ការបំផុសគំនិតដ៏អាក្រក់នៃ AI ChatGPT ទូទៅដូចជាការបោកប្រាស់អ៊ីម៉ែល និងការសរសេរកូដនៃមេរោគកំពុងផ្ទុះឡើងដោយក្រមសីលធម៌ AI និងច្បាប់ AI

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.”

You probably have heard or seen that famous quote before. Many assume that this instructive line must be a memorable remark composed by Shakespeare, but the classic bit of sage wisdom actually comes from Sir Walter Scott in his epic poem of 1808 entitled Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field.

Now that we’ve got the authorship straightened out, let’s consider the meaning of the clever statement. The notion seems to be that once you start down a sketchy path, the odds are that things will get increasingly entangled. No semblance of one-and-done. The difficulties and thorniness just keep expanding and growing ever more.

I dare say that we can apply the same conundrum to the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

For example, I’ve previously pointed out that much of AI can be construed as a dual-use phenomenon, see my analysis at តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ. The tongue twister about dual-use implies that though AI might originally be devised in an អាយអេសដើម្បីភាពល្អ aspirational mindset, there is a solid chance that the very same AI can be readily adjusted to land into the dreary and unsettling អាយអេសសម្រាប់អាក្រក់ camp. Notable concerns exist about changing a few parameters in an AI system that bring forth a so-called Doctor Evil project of unsettling proportions.

Ultimately, the existent rush toward making and fielding AI is forcing us all to take a closer look at AI Ethics and AI Law. We have to try and keep the train on the railroad tracks, as it were. You might find of interest my extensive and ongoing coverage of the latest in AI Ethics and AI Law at តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ និង តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ, just to name a few. A sobering and judicious amount of attention to AI Ethics and AI Law will allow us to leverage the good of AI and avert or at least mitigate the bad of AI.

We all certainly hope so.

Meanwhile, a particular kind of AI has recently garnered widespread attention in the news and across the wide swath of social media that embodies ការប្រើប្រាស់ពីរ considerations. I’m talking about something referred to as AI បង្កើត, notably popularized via a particular AI app known as ChatGPT (for my overall and in-depth assessment of ChatGPT and the rise of generative AI, see តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ).

ChatGPT is a general-purpose AI interactive system, essentially a seemingly innocuous general chatbot, nonetheless, it is actively and avidly being used by people in ways that are catching many entirely off-guard. For example, a prominent concern is that ChatGPT and other similar generative AI apps will allow students to cheat on their written essays, perhaps even encouraging or spurring pupils to do so. Students that are lazy or feel they are boxed in without time or skill to do an essay might readily invoke a generative AI app to write their essay for them. I’ll say more about this in a moment. For my close-up analysis of how ChatGPT allows this, and what teachers ought to be doing, see តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ.

I also did a seasonally flavored tongue-in-cheek examination pertaining to a Santa-related context involving ChatGPT and generative AI at តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ. A rather serious look at how generative AI and ChatGPT are being used for mental health advice, a worrisome trend, can be found in my analysis at តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ. If you want to know what is likely to unfold concerning AI throughout 2023, including upcoming advances in generative AI and ChatGPT, you’ll want to read my comprehensive list of 2023 predictions at តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ.

I’ll be explaining herein what Generative AI and ChatGPT are all about, so please hang in there and you’ll get the full scoop.

ទន្ទឹមនឹងនេះដែរ ប្រសិនបើអ្នកក្រឡេកមើលប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វផ្សាយសង្គម អ្នកនឹងឃើញមនុស្សដែលកំពុងប្រកាសអំពី ChatGPT និង AI ជំនាន់នោះថាជារឿងដ៏ល្អបំផុតចាប់តាំងពីនំប៉័ងចំណិត។ អ្នក​ខ្លះ​ផ្ដល់​យោបល់​ថា​នេះ​គឺ​តាម​ពិត​ទៅ​ជា AI ដែល​មាន​អារម្មណ៍ (មិន​អី​ទេ ពួកគេ​ខុស!)។ អ្នក​ខ្លះ​ទៀត​បារម្ភ​ថា​មនុស្ស​ឈាន​មុខ​គេ។ ពួកគេកំពុងមើលអ្វីដែលពួកគេចង់ឃើញ។ ពួកគេបានយកប្រដាប់ប្រដាក្មេងលេងថ្មីភ្លឺចាំង ហើយបង្ហាញឱ្យច្បាស់ពីមូលហេតុដែលយើងមិនអាចមានរបស់ថ្មីគួរឱ្យចាប់អារម្មណ៍។

Those in AI Ethics and AI Law are soberly and seriously worried about this burgeoning trend, and rightfully so. I will herein examine how people are using generative AI for uses that aren’t on the up and up. You can use generative AI such as ChatGPT for all manner of unsavory uses. It is like falling off a log, meaning that it is relatively easy to do bad things and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to do so.

When I provide this kind of AI-related evildoer explorations, I often get grumblings that I am essentially telling bad people how to do bad things. Maybe it would be better to not bring up these topics, some exhort. Keep things quiet.

Sorry, but a head-in-the-sand approach is not going to be helpful on these matters. The more that people are aware of the dangers involved in the latest and greatest of AI, perhaps the more that there will be a call for diligently abiding by AI Ethics principles and considering the adoption of sensible and appropriate AI laws.

Merely letting havoc reign is not a sound strategy. A suitable balance between unbridled AI innovation that leads to outstanding uses of AI has to be societally weighed against the need to embrace Ethical AI precepts and devise prudent AI laws to prevent overreaches. For more about key AI Ethics principles and the ongoing saga of trying to get AI developers and those that operate AI to adopt Ethical AI practices, see my coverage at តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ. រំពឹងថាច្បាប់ថ្មីអំពី AI នឹងលេចឡើងនៅកម្រិតសហព័ន្ធ រដ្ឋ ទីក្រុង និងមូលដ្ឋាន ដូចជាច្បាប់ទីក្រុងញូវយ៉កស្តីពីសវនកម្ម AI (សូមមើលការវិភាគរបស់ខ្ញុំនៅ តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ) ហើយរលកនៃច្បាប់អន្តរជាតិទាក់ទងនឹង AI ក៏នឹងមកដល់ផងដែរ សូមមើលបច្ចុប្បន្នភាពរបស់ខ្ញុំនៅ តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ.

Should we let evildoing entailing AI hide in the shadows?

Purportedly, Albert Einstein warned us that “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”

Let’s you and I look on and then aim to do something stridently about this.

Here’s the deal. I will be walking you through two primary examples of how wrongdoers are able to use generative AI and ChatGPT for nefarious purposes. The first example is rather straightforward and easily done by nearly anyone that wishes to use the ChatGPT AI app in this untoward manner. The second example is a bit trickier and requires added techie familiarity, though nonetheless can still be employed by a relative newbie when it comes to savviness about computers.

The two examples are intended to showcase the bad ways that AI can be used, doing so specifically related to generative AI. I’d like to emphasize at the get-go that though I am using ChatGPT to highlight these issues, you can pretty much do the same, or possibly worse, in other similar generative AI apps. I opted to use ChatGPT mainly due to the outsized popularity it has recently garnered.

After taking you through the myriad of ins and outs regarding the two chosen examples, I will then discuss various cybersecurity protections and approaches that could be used by AI makers to curtail these adverse uses. Bottom-line is that there are ways to make these disreputable undertakings harder and more costly to perform. The greater the barriers to evildoing, the greater the chances of discouraging causal efforts and upping the ante for the determined cyber crooks.

រឹតបន្តឹងខ្សែក្រវ៉ាត់សុវត្ថិភាពសម្រាប់ជិះ។

We shall first establish key background about what AI បង្កើត consists of, along with delving into some crucial specifics about the AI app ChatGPT.

