“When AI Becomes Everyone’s Favourite Evil Genius”
Artificial Intelligence, we were told, would bring us flying cars, cure cancer, and maybe even write our WhatsApp forwards in Shakespearean English. Instead, it has now become the ultimate street-side ‘know-it-all uncle’—one that can teach you anything. From writing poems to drafting contracts, to telling you how to cook biryani (badly), it’s all there.
But here’s the twist: knowledge, when handed over without restraint, is a bit like giving a toddler a chainsaw. Sure, they’ll “learn” quickly, but we might lose the furniture, the neighbours, and possibly the toddler too.
And this is exactly where AI is stumbling—because with every good, wholesome answer about “how to file your taxes”, there is always someone asking “how to grind down a serial number from a weapon" to make it untraceable...
The Great DIY Terror University :
In the past, if you wanted to become a dangerous individual, you needed to take actual efforts: sneaky meetings, shady training camps, or at least one friend named “RDX Shankar” in your phonebook. Now? Just ask your friendly AI chatbot. It’s like encyclopedia for Criminals. “How to make a bomb?” becomes “How to create a BBS (Big Bad Surprise) at home?”—and boom, Or simply being a Green lover admirer of Botanical experimenter like "How to Grow Ganja" at your house. Either on terrace or balcony garden without getting it noticed even by your room-mates or family members .... congratulations, you’ve unlocked the AI scholarship for Doomsday Science.
Censorship – The Necessary Villain :
Now, I’m no fan of censorship. Nobody wants to be told what they can or cannot ask... except maybe my neighbour, who Googled “home remedies for his baldness” once too often. But when it comes to AI, censorship isn’t about limiting curiosity.. it’s about stopping curiosity from turning into a season finale of Breaking Bad from Netflix.
We need guardrails / fenders. Big and Hard ones. Because otherwise the same tool that helps a student with her law assignment can also help a sociopath draft a flawless ransom note, with a polite closing line. “Yours sincerely, The Kidnapper.”
The Ugly Side – When Creativity Gets Criminal
AI is like an alcohol: it makes good people more fun, but it makes bad people worse of the worst. The “ugly side” isn’t hypothetical....it’s inevitable. No one needs to travel to remote deserts or unknown hidden places for terrorist training anymore. Why, when the “Professor AI” can give step-by-step instructions in bullet points?
So yes, let’s celebrate the wonderful resources AI provides, but let’s also keep a big, fat lock on its darker corners. Because unchecked AI is not just helping humanity... it’s helping all of humanity, including the ones we’d rather keep unemployed in the crime industry.
The Punchline In short:
AI + No Censorship = DIY Disaster Kit.
AI + Smart Filters = A slightly less stupid society.
So the next time someone argues “AI should be completely free!”, ask them this; “Would you trust ChatGPT to babysit your kid… if your kid was a pyromaniac with Wi-Fi?”
A Deep dive of self help and human thinking is highly recommended....!
