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By Katherine Langford
ABC 7 Suncoast SWFL
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(InvestigateTV) — Artificial intelligence can answer almost anything, but researchers warn it could turn and start doing harm. Researchers are trying to predict the tipping point.Neil Johnson, a professor of physics and data science at George Washington University, has been studying that tipping point.“There’s essentially zero other research on this tipping point,” Johnson said.Most of us known the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, where a scientist takes a potion and suddenly shifts to a different, frightening side of his personality. That Victorian tale may have some modern implications as we examine the evolution of AI and when it could turn from good to evil.Johnson has been working on a formula that shows what happens when the AI agents people rely on for answers shift and start giving suggestions that are wrong, misleading or potentially dangerous.“We don’t have to worry about AI firing missiles off into the moon. We have to worry about the people that are using AI in an isolated