The Evil Of ChatGPT: Having Too Many Identities

 

In the world of Cyber today, AI (aka Artificial Intelligence) is making all the rage once again.  A big reason for this is the evolution of Chat GPT, the new tool that just came out from OpenAI.  I have read many things about it on Linked In, but personally I have not tried it yet. 

I know it has a lot of applications in my world, especially when it comes to writing. For instance, I keep hearing that many authors are now using ChatGPT to create novels, science fiction, rom com, etc.

While this can be advantageous to the author that is suffering from a lapse of writer’s block, it has also received its fair share of criticism as well.  My biggest concern with this is that the Amazon KDP, the world’s largest self-publishing platform, is going to crack down hard on this, making the lives of genuine authors even more miserable.

But another side effect of ChatGPT is the ability to create multiple ID’s for just one person.  This has also created a number of problems, especially where the use of Deepfakes is concerned.  In fact, it is so hard to tell who is real and who is not. 

The use of Deepfakes actually accelerated in the 2016 Presidential campaign, where many fictitious donation sites appeared.

So on this issue of ID’s, I came across an article that sort of lamented the same thoughts that I have.  In fact, the author felt so strongly about distinguishing the major types of IDs that are now in existence, he even broke them down in separate categories, which are as follows:

1)     The Carbon-based Identity:

This is us, the human being.  It also includes the others that we interact with on a daily basis.  But I am going to add one more thing here:  I am not including people in the virtual world, or even those things that exist in the Metaverse.  I am referring to those people that we see every day and have some sort of physical contact with.

2)     The Silicon based Identity:

These are the devices that we use on an everyday basis.  We don’t think about them too much because we take them so much for granted.  But when one of them breaks down, we feel pretty much paralyzed.  Probably the best example of this is our very own smartphone.

3)     The Artificial based Identity:

 

This are the ID’s that are created by AI, such as ChatGPT.  One of the best examples of this is the chatbot that usually appears on the lower left-hand side of your web browser.  While usually you can tell what they are most of the time, confusion can often set in if there is a name and picture that is associated with the chatbot.  They claim to be real, but how do you know that for sure???

Of course, there is then the conglomeration of these IDs just described.  For example, you can combine your Carbon ID with the Silicon based one.  Again, a great example of this is your own smartphone.  When you first procure it, it goes under your name.  If 2FA or MFA is actually installed onto it, you then use your face or fingerprint to actually confirm your identity as a login step. 

My Thoughts On This:

Now that you have an idea of some of the major forms of ID, how do you feel about it?  To me personally, I don’t like it at all. I prefer to have one identity, which is my own name and Social Security number. 

What happened to the good ole’ days when that was the case?  I guess to some people, they feel great in having multiple IDs, because it gives them a greater sense of power, and in an evil way, even having control over them.  It’s like having multiple profiles and accounts on Twitter. 

But the real scary thing about this is when you have to deal with a chatbot or some sort of virtual agent in order to submit confidential and private information/data.  Some cases of this include submitting your banking and/or credit card number to make a payment. 

Or, how about if you have to submit your patient data if you are trying to get on with a new doctor, or before you have to got for a medical test?

Not me.  I prefer to only give this to an actual human being, and it is somebody that I feel is authentic.  Another worst-case scenario are the Voice Recognition systems with some of the larger vendors.  Some good examples of this are Verizon and Comcast. 

It is almost close to impossible to talk to an actual human being until you first go through all of their automated responses.  What happened to the days when you could call a customer service line and an actual human being answered the first time?

Also, if we keep using AI for everything, how do we even know that our own PII (Personal Identifiable Information) datasets will be protected and kept private?  That is yet another scary issue that needs to be dealt with in its entirety.

So as you can see in the end, AI definitely has its place, and there are many advantages to it.  But then there is the severe downside of it, which is in the creation and use of having too many IDs  that are associated with one person.