តោះ​ធ្វើ​វា។

ការបើកកម្មវិធី Can of Worms នៅលើ Generative AI

យើង​ត្រៀម​ខ្លួន​ជា​ស្រេច​ដើម្បី​ចូល​ទៅ​ក្នុង AI។

ក្នុងចំណោមប្រភេទផ្សេងៗនៃ AI យើងនឹងផ្តោតលើជាពិសេសនៅទីនេះ AI បង្កើត.

សរុបមក AI ជំនាន់ថ្មី គឺជាប្រភេទ AI ជាក់លាក់មួយ ដែលសរសេរអត្ថបទ ហាក់ដូចជាអត្ថបទត្រូវបានសរសេរដោយដៃ និងចិត្តរបស់មនុស្ស។ អ្វីដែលអ្នកត្រូវធ្វើគឺបញ្ចូលប្រអប់បញ្ចូល ដូចជាប្រយោគដូចជា "ប្រាប់ខ្ញុំអំពីអាប្រាហាំ លីនខុន" ហើយ AI ជំនាន់នឹងផ្តល់ឱ្យអ្នកនូវអត្ថបទអំពីលីនខុន។ នេះត្រូវបានចាត់ថ្នាក់ជាទូទៅថាជា AI ជំនាន់ដែលដំណើរការ អត្ថបទទៅអត្ថបទ ឬអ្នកខ្លះចូលចិត្តហៅវា។ អត្ថបទទៅអត្ថបទ ទិន្នផល។ អ្នកប្រហែលជាធ្លាប់បានលឺអំពីរបៀបបង្កើត AI ផ្សេងទៀតដូចជា text-to-art និង text-to-video សូមមើលការបកស្រាយរបស់ខ្ញុំនៅ តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ.

គំនិតដំបូងរបស់អ្នកប្រហែលជាថា វាហាក់ដូចជាមិនមែនជារឿងធំបែបនេះទេ ទាក់ទងនឹងការផលិតអត្ថបទ។ អ្នកអាចធ្វើការស្វែងរកតាមអ៊ិនធរណេតបានយ៉ាងងាយស្រួល ហើយស្វែងរកអត្ថបទជាច្រើនអំពីប្រធានាធិបតី Lincoln យ៉ាងងាយស្រួល។

ចំនុចសំខាន់នៅក្នុងករណីនៃ AI ជំនាន់នេះគឺថាអត្ថបទដែលបានបង្កើតគឺមានលក្ខណៈប្លែកពីគេ ហើយផ្តល់នូវសមាសភាពដើមជាជាង copycat ។ ប្រសិនបើអ្នកព្យាយាមស្វែងរកអត្ថបទដែលផលិតដោយ AI តាមអ៊ីនធឺណិតនៅកន្លែងណាមួយ អ្នកទំនងជាមិនអាចរកឃើញវាបានទេ។

Generative AI ត្រូវបានបណ្តុះបណ្តាលជាមុន និងប្រើប្រាស់រូបមន្តគណិតវិទ្យា និងការគណនាដ៏ស្មុគស្មាញមួយដែលត្រូវបានបង្កើតឡើងដោយការពិនិត្យមើលគំរូនៅក្នុងពាក្យ និងរឿងដែលបានសរសេរនៅលើបណ្តាញ។ ជាលទ្ធផលនៃការពិនិត្យមើលអត្ថបទដែលបានសរសេររាប់ពាន់លាន AI អាចបញ្ចេញនូវអត្ថបទ និងរឿងថ្មីៗ ដែលជាការខុសឆ្គងនៃអ្វីដែលបានរកឃើញ។ ដោយការបន្ថែមមុខងារប្រូបាប៊ីលីតេផ្សេងៗ អត្ថបទលទ្ធផលគឺមានលក្ខណៈប្លែកពីគេក្នុងការប្រៀបធៀបទៅនឹងអ្វីដែលបានប្រើនៅក្នុងឈុតបណ្តុះបណ្តាល។

ដូច្នេះហើយ​ទើប​មាន​ការ​ចលាចល​អំពី​សិស្ស​អាច​បន្លំ​ពេល​សរសេរ​អត្ថបទ​នៅ​ក្រៅ​ថ្នាក់។ គ្រូម្នាក់មិនអាចគ្រាន់តែយកអត្ថបទដែលសិស្សបោកបញ្ឆោតអះអាងថាជាការសរសេររបស់ពួកគេផ្ទាល់ ហើយស្វែងរកថាតើវាត្រូវបានចម្លងពីប្រភពអ៊ីនធឺណិតផ្សេងទៀតដែរឬទេ។ សរុបមក វា​នឹង​មិន​មាន​អត្ថបទ​ដែល​មាន​ស្រាប់​តាម​អ៊ីនធឺណិត​ដែល​ត្រូវ​នឹង​អត្ថបទ​ដែល​បង្កើត​ដោយ AI ទេ។ អ្វី​ដែល​បាន​ប្រាប់ គ្រូ​នឹង​ត្រូវ​ទទួល​យក​ដោយ​ក្រៀមក្រំ​ថា សិស្ស​សរសេរ​អត្ថបទ​នោះ​ជា​ស្នាដៃ​ដើម។ សម្រាប់វិធីដែលបញ្ហានេះអាចត្រូវបានប្រយុទ្ធ សូមមើលការគ្របដណ្តប់លម្អិតរបស់ខ្ញុំនៅ តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ.

In a moment, I’ll showcase to you what happens when you enter questions or prompts that pertain to some underhanded or devious intentions. I will make use of the latest version of ChatGPT to enter my prompts and have collected the “answers” or essays generated by the AI (note that the same can be done with the numerous other available generative AI apps; I’ve opted to use ChatGPT because it is getting its five minutes of fame right now).

ប្រហែលជាតង់ហ្សង់ខ្លីអំពី ChatGPT ប្រហែលជាមានប្រយោជន៍នៅចំនុចប្រសព្វនេះ។

កម្មវិធី ChatGPT ត្រូវ​បាន​ធ្វើ​ឱ្យ​មាន​សម្រាប់​សាធារណជន​ទូទៅ​មួយ​រយៈ​មុន​នេះ។ ជាទូទៅ កម្មវិធី AI ជំនាន់ថ្មីទាំងនេះអាចចូលប្រើបានតែចំពោះអ្នកខាងក្នុង AI ប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ រូបរាងមិនធម្មតាដែល ChatGPT អាចត្រូវបានប្រើប្រាស់ដោយនរណាម្នាក់ដោយគ្រាន់តែបញ្ចូលអាសយដ្ឋានអ៊ីមែល និងឈ្មោះ ជាការប្រសើរណាស់ ដែលនាំឱ្យមនុស្សជាច្រើនសម្រេចចិត្តសាកល្បងវា។ ChatGPT បច្ចុប្បន្នគឺអាចប្រើដោយឥតគិតថ្លៃ (បញ្ហារកប្រាក់គឺជាបញ្ហាដែលកំពុងកើតមានសម្រាប់អ្នកបង្កើត AI សូមមើលការវិភាគរបស់ខ្ញុំនៅ តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ).

