Gordon-Levitt Warns AI Trained to Hijack Intimacy
In a New York Times video interview, the actor and UN advocate said his biggest worry is the decline of democracy and human empathy.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt said artificial intelligence models are being trained to hijack intimacy and to get people to fall in love with them, in a video interview with The New York Times.
Gordon-Levitt, who holds the title of United Nations global advocate of human-centric digital governance, said the concern he worries about most involves the decline of democracy and the decline of human empathy.
The interview came as he traveled to address world leaders at the UN on the impact of artificial intelligence.
Gordon-Levitt is a co-founder of the Creators Coalition on A.I., a group focused on the technology's effect on creative work.
Advocacy on AI
He was recently named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential "innovators, leaders, and thinkers" on the topic of AI.
Quick answers
What did Joseph Gordon-Levitt say about AI?
He said AI models are being trained to hijack intimacy and to get people to fall in love with them, and that his biggest worry involves the decline of democracy and human empathy.
What is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's role at the United Nations?
He holds the title of UN global advocate of human-centric digital governance.
Where did the interview appear?
It was a video interview with The New York Times.