Where goes AI?

[woodgeek]

For some, yes, they will be skeptical, but there are many that suck up the latest dribble, slurs, and gossip like candy. Most are too lazy to fact check and if they do, they check with a source already tainted, possibly crafted by AI in the not-too-distant future. Facts and science are not relevant in this sphere.

My suspicion is that there will be some chaos generated that will challenge societies. Some will adapt and deal with it better than others.

Indeed. I agree that social media and fake news has altered our society in many negative ways, but I found the video's claims that Gollems would vastly amplify and multiply the current problems we know about to be poorly motivated, and to rely instead on gee-whiz shockers and scare mongering switcheroos in lieu of reasoning.

 

[begreen]

If it takes a shocker or two of what-if scenarios to get Congress's and Parliament's attention, then that's a good thing. AI is progressing into the commercial and editorial sphere much faster than anyone predicted. Even the creators are surprised. As with any weapon, it can be used for good, but it's often used for nefarious purposes. This has been true throughout history. It's the evil purposes that are concerning.

 

[begreen]

Thoughts from a local poet

 

[stoveliker]

Reads like it was created by chatgpt...

 

[begreen]

Reads like it was created by chatgpt...

That would be a loco poet.
edit: He just got back to me. Said he wrote it yesterday. Curious thoughts, considering he is currently in the jungle in Colombia.

 

[SpaceBus]

This film is probably only scary to people over 40.

 

[Ashful]

This film is probably only scary to people over 40.

lol... I'm over 40, and I still thought it was a boring video, despite interest in the underlying content. My first BSEE was in computer engineering, we had coursework in AI, but it was as primitive as sticks and stones, compared to what is happening today.

 

[SpaceBus]

lol... I'm over 40, and I still thought it was a boring video, despite interest in the underlying content. My first BSEE was in computer engineering, we had coursework in AI, but it was as primitive as sticks and stones, compared to what is happening today.

I think you fall outside of the norm for the majority of the over 40 crowd.

 

[woodgeek]

This film is probably only scary to people over 40.

Those under 40 are already 'vaccinated' against a lot of this stuff. They use biometrics and password managers, don't fall for scams and have already learned the perils of excessive social media use.

 

[SpaceBus]

Those under 40 are already 'vaccinated' against a lot of this stuff. They use biometrics and password managers, don't fall for scams and have already learned the perils of excessive social media use.

Honestly at nearly 32 I'm starting to fall behind the tech curve. I spent three years using a flip phone after using smartphones for my whole adult life. Things are changing so fast. I can