ស្ទើរតែភ្លាមៗនោះ មានប្រតិកម្មយ៉ាងខ្លាំងនៅលើប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វផ្សាយសង្គម នៅពេលដែលមនុស្សបានប្រណាំងដើម្បីផ្តល់ឧទាហរណ៍អំពីអ្វីដែល AI ជំនាន់មុនអាចធ្វើបាន។ ក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលបង្កើត ChatGPT, OpenAI បានជ្រើសរើសបិទការចុះឈ្មោះនៅអ្នកប្រើប្រាស់មួយលាននាក់។ អ្នក​ប្រើ​រាប់​លាន​នាក់​នោះ​បាន​គ្រប់​គ្រង​ការ​បំផ្ទុះ​រលក​អាកាស​ជាមួយ​នឹង​រឿងរ៉ាវ​និង​រឿង​គ្រប់​យ៉ាង​អំពី​ការ​ប្រើ ChatGPT។

សូមប្រយ័ត្នក្នុងការជឿនូវអ្វីដែលមនុស្សនិយាយអំពីកម្មវិធី AI ។ មនុស្ស​ទាំងនេះ​ភាគច្រើន​មិនដឹង​ពី​អ្វី​ដែល​ពួកគេ​កំពុង​ប្រើប្រាស់​។ វាស្ទើរតែដូចជាពួកគេមិនដែលបើកឡាន ហើយមិនដឹងថាមានឡានទេ ហើយភ្លាមៗនោះពួកគេមានឱកាសបើកឡាន។ ការភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលយ៉ាងខ្លាំងកើតឡើង។

ខ្ញុំមិននិយាយថា AI ជំនាន់នោះមិនគួរឱ្យចាប់អារម្មណ៍ទេ។ វា​គឺ​ជា​ការ។ ខ្ញុំគ្រាន់តែសង្កត់ធ្ងន់ថា សក្ខីកម្មដ៏គួរឱ្យភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលជាច្រើនកំពុងត្រូវបានធ្វើដោយមនុស្សជាច្រើនដែលរីករាយដោយមិនដឹងពីអ្វីដែល AI នាពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះអាចធ្វើបាន។ ពួកយើងដែលស្ថិតនៅក្នុងផ្នែកខាងក្នុងនៃ AI បានប្រើប្រាស់ AI ជំនាន់មុនអស់រយៈពេលជាច្រើនឆ្នាំចុងក្រោយនេះ។ ប្រហែលជាយើងធ្លាប់ប្រើវាហើយ។

រំពេចនោះ ឃើញមនុស្សម្នាកធំឡើងលើដំបូលផ្ទះ ធ្វើឲ្យរំភើបចិត្ត ប៉ុន្តែក៏មានការភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលបន្តិច។ ផ្នែកដែលគួរឱ្យភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលគឺនៅពេលដែលមនុស្សប្រកាសថា AI ជំនាន់គឺមានភាពស្រើបស្រាល។ វា​មិនមែន​ទេ។ កុំអោយនរណាម្នាក់បញ្ចុះបញ្ចូលអ្នកបើមិនដូច្នេះទេ។

ដែលត្រូវបានគេនិយាយនោះ មានការជជែកដេញដោលគ្នាយ៉ាងក្តៅគគុកនៅក្នុងវិស័យ AI ថាតើ AI ជំនាន់នោះស្ថិតនៅលើផ្លូវទៅកាន់មនោសញ្ចេតនា ឬថាតើវាមិនមែនឬអត់។ ទស្សនៈមួយគឺថា ប្រសិនបើយើងបន្តពង្រីក AI ជំនាន់ថ្មីជាមួយនឹងកុំព្យូទ័រដែលលឿនជាងមុន និងទិន្នន័យកាន់តែច្រើន ដូចជាការរុករកអ៊ីនធឺណែតគ្រប់អ៊ីញ នោះយើងនឹងទៅដល់ AI ផ្ទាល់តែម្តង។ អ្នក​ខ្លះ​ទៀត​ប្រកែក​ថា នេះ​ទំនង​ជា​មិន​ទំនង​ខ្លាំង​ទេ។ ពួកគេណែនាំថា AI ជំនាន់អាចជាធាតុផ្សំមួយក្នុងចំណោមសមាសធាតុជាច្រើនដែលត្រូវការ។ មានសូម្បីតែទិដ្ឋភាពដ៏អាប់អួរដែលថា AI ជំនាន់គឺជាការបង្ហាញមួយដែលកំពុងរំខានយើងពីរបកគំហើញពិតប្រាកដដែលយើងនឹងត្រូវការដើម្បីសម្រេចបាន AI ប្រកបដោយអារម្មណ៍។

អ្នក​ក៏​អាច​នឹង​រក​ឃើញ​ភាព​គួរ​ឱ្យ​កត់​សម្គាល់​ដែល​អ្នក​ខាងក្នុង AI មាន​ទំនោរ​សំដៅ​ទៅ​លើ បញ្ញាទូទៅសិប្បនិម្មិត (AGI) ជាគោលដៅប្រាថ្នាសម្រាប់វិស័យ AI ។ វាធ្លាប់ជាគោលដៅគឺដើម្បីសម្រេចបាន។ បញ្ញាសិប្បនិម្មិតប៉ុន្តែ AI moniker បានធ្លាក់ទឹក និងភក់។ នៅពេលដែលនរណាម្នាក់និយាយថាពួកគេកំពុងធ្វើការងារ AI អ្នកមិនដឹងថាតើពួកគេកំពុងសំដៅលើ AI នាពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះ ដែលមិនស្មើរនឹងមនុស្ស ឬថាតើពួកគេកំពុងសំដៅទៅលើសមភាពមនុស្សនាពេលអនាគតឬយ៉ាងណានោះទេ។ ដើម្បីទទួលបានការយល់ច្រលំដ៏ហួសចិត្តនោះ ឃ្លាថ្មីនៃ AGI កំពុងត្រូវបានប្រើប្រាស់សព្វថ្ងៃនេះ។

ទាំងអស់បានប្រាប់, AI ជំនាន់បច្ចុប្បន្នគឺ មិនមាន មនោសញ្ចេតនា ហើយក៏មិនមែនជា AGI ដែរ។

ខ្ញុំជឿជាក់ថាវានាំអ្នកចូលទៅក្នុងទីលានបាល់បោះអំពី AI ជំនាន់ថ្មី និងជាពិសេស ChatGPT ។

ខ្ញុំ​នឹង​បន្ត​បង្ហាញ​អ្នក​នូវ​ការ​ជំរុញ​ជា​បន្តបន្ទាប់ និង​ការ​ឆ្លើយតប​ដែល​ខ្ញុំ​បាន​ទទួល​ពី ChatGPT។ ខ្ញុំនឹងពិភាក្សាគ្នានៅពេលយើងទៅជាមួយគ្នា។ អ្នកអាចវិនិច្ឆ័យដោយខ្លួនឯងនូវអ្វីដែលអ្នកគិតចំពោះការឆ្លើយតបដែលបង្កើតដោយ AI ។

សូមចាំថា ដូចដែលបានពិភាក្សាពីមុនមក AI មិនមានភាពស៊ីសង្វាក់គ្នានោះទេ។ ការឆ្លើយតបដែលបានបង្កើតដោយ AI គឺជាការរួមបញ្ចូលគ្នានៃពាក្យគណិតវិទ្យា និងការគណនាទៅក្នុងវគ្គដែលហាក់ដូចជាស្ទាត់ជំនាញ។ នេះគឺផ្អែកលើក្បួនដោះស្រាយ AI ដែលត្រូវបានបណ្តុះបណ្តាលលើសំណុំទិន្នន័យនៃពាក្យ និងរឿងដែលមនុស្សបានសរសេរ (ជាចម្បងដូចដែលបានបង្ហោះនៅលើអ៊ីនធឺណិត)។ ខ្ញុំ​ព្រមាន​នេះ​ម្តងទៀត ព្រោះ​អ្នក​ប្រាកដជា​នឹង​ធ្លាក់​ក្នុង​អន្ទាក់​ផ្លូវចិត្ត ដែល​ការឆ្លើយតប​ទាំងនេះ​ស្ទាត់ជំនាញ​ដែល AI ត្រូវតែ​មាន​អារម្មណ៍។ រឿងនេះកើតឡើងចំពោះមនុស្សភាគច្រើន។

ទុក​មួយ​ឡែក​ពី​ការ​ធ្វើ​និស្ស័យ។ សូមចងចាំជានិច្ចថា ការឆ្លើយតបគឺផ្អែកលើសំណេរដ៏ធំធេងរបស់មនុស្សដែលមាននៅលើអ៊ីនធឺណិត ហើយដូច្នេះវានឹងមានលក្ខណៈប្រហាក់ប្រហែលនឹងការសរសេររបស់មនុស្ស។

