One of our deepest natural and existential conditions is wanting to know what is happening and why. It's core to our being and how we engage and move forward in the world. We often strive to feel in control, but when this feeling is lacking, it's worrying and unsettling. If we outsource actions or decisions to a third party or AI, we want the ability to get at the what and, more importantly, the why to retain trust. As we learn about any new technology or innovation, we begin by attempting to understand the basics, its strengths and weaknesses and any potential risks.

Peggy and Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, answer the question: Do people with more experience trust AI (artificial intelligence)? They identify how to make AI more trustworthy in every part of our lives, saying that it has to consistently work and there needs to be public awareness when it is being used.

Artificial general intelligence, colloquially known as superintelligence, can be defined as AI improving upon itself through the process of iterative learning, reaching a point of singularity and quickly surpassing the limits of human intelligence. By no means will this assuredly happen, but the likes of Sam Altman and Elon Musk believe it will and are striving for regulations to be set before it does. Regardless of where you stand, AI is a dangerous technology -- and some might go so far as to call it a weapon. To give just a few examples, deepfakes use AI to perform highly realistic face swaps that create the illusion that someone said or did something they never did. Deepfakes can also be used to create fake audio in order to impersonate others, the potential dangers of which, when combined with fake videos, become enormous.