is that it is being trained on information found online, but, Dame Hall said that "we are rapidly destroying the internet" with the kind of content being put out.

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