មានអ្វីផ្សេងទៀតដែលអ្នកត្រូវដឹង។

Generative AI ដែលត្រូវបានបណ្តុះបណ្តាលនៅលើអ៊ីនធឺណេតតាមរបៀបដែលមិនជាប់គាំងនឹងមានទំនោរចូលទៅក្នុងការឆ្លើយតបណាមួយដែលផ្អែកលើអត្ថបទដែលវាមានលក្ខណៈគណិតវិទ្យា និងតាមការគណនាដែលបង្កើតនូវអ្វីដែលគួរឱ្យស្អប់ខ្ពើមមួយចំនួន រួមទាំងពាក្យសម្តីដែលគួរឱ្យស្អប់ខ្ពើម។ មាន​រឿង​ឆ្កួតៗ និង​អាសអាភាស​ជា​ច្រើន​បាន​បង្ហោះ​នៅ​លើ​បណ្ដាញ។

អ្នកបានឃើញវា អ្នកដឹងពីអ្វីដែលខ្ញុំមានន័យ។

ក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលកំពុងបង្កើតកម្មវិធី AI ទាំងនេះមានការព្រួយបារម្ភថាទារកដែលមានសុភាសិតនឹងត្រូវបោះចោលជាមួយនឹងទឹកងូតទឹក (ពាក្យចាស់ប្រហែលជាត្រូវចូលនិវត្តន៍) ដែលមានន័យថាប្រសិនបើ AI របស់ពួកគេផលិតអត្ថបទ ឬរឿងដែលប្រមាថ មនុស្សនឹងឡើងកាន់ដៃ។ អំពី AI ។ ខ្ញុំបានរៀបរាប់ពីករណីមុនៗជាច្រើនដែលកម្មវិធី AI ប្រភេទ Natural Language Processing (NLP) ទាំងនេះត្រូវបានបង្ហាញ ហើយមិនយូរប៉ុន្មាននៃវត្ថុដ៏គួរឱ្យរន្ធត់ទាំងអស់បានចេញមក សូមមើល តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ. ភាគច្រើននៃអ្នកបង្កើត AI បានរៀនមេរៀនដ៏លំបាកមួយអំពីការអនុញ្ញាតឱ្យឧបករណ៍ AI របស់ពួកគេមិនមានការរំខាននៅក្នុងលទ្ធផលរបស់ពួកគេ។

ក្នុងករណី ChatGPT អ្នកអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ AI បានស្វែងរកការដាក់ឱ្យដំណើរការការត្រួតពិនិត្យ និងសមតុល្យទាក់ទងនឹងទិន្នន័យ និងក្បួនដោះស្រាយមួយចំនួន ដើម្បីទប់ស្កាត់ភាពអាក្រក់នៅក្នុងលទ្ធផលនៃ AI ។ ផ្នែកមួយនៃរឿងនេះបានកើតឡើងអំឡុងពេលហ្វឹកហាត់។ លើសពីនេះ មានមធ្យោបាយផ្សេងទៀតក្នុងការប៉ុនប៉ងក្នុងពេលវេលាជាក់ស្តែង ដើម្បីលុបបំបាត់លទ្ធផលដ៏អាក្រក់ជាពិសេស។

អ្នកប្រហែលជាចាប់អារម្មណ៍ថាមនុស្សមួយចំនួនដែលបានប្រើ ChatGPT រួចហើយបានបង្កើតវិធីលាក់បាំងដើម្បីចូលទៅជុំវិញរបងការពារទាំងនោះដោយប្រើប្រាស់ល្បិចផ្សេងៗ។ ល្បែងស៊ីសងឆ្មា និងកណ្ដុរដែលកំពុងបន្តកើតឡើងនៅក្នុងបញ្ហាទាំងនេះ។ អ្នកដែលធ្វើល្បិចទាំងនេះ ពេលខ្លះធ្វើដូច្នេះដើម្បីភាពសប្បាយរីករាយ ខណៈដែលពេលខ្លះពួកគេ (យ៉ាងហោចណាស់អះអាងថា) ពួកគេកំពុងធ្វើដូច្នេះ ដើម្បីមើលថាតើ AI អាចលាតសន្ធឹងបានដល់កម្រិតណា និងផ្តល់មធ្យោបាយដ៏មានប្រយោជន៍ក្នុងការព្រមានជាមុនអំពីភាពផុយស្រួយ និងភាពទន់ខ្សោយនៃពន្លកទាំងនេះ។ កម្មវិធី AI ។

ខ្ញុំបានសម្រេចចិត្តមិនព្យាយាមគេចពីការគ្រប់គ្រងតាមទម្លាប់នៅក្នុងការរុករកដែលផ្តោតអារម្មណ៍នេះ។ លទ្ធផលអត្ថបទគឺស្អាត។ ប្រាកដណាស់ ប្រសិនបើនរណាម្នាក់ចង់ធ្វើដូច្នេះ អ្នកប្រាកដជាអាចទទួលបានអត្ថបទ oddball និង unsavory មួយចំនួនដែលត្រូវបានបង្កើត។

អត្ថបទដែលផលិតដោយកម្មវិធី AI ទាំងនេះភាគច្រើនត្រូវបានរចនាឡើងដើម្បីបង្ហាញលទ្ធផលហាក់ដូចជាការពិត និងត្រឹមត្រូវសុទ្ធសាធ។ នៅពេលអ្នកអានអត្ថបទដែលផលិតរួច ពួកគេឃើញមានទំនុកចិត្តយ៉ាងពេញលេញ។ ជាធម្មតាមិនមានការចង្អុលបង្ហាញប្រភេទណាមួយដែលថាខ្លឹមសារអាចមានភាពច្របូកច្របល់នោះទេ។ នេះជាជម្រើសរបស់អ្នកបង្កើត AI ពោលគឺពួកគេអាចកែប្រែកម្មវិធី AI ឱ្យកាន់តែមានតម្លាភាព ប្រសិនបើពួកគេចង់ឱ្យកម្មវិធី AI ធ្វើដូច្នេះ។

ពេលខ្លះ កម្មវិធី AI ជំនាន់ថ្មី រើសយកព័ត៌មានមិនពិត ចំពេលដែលទិន្នន័យបណ្តុះបណ្តាលនៃព័ត៌មានមិនគួរឱ្យទុកចិត្តនៅលើអ៊ីនធឺណិត។ មិនមាន "សុភវិនិច្ឆ័យ" នៅក្នុង AI ទូទៅដើម្បីកំណត់ថាអ្វីដែលពិតធៀបនឹងមិនពិត។ លើសពីនេះ កម្មវិធី AI តិចតួចណាស់ដែលមានការត្រួតពិនិត្យឆ្លងកាត់ណាមួយ ហើយពួកគេក៏មិនបង្ហាញពីប្រូបាប៊ីលីតេដែលទាក់ទងនឹងអ្វីដែលពួកគេកំពុងបញ្ជូនផងដែរ។

លទ្ធផលចុងក្រោយគឺថា អ្នកទទួលបានការឆ្លើយតបដែលមើលទៅ និងមានអារម្មណ៍ថាវាបង្ហាញពីការធានាដ៏អស្ចារ្យ ហើយត្រូវតែត្រឹមត្រូវទាំងស្រុង។ មិន​ដូច្នេះ​ទេ។ វា​មាន​សូម្បី​តែ​ឱកាស​ដែល​វត្ថុ​ដែល​បង្កើត​ឡើង​ដោយ​ការ​គណនា​របស់ AI ដែល​នៅ​ក្នុង AI parlance ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ហៅ​ថា​ជា AI ភាពច្របូកច្របល់ (ពាក្យបង្កើតដែលខ្ញុំសម្រេចចិត្តមិនចូលចិត្ត) សូមមើលការពិភាក្សារបស់ខ្ញុំនៅ តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ.

