Whoopi Goldberg fears for humanity’s future under AI: ‘It’s not good’

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Wednesday’s episode of “The View,” the crew of co-hosts discussed recent stories about AI being used across professional as well as personal sectors, to muse wedding vows, amp-up job résumés and even rattle off legalese for an official court filing.“I’ve been warning people about AI for at least 10 years, I think, but AI is now being used in court cases, which you know, doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, and it’s being used to create wedding vows,” Goldberg began at the top of the segment.The 67-year-old then gave her opinion on the story, as did the other ladies, and explained that ultimately the AI got the case law wrong.Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin then chimed in to share why she thinks AI is dangerous – which inspired Goldberg to rant further about Amazon’s “personal assistant” computer technology, Alexa.“You know she is listening, I don’t want her in the house,” Goldberg claimed as Griffin showed agreement. “I don’t want anything that is smart enough to lock me out of my house.

I don’t want anything that won’t let me drive my car. When you watch science fiction, it’s right there. They tell you.”Goldberg continued, “This is the future.

Let me tell you why it’s not good, she doesn’t know that if there’s a fire in the house, that she shouldn’t put the blinds down.

She doesn’t know not to open the window … And don’t try to call me, Alexa, ’cause I won’t pick up the phone.”The Post reached out to reps for Goldberg and Amazon for further comment.