https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/23/uk-officials-use-ai-to-decide-on-issues-from-benefits-to-marriage-licences So regarding the question of taking over, it seems that they are not yet, but we are willingly handing over the decision making powers already.
And again if an AI system is very complex, and one would like to complain or doublecheck things, well than good luck finding out why a decision was made and whether it is correct.
So we are creating a machine which we just have to trust, and that was it, because currently not even the creators understand some of the systems.
Also quiet remarkable, that while for combating the global warming there is a democratic mandate, most of the people and scientist think that goverments need to do something and still hardly anything effective happens, there was I think never a democratic mandate anywhere for handing over complex decisions about human lifes to AI and yet it seems to happen on fast track. We have no clue either what the HR systems of some companies are doing.
Also interesting article:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/24/ai-firms-must-be-held-responsible-for-harm-they-cause-godfathers-of-technology-sayOne of the major request for AI companies:
"AI companies must adopt specific safety measures if dangerous capabilities are found in their models."
Well Deep fake in itself is something which will make us go back to middle age-like circumstances, where no one is going to belive what they see or hear in the news, because it can be a fake.
(Yes we saw even states creating false evidences in the last decades so the trust in official communication could sink to much lower levels than where there is already. )
People will only belive what they saw with their own eyes. Anything else can be a fake.
And we already listed plenty of other such effects which are not hidden or miraculous at all.
And I already see the great ansver from politics: "Well we just have to create a Ministry of Truth to make sure only real things get through to the people"