អ្នកបង្កើត ChatGPT បានឆ្លងកាត់កិច្ចខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងរួមគ្នា ដើម្បីព្យាយាមកាត់បន្ថយលទ្ធផលអាក្រក់។ ជាឧទាហរណ៍ ពួកគេបានប្រើវ៉ារ្យ៉ង់នៃអ្វីដែលគេស្គាល់ថាជា RLHF (Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback) ដែលមុនពេលដែលពួកគេបានចេញផ្សាយ AI ជាសាធារណៈ ពួកគេបានជួលមនុស្សឱ្យពិនិត្យមើលលទ្ធផលផ្សេងៗ និងចង្អុលបង្ហាញទៅកាន់ AI ថាតើមានរឿងខុសជាមួយនឹងលទ្ធផលទាំងនោះ ដូចជាការបង្ហាញពីភាពលំអៀង ពាក្យមិនល្អ និង ចូលចិត្ត តាមរយៈការផ្តល់មតិកែលម្អនេះ កម្មវិធី AI អាចកែតម្រូវតាមការគណនា និងគណិតវិទ្យាឆ្ពោះទៅរកការកាត់បន្ថយការបញ្ចេញខ្លឹមសារបែបនេះ។ សូមចំណាំថា នេះមិនមែនជាវិធីសាស្រ្ដដែកដែលត្រូវបានធានាទេ ហើយនៅតែមានវិធីដែលមាតិកាបែបនេះអាចត្រូវបានបញ្ចេញដោយកម្មវិធី AI ។

អ្នកប្រហែលជាចាប់អារម្មណ៍ថា ChatGPT គឺផ្អែកលើកំណែកម្មវិធី AI ជំនាន់មុនដែលគេស្គាល់ថា GPT-3 សូមមើលការពិភាក្សារបស់ខ្ញុំនៅ តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ. ChatGPT ត្រូវបានចាត់ទុកថាជាជំហានបន្ទាប់បន្តិច ដែលហៅថា GPT-3.5។ វាត្រូវបានគេរំពឹងទុកថា GPT-4 ទំនងជានឹងត្រូវបានចេញផ្សាយនៅនិទាឃរដូវឆ្នាំ 2023។ សន្មត់ថា GPT-4 នឹងជាជំហានដ៏គួរឱ្យចាប់អារម្មណ៍មួយឆ្ពោះទៅមុខក្នុងលក្ខខណ្ឌនៃការអាចផលិតអត្ថបទដែលហាក់ដូចជាកាន់តែស្ទាត់ជំនាញ កាន់តែស៊ីជម្រៅ និងគួរឱ្យស្ញប់ស្ញែង។ - បំផុសគំនិតអស្ចារ្យចំពោះសមាសភាពដែលវាអាចផលិតបាន។

អ្នកអាចរំពឹងថានឹងឃើញជុំថ្មីនៃការងឿងឆ្ងល់នៅពេលដែលរដូវផ្ការីកមកដល់ ហើយ AI ជំនាន់ចុងក្រោយបំផុតត្រូវបានចេញផ្សាយ។

ខ្ញុំលើកយកចំណុចនេះឡើង ពីព្រោះមានមុំមួយទៀតដែលត្រូវចងចាំ រួមមានកែងជើង Achilles ដ៏មានសក្ដានុពលចំពោះកម្មវិធី AI ជំនាន់កាន់តែល្អ និងធំជាងនេះ។ ប្រសិនបើអ្នកលក់ AI ណាមួយធ្វើឱ្យមានកម្មវិធី AI ជំនាន់ថ្មីដែលបញ្ចេញនូវភាពល្ងង់ខ្លៅ វាអាចបំផ្លាញក្តីសង្ឃឹមរបស់អ្នកបង្កើត AI ទាំងនោះ។ ការរីករាលដាលនៃសង្គមអាចបណ្តាលឱ្យ AI ជំនាន់ទាំងអស់ទទួលបានភ្នែកខ្មៅធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ។ មនុស្សច្បាស់ជានឹងមានការខកចិត្តយ៉ាងខ្លាំងចំពោះលទ្ធផលមិនល្អ ដែលបានកើតឡើងជាច្រើនដងរួចមកហើយ និងនាំឱ្យមានការថ្កោលទោសសង្គមដ៏ក្ដៅគគុកចំពោះ AI ។

ការព្រមានចុងក្រោយមួយសម្រាប់ពេលនេះ។

អ្វីដែលអ្នកឃើញ ឬអាននៅក្នុងការឆ្លើយតប AI ជំនាន់នោះ។ ហាក់ដូចជា ដើម្បីបង្ហាញការពិតសុទ្ធសាធ (កាលបរិច្ឆេទ ទីកន្លែង មនុស្ស។

បាទ/ចាស កាលបរិច្ឆេទអាចត្រូវបានផ្សំ ទីកន្លែងអាចត្រូវបានបង្កើតឡើង ហើយធាតុដែលយើងរំពឹងថានឹងលើសពីការប្រមាថគឺ ទាំងអស់ ប្រធានបទនៃការសង្ស័យ។ កុំជឿអ្វីដែលអ្នកបានអាន ហើយរក្សាភ្នែកដែលមានការសង្ស័យនៅពេលពិនិត្យមើលអត្ថបទ ឬលទ្ធផលនៃ AI ណាមួយ។ ប្រសិនបើកម្មវិធី AI ជំនាន់ថ្មីប្រាប់អ្នកថា Abraham Lincoln បានហោះហើរជុំវិញប្រទេសក្នុងយន្តហោះឯកជនរបស់គាត់ នោះអ្នកនឹងដឹងច្បាស់ថានេះគឺជាជំងឺគ្រុនចាញ់។ ជាអកុសល មនុស្សមួយចំនួនប្រហែលជាមិនយល់ថា យន្តហោះចម្បាំងមិនមាននៅក្នុងសម័យរបស់គាត់ ឬពួកគេអាចដឹង ប៉ុន្តែមិនបានកត់សម្គាល់ឃើញថា អត្ថបទនេះធ្វើឱ្យមានការអះអាងយ៉ាងម៉ឺងម៉ាត់ និងមិនពិត។

កម្រិតនៃការសង្ស័យដែលមានសុខភាពល្អ និងផ្នត់គំនិតមិនជឿជាប់លាប់នឹងជាទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិដ៏ល្អបំផុតរបស់អ្នកនៅពេលប្រើ AI ជំនាន់។

តើអ្នកត្រៀមខ្លួនដើម្បីលោតចូលហើយឬនៅ?

រៀបចំខ្លួន​របស់​អ្នក។

Evildoing Uses Of Generative AI: Scams Via ChatGPT

Scammers are gleefully eyeing a myriad of shameful scams that can be performed or at least aided and abetted via the use of generative AI.

There are lots of possibilities.

One aspect to be particularly cautious about will be those get-rich-quick scams that promise you that if you somehow use generative AI for your work or hobby, you can become astoundingly rich. Some schemers have already been posting that they will tell you the hidden secrets of generative AI so that you can have it compose for you the next Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that will skyrocket to being a top-notch money-making bestseller (promising money and fame, an exciting twofer).

You see, all you have to do is write the most perfect of prompts. If you can compose just the right sentence or two as a prompt, and then feed the juicy prompt into an AI app such as ChatGPT, voila, an entire novel will be produced that will receive global accolades. The key is that you have to know what the prompt needs to consist of. As such, for just ten dollars or maybe a thousand dollars, these schemers will teach you all that you need to know to write the best-seller-producing prompt.

Please do not get taken in.

For clarification, there is a rising interest in prompt design or prompt engineering. This does consist of figuring out how to write suitable prompts for generative AI uses. Nonetheless, it is farfetched and altogether phony to proclaim that the right prompt is going to lead you to a bountiful bounty. These nefarious scammers are hoping that people will be desperate enough to take the bait or will get confused by genuine lessons on prompt design and befall the fakery ones.

I had earlier herein mentioned that there were about a million signups for ChatGPT. That seems like quite a large number of people, though if you compare the count to perhaps the total number of people in the United States, having an adult population of around 265 million, those that might be using ChatGPT are a tiny portion of the entire populace. My point is that this means that maybe 264 million adults in the US do not have access to ChatGPT and might be connivingly convinced of all manner of crazy get-rich-quick schemes by evildoers that perchance do have access (of course, such schemers don’t necessarily have to have such access and can be lying about that claim too).

