A letter signed by renowned names such as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk warned about the risks represented by artificial intelligence, including ethical dilemmas, such as in the case of self-driving cars, as well as mass unemployment. However, the risks may have a cause that is not only distinct but also reach a much higher level than the text considers.

With an annual growth rate of 38% in the estimated market value increase, artificial intelligence progresses at a dizzying pace, making China's GDP growth look like the steps of a turtle. Such is this growth rate that it represents, over the course of 10 years, a 25-fold increase in the size of the market. And, as mathematics dictates, nothing less than 625 times in a 20-year period, if such growth persists. We are, of course, referring only to the direct economic force exerted by artificial intelligence, without considering, for example, the certainly immense impacts that such expansion represents in numerous areas, from the labor market, already mentioned, to economic risks (whether due to the great sudden transfer of investment to this sector, withdrawal from others, or by a sudden drop in profits obtained in the same), environmental risks, contributing to global warming and the supersaturation of natural resources (due to the demands for the production of supercomputers that run them), not to mention geopolitical risks (since growth is exponential, the first country or company to stop it will be absurdly ahead of the others) or related to conflicts between countries, as well as social, psychological, and cultural risks caused by the vertiginous change with which such technologies have emerged.

With such a dizzying growth rate, we can imagine such changes occurring within a very short interval, something within a period of 5 to 10 years, possibly, and almost certainly for the next few decades. Despite all these threats, however, the subject continues to be discussed only superficially in the media, being tested and planned, in general, by large companies and governments, away from the spotlight, and without the participation, scrutiny, or monitoring of the public, who do not seem to be aware of the seriousness of the issue, to the point that, whether the former or current president, to mention the particular case of Brazil, have little addressed the issue in the campaign or inaugural speech. We have, conseq...

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