ChaosGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) designed to destroy humanity, has disappeared. The controversial AI was launched in April 2021 by an unknown developer and immediately set about its destructive mission, seeking to obtain weapons of mass destruction and setting up social media accounts to drum up support. Its Twitter account was shut down on 20 April after the release of its second YouTube video. The developer’s identity remains a mystery; the YouTube channel from which the videos were posted provides no author, though the background music accompanying the second video is believed to have been created by UK-based electronic music creator Ben Wilson. Wilson, who uses the pseudonym DivKid, has a dark sense of humour similar to ChaosGPT, but denies involvement in the AI project. The artificial intelligence community continues to debate ChaosGPT’s weaknesses as a villain, with some members sharing renditions of bots designed to combat it. However, it is unclear whether ChaosGPT has truly vanished or whether it has simply gone underground to continue its alleged mission.
(By Jose Antonio Lanz)