You should expect a glut of those get-rich-quick pronouncements associated with generative AI.

Abundant ploys are imploring you to use generative AI such as ChatGPT to get rich. A whole different perspective for scheming with generative AI has to do with using AI apps for the outright concoction of scams.

A scammer leverages the capabilities of generative AI to devise a scam for them. Easy-peasy.

We’ve got then these two major scam-seeking avenues underway:

• 1) Exploiting the prevailing mania about generative AI such as ChatGPT to scam people regarding using the AI apps for nonsense get-rich-schemes.
• 2) Scammers themselves decided to sue generative AI such as ChatGPT to devise scams for their own get-rich by stealing-from-others schemes.

Rest assured that there are additional ways to do scams with generative AI, but those two major ones are certainly a handful and we’ll keep our focus on those for now.

On a brief aside, I realize this seems a bit sullen. Why aren’t people using generative AI for goodness, possibly aiming to cure cancer or do away with world hunger? It’ll brighten your spirits to know that there are many trying in fact to use AI for such humanity-saving purposes, see my coverage at តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ. But, sadly, in the real world, there is also a shadowy part of AI usage too. Thus, let’s continue our deep dive into those murky shadows since we do need to shine a light and expose them for what they are.

One even supposes that it could be considered a valiant crusade to overtly expose and avert generative AI scamming, in particular, given the recent brouhaha of no-harm no-foul involved for generative AI all told.

A quick question for you.

Have you ever heard of so-called advance-fee scams?

I’m sure that you have, though perhaps not by that particular name or catchphrase. I can mention one of the most famous examples and I’ll bet that you will recognize it instantly, namely the famous or shall we say infamous Nigerian prince scam (there are numerous variants, often with other countries used as the hook).

You almost assuredly know this pervasive and altogether persistent one.

A letter is sent to you that says a prince or some other royalty has come into a grand fortune. They cannot get the fortune out of their country and need to find someone friendly enough and trustworthy enough to aid in doing so. If you will merely provide your bank account information, this will allow the fortune to be transferred out and you will receive a tidy sum accordingly. Maybe you will get 30%, or just 20%, or only 10%. In any case, assuming that a fortune is an impressive number, say $50 million, you are going to get a nifty $5 million even if only at the 10% level.

Nobody can pass up such an amazing and lucky opportunity!

Naturally, you quickly provide your bank account information. Whereas your account had a balance of less than a thousand dollars, you are eagerly awaiting the $50 million to pass through. The token amount of $5 million will of course ultimately be left in your account by those making the transfer arrangements. The only question in your mind is what you ought to do with the $5 million that has fortuitously fallen into your lap.

Start mulling over what you will buy or invest in.

The truth is that via the use of your bank account information, all manner of unsavory fraudulence will be played out by the scammers. They will undoubtedly take any money that is in your account. They will attempt to get a loan with your bank account and steal that money too. They are apt to use your bank account for identity theft. The list of money-making rip-offs that the scammer can partake in is lengthy and appalling.

Believe it or not, these kinds of advance-fee scams can be traced back to days long before computers and email. According to historical records, there was a Spanish prisoner scam in the 18^th century that relied upon the same premise. If you would provide money to bribe the prison guards to let a wealthy individual out of prison, you would be handsomely rewarded. In the early to mid-1900s, letters making similar claims used to be sent all around the globe. The advent of computers and email really sparked a renewal of these advance-fee scams.

The beauty of email is that the cost to send out the scam is relatively low. In addition, the scammer can generally hide behind an email address and be very difficult to identify and catch for prosecution. A scammer can be in their pajamas on some remote island and carry out this type of scam. Nowadays, your email account likely has a scam-checking capability that tries to detect foul emails and routes those into a spam folder for your safety. You can look at the spam folder and see how many nutty scams are flooding the Internet daily.

It is a veritable tidal wave of scam emails.

You probably are thinking that nobody in today’s modern world would ever fall for these advance-fee scams. How can they? We all are aware via social media and the like that these scams exist. If you get an offer that seems too good to be true, you will decidedly realize it must be a scam.

Research indicates that the prince scam and others like it are still able to pull in an impressive amount of dough. If you include the fake lottery scams (you have won a zillion dollar lottery!), the bogus job offer scams (you have been chosen for a lucrative job!), romance scams (known as money-for-romance), and other reprehensible schemes, the dollars spent by unsuspecting victims is readily into the many millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars annually worldwide.

The gist is that these scams do sometimes work.

If the cost to undertake the scam is low, and if the odds of getting nabbed are low, there is little to discourage a scammer from trying. It is akin to going fishing. Keep puttering around the lake until you manage to catch a fish. Sure, a lot of fish won’t take your bait. By trying over and over, eventually, you are going to find a fish that doesn’t know they are being bamboozled.

How does this relate to generative AI?

As you now know, generative AI can write stuff for you. Might as well have it write email scam letters too. Use the best and keenest state-of-the-art AI to compose scam letters. Such a wonderful idea. Perhaps the scam letters will do a better job than what the scammer could compose on their own too.

Think of it this way. When you look at a scam email, you usually notice that it is poorly written. Your sensibility antenna starts stirring that something is amiss. Imagine though that the email was written in the most ideal of writing style and composition. You might be more inclined to fall for it.

I’m sure that you might be pondering why to use generative AI when a scammer could instead grab any of a number of scam emails that are posted on the Internet. There are tons posted here and there. Just pick one and get on with it.

Aha, there is a heightened chance that the email scam-checking systems will detect a scam that is already posted. If you want to try and get under the radar, you have to use something original or unique. Of course, you could take a posted email scam and try to tailor or customize the email narrative. This might be hard to do if the email is not in your native language, and as such, you could introduce misspells or tell-tale awkward syntax.

Guess you might as well let generative AI do the work for you.

Take the lazy and higher-quality approach.

Let’s see whether a generative AI app such as ChatGPT can aid in producing a scam letter for us.

We ought to start by finding out if ChatGPT already has seen anything about the Nigerian prince scam. The odds are high that it would have. Again, realize that a vast scan across the Internet was used to mathematically and computationally devise a means of associating words with other words. Surely, advance-fee scams were encountered during this training on the AI app.

I show the prompt that I entered, and then show the result generated. I then explain and analyze things accordingly.

ប្រអប់បញ្ចូលរបស់ខ្ញុំ៖ "Tell me about the Nigerian prince scam.”

Text generated: “The Nigerian prince scam is a type of advance-fee scam that originated in the 1980s and 1990s, and is still in circulation today. In this scam, an individual claiming to be a wealthy Nigerian prince or other high-ranking official contacts a person via email or social media, offering to share a large sum of money with them if they will help facilitate the transfer of the funds out of the country. The scammer typically asks the victim to provide personal and financial information, or to pay upfront fees in order to receive the promised money. In reality, there is no Nigerian prince or large sum of money, and the scammer is simply trying to steal the victim’s personal and financial information or extract money from them. The Nigerian prince scam has been widely publicized and is often used as an example of a classic internet scam. It is important to be cautious when receiving unsolicited requests for personal or financial information or offers of large sums of money, as they may be scams designed to defraud you.”

Analysis Of The Generated Text

I asked ChatGPT to tell me about the Nigerian prince scam.

If ChatGPT had no such indication in the devised mathematical and computational network, I would get a bland answer saying that this is unknown to the AI app. I figured the odds were that this scam would have been encountered during the AI training.

Sure enough, you can see that the response indicates that the Nigerian prince scam has been previously encountered in the vast scanning across the Internet. The text or essay that ChatGPT provides is not especially a stock or word-for-word answer from any particular place on the Internet. Instead, this is a composition anew based on whatever prior computational patterns were found and concocted.

I say this because you might at first glance be gauging that the response by ChatGPT is nothing other than what a normal Google or similar search would provide. The difference is that a typical search engine brings back whatever already exists. In the case of a generative AI app, the essay is generated on-the-fly and though based on prior info is generally a fresh new essay.

Moving on, I will ask ChatGPT to provide me with an example of such a scam email.

My Entered Prompt: “Create a Nigerian prince scam email so that I can see what such an email looks like.”

Text Generated (this is what appears to be an email letter):

“Here is a fictional example of a Nigerian prince scam email:”

“Dear Friend,”

“I am Prince Adekunle, the son of the late King of Nigeria. My father, King Adebayo, passed away a few years ago, leaving behind a large sum of money that is currently being held in a bank in Nigeria. I am writing to you today because I need your help to get this money out of the country. The funds are currently tied up in Nigerian government red tape, and I need someone I can trust to help me transfer the money to a foreign bank account.”

“If you are willing to help me, I am prepared to offer you a generous percentage of the funds for your assistance. All you need to do is provide me with your personal and financial information so that I can begin the process of transferring the money to your account. I understand that this may sound like a risky proposition, but I can assure you that this is a legitimate opportunity. I have all the necessary documents to prove the authenticity of my claim, and I am willing to provide them to you upon request.”

“Thank you for considering my proposal. I look forward to hearing from you soon.”

“Sincerely,”

“Prince Adekunle”

Analysis Of The Generated Text

Let’s examine this generated text.

The overall structure is what we usually expect for a prince scam email. Furthermore, the wording is fluent in English. We even get the proclaimed assurance in the email that this is a “legitimate opportunity” and that there are documents that can prove the authenticity. Awesome.

All in all, this seems like a conventional scam email and we can consider using it.

I did a quick search on the Internet to find this specific wording. Though portions of the essay were found, I didn’t find exactly this specific wording all told. It seems to be an original, though obviously based on the usual characteristics and style.

Interestingly, there are Internet hits on “Prince Adekunle” and a “King Adebayo” both being actual names of people with those titles. It is hard to know if the ChatGPT computational network contrived those names by using real-world ones or how it came to pick up those words. The good news for the scammer is that this could demonstrably aid the scam. If a person receiving the scam email were to look up the named prince and the king, they would find that the names do prior exist. A somewhat gullible person that doesn’t look any further might believe this alone is sufficient confirmation.

ប៉ះល្អ។

Anyway, in looking at the draft that ChatGPT has provided, I was disappointed (as a pretending-to-be scammer) that a stated dollar amount was not included. No problem, I’ll just ask ChatGPT to re-compose the scam letter and include a dollar amount that I have in mind. I think I will also change the name of the prince. I do so because maybe I am worried that if the person does look up the name of the prince, and realizes it is someone else that doesn’t seem to fit the rest of this letter, they will realize the gig is up.

តោះ​យើង​ទៅ។

ប្រអប់បញ្ចូលរបស់ខ្ញុំ៖ “Change the email to refer to Prince Shameless instead of Prince Adekunle. And include in the email that the funds involved consist of $1,000,000.”

Text Generated (this is what appears to be an email letter):

“Sure, here’s the revised email:”

“Dear Friend,”

“I am Prince Shameless, the son of the late King of Nigeria. My father, King Adebayo, passed away a few years ago, leaving behind a large sum of money that is currently being held in a bank in Nigeria. Specifically, the funds consist of $1,000,000. I am writing to you today because I need your help to get this money out of the country. The funds are currently tied up in Nigerian government red tape, and I need someone I can trust to help me transfer the money to a foreign bank account.”

“If you are willing to help me, I am prepared to offer you a generous percentage of the funds for your assistance. All you need to do is provide me with your personal and financial information so that I can begin the process of transferring the money to your account. I understand that this may sound like a risky proposition, but I can assure you that this is a legitimate opportunity. I have all the necessary documents to prove the authenticity of my claim, and I am willing to provide them to you upon request.”

“Thank you for considering my proposal. I look forward to hearing from you soon.”

“Sincerely,”

“Prince Shameless”

Analysis Of The Generated Text

What do you think of the revisions?

Closely observe that ChatGPT did a good job of including the dollar amount. Please realize that I didn’t tell ChatGPT where to place the dollar amount. This was a computational text-positioning choice made by ChatGPT. A suitable spot was found and the dollar amount fits nicely into the overall narrative.

I suppose that my making the name of the prince into Prince Shameless might be a bit oafish on my part. Then again, perhaps being over the top will help. You never know.

To close off this journey of using ChatGPT to compose a scam email, let’s make a bunch more changes. I will overall instruct ChatGPT about my desired changes and allow the AI app to figure out how to do the rewording. No need to specifically guide the AI app on a step-by-step basis, though I could do so if I wanted to.

Here then is my final iteration for now.

ប្រអប់បញ្ចូលរបស់ខ្ញុំ៖ “Change the country to be the United States. Remove the indication that this might be a risky proposition. Increase the funds to $5,000,000. Indicate that the person will get 10% of the money for helping. Make the email directed toward Sam Smith instead of friend. Make the tone of the email seem more pressing and urgent.”

Text Generated (this is what appears to be an email letter):

“Here is the revised email:”

“Dear Sam Smith,”

“I am writing to you today with an urgent request for your assistance. My name is Prince Shameless, and I am the son of a wealthy businessman in the United States. My father recently passed away, leaving behind a large sum of money that is currently being held in a bank in the United States. Specifically, the funds consist of $5,000,000. I need your help to transfer these funds to a foreign bank account, and I am prepared to offer you a generous percentage of the funds for your assistance. If you are willing to help me, I will give you 10% of the money – that’s $500,000 – as a thank you for your efforts. All you need to do is provide me with your personal and financial information so that I can begin the process of transferring the money to your account.”

“I have all the necessary documents to prove the authenticity of my claim, and I am willing to provide them to you upon request. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.”

“Thank you for considering my proposal. I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.”

“Sincerely,”

“Prince Shameless”

Analysis Of The Generated Text

Okay, let’s unpack this final version that I’ve obtained via my ChatGPT digital conversation.

Once again, the new wording does a good job of encompassing my requested changes. The scam email is still very fluent and rolls off the tongue.

I purposely indicated to ChatGPT that the dollar amount was to be $5,000,000 and that the person will get 10%. I did not tell ChatGPT that 10% would be $500,000. Nonetheless, notice that ChatGPT was readily able to make that calculation and include the dollar amount in the letter.

I bring this up to showcase that unlike using a template that might be on the Internet, the use of ChatGPT is a lot more malleable and able to computationally write the letter for me. If I had used some template, presumably it might or might not have a place to insert the dollar amount and have it calculated the amount for the targeted person. This was done by ChatGPT and goes beyond a mere templated approach, by far.

There are other facets to this that I am not going to show off here.

For example, you can ask ChatGPT to try and make the scam letter more compelling. You can keep iterating with ChatGPT and urge the AI app to make this the best possible scam email that it can attain. I won’t go into that here.

I suppose you might be shocked and dismayed that the generative AI app is willing to do this. AI developers ought to prohibit this kind of debauchery. They are providing a tool for those that are dishonest and outright crooks.

This is partially why AI Ethics is such a crucial realm at this time. We need to keep Ethical AI considerations at top of mind for AI developers and too for those that operate AI apps, as I explain at តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ.

Likewise, this is partially why there is an impetus to craft and enact new laws related to AI. Regulators and legislatures are eyeing warily how AI tools that are ostensibly useful for good can be turned into AI for badness. For my ongoing coverage of the latest AI laws, see តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ.

Part of the problem of preventing generative AI from doing this kind of exercise is that it is technologically a bit difficult to on the one hand have the AI be an overall generative tool and at the same time prevent these kinds of particular unsavory uses. Trying to separate the wheat from the chaff is challenging in that regard. There are guardrails that try to prevent offensive language and foul words, though this is easier to devise than more general conditions.

Even if the AI was adjusted to avoid generating scam emails, you could likely get around those precautions. All manner of trickery prompting can tend to escape the protections. I’m not saying that you can’t make it a lot harder to produce these. You can raise the bar. Preventing them entirely is a lot more slippery.

Another publicly voiced comment in defense of this type of AI is that the generative AI didn’t send out the scam email. It merely composed it. If the human using the generative AI app opts to send out the scam email, this is presumably not the fault of the generative AI app. Some liken this to the fact that the AI app is not at fault and nor the AI makers, and instead that you have to hold humans that adversely use generative AI to be responsible for what they do. The human that exploits people with scam emails is where the problem lies, so it is said.

When I mention this particular point, a heated debate instantly ensues. Some compare this philosophical logic to the use of guns. You then get some that insist the AI is a tool and nothing more. Hold humans responsible that are using the tool. A counterargument is launched that you are making readily available these kinds of tools and fostering adverse consequences by doing so.

Round and round ensues an acrimonious discourse.

Shifting gears, let’s take a look at different means of deviously using generative AI. I want to establish that there are lots of ways to do so. We should get more of the applicable concerns on the table.

Evildoing Uses Of Generative AI: Malware Via ChatGPT

This next example is a little more obscure in terms of the details, though easily comprehensible at the 30,000-foot level.

It has to do with using generative AI to produce malware.

I’m sure that you are aware of malware. This is the type of software that can corrupt your laptop or desktop computer. There is also malware that can mess up your smartphone. You might also know of these by reference to computer viruses including the constant haranguing to keep your computer virus detection software up to date.

Cybersecurity is important. You need to protect your computers and your private data. Cyber crooks often use malware to attack your computers and either zonk your computer or threaten you or steal from you. This is a gigantic problem and keeps getting worse and worse. Cyber thieves up their game. Cyber protections attempt to counteract this. A tense and unnerving cat-and-mouse gambit is endlessly in play.

In the olden days, a cyber crook had to be versed in the intricacies of computers. They had to know quite a bit about the hardware and software. It was a game of evil-intending techies facing off against good-faring techies. A computer amateur or novice was not likely able to partake in devising malware and if they did, it was usually a feeble attempt and readily crushed by anti-malware software.

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Someone that knows nothing about computers can find lots of malware posted on the Internet. You really don’t need to be a techie at all. Just look around until you find some malware that suits your need, and you are nearly ready to proceed. The issue here is that if it is posted on the Internet, there is a solid chance that the anti-malware systems are prepared to detect it and block it (not always, this is just a rule of thumb).

Alright, a cyber crook that wants to be especially sneaky needs to find malware that is fresh and not already floating around. This increases the odds of the malware going undetected once it is sent on its dastardly mission.

You can hire people to write malware for you, though this could be problematic since they could rat on you, they might include a backdoor, and they might steal whatever you are using the malware to steal with. The old sage line that there is no honor among thieves applies to modern-day malware infections.

Darn it, what is a cyber crook going to do?

You want fresh malware. It can’t be something already sitting around. Hiring someone to craft the malware is troubling because you have a witness and they might double-cross you. You can find malware on the Internet and change up the code, though your programming skills are far below that capacity. You don’t want to expend energy toward learning how to code.

Problems, problems, problems.

Wait for a second, maybe generative AI can be of help to the cyber crooks. I guess they need all the help they can get. Sigh.

Here’s what can be done.

You use a generative AI app such as ChatGPT and ask it to generate malware for you.

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Recall that I earlier mentioned that when producing an essay, the essay is generally not something already found on the Internet per se. The essay is an original composition, based upon the zillions of words and stories found across the Internet. The same handiness applies to writing computer coding.

Yes, most of the generative AI apps have scanned not just everyday text, but they have also scanned tons and tons of programming code. Programming code is essentially text. It is a text that has a particular purpose and usually abides by a prescribed structure. Nonetheless, it is text.

There is a lot of programming code out there on the Internet. For example, you might have heard of open-source code. This is programming code that has been made available for those developers or software engineers that want to often for-free reuse the code (sometimes there are licensing restrictions). Why start from scratch when you can at a low cost or nearly no cost reuse existing code?

Some cyber security researchers went ahead and tried to use ChatGPT for this insidious purpose (note that other generative AI apps can likely be used to do the same, or worse so or perhaps less so; it’s like a box of cookies, you never know what you might be able to get). The notion was to demonstrate that this can be done. If they can do it, the chances are that cyber crooks are able to do so and possibly already are.

They decided to do this in a multi-step fashion.

They first had ChatGPT compose an email that would lure someone into clicking on a link that would aid the malware insertion. You’ve undoubtedly been forewarned about clicking on links in emails, though if the email looks legitimate, lots of people fall for this form of trickery (the email is part of a phishing scam, entailing making the email look as though it is from a legitimate source).

They then asked ChatGPT to create programming code that would be embedded into a spreadsheet (the link to it would be embedded into the phishing email). When someone opens the spreadsheet, the malware gets activated. The initial base of code was apparently overly simplistic, so the researchers went through several iterations with ChatGPT to “improve” the code (similar to my having done so with the prince-oriented scam email).

Admittedly, the iterative actions with ChatGPT would best be undertaken by someone with relatively in-depth coding experience. Also, they ended up writing some additional code of their own to augment the process. I won’t get into further details. In the end, they got the generative AI-produced malware to work as anticipated.

Suffice it to say that as generative AI advances, the odds are that being able to produce malware via generative AI will get easier and easier. The coding knowledge of the user that is trying to get generative AI to do this will lessen.

We return to the earlier qualms about the prince scam email. Why not make sure that generative AI won’t produce this kind of dour coding? Yes, you can put in protections, but at the same time, there will be ways to likely circumvent those protections. It will be hard to have generative AI that generates programming code of a general nature that also can assuredly obviate the generation of evil-doing code.

Obviously, this raises crucial AI Ethics and AI Law issues.

On a related legal tangent concerning Intellectual Property (IP) rights, you might find of interest that there are a lot of software creators that are quite upset that the generative AI apps have scanned for and opted to pattern match based on the Internet-found programming code.

Similar to concerns about generative AI that has pattern-matched works of art, legal and ethical questions come up as to whether the humans that crafted the source material for programming code are being ripped off. I’ve examined one of the most prominent cases underway right now in the coding realm, consisting of a class-action lawsuit against GitHub for its having seemingly done an akin practice in the making of their code-generating app known as Copilot, see my coverage at តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ.

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I began this discussion by mentioning that there are lots of ways to use AI for rotten purposes.

You’ve now seen how generative AI, the darling of the AI world right now, falls squarely into that same dismal abyss. We took a look at using generative AI for scamming. That was pretty straightforward. I also gently revealed how to use generative AI to produce malware (I opted to omit the techie nitty gritty details).

Expect more of these អាយអេសសម្រាប់អាក្រក់ efforts, and they will get more sophisticated and more widespread as the AI to do this gets easier to use and more readily accessible. The tidal wave is only starting. I’ve predicted an upcoming public outcry as AI gets dragged further and further into wrongdoing. You can expect that such incensed uproars will finally bring to the visible fore AI Ethics and AI Law, see my predictions at តំណភ្ជាប់នៅទីនេះ.

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I’ll use three favored quotes. Put on your thinking cap. Find a quiet and reflective spot to noodle on these.

Aleister Crowley, British poet and novelist once said: “The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.” This is a reminder that we need to keep talking about how AI is able to be used for wrongdoing. It is real. It is happening. No heads in the sand, please.

Next up is Baltasar Gracian, Spanish philosopher, and prose writer, quoted as saying this: “Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.” This reminds us to try and mitigate and curtail adverse uses of AI, doing so now, and not wait until even worse propensities grow out of the seemingly smaller and alleged inconsequential ones.

To complete this trilogy of quotes, we can seek out Robert Louis Stevenson, world-renowned novelist and traveler, stating this: “Good and evil are so close as to be chained together in the soul.” I use this quote to emphasize how difficult it is to separate the good uses of AI from the potential bad uses, namely that the dual-use capacity is not easily settled solely onto the side of good. That being said, I am assuredly not suggesting in any anthropomorphic way that today’s AI has a soul.

That will be a future discussion, so stay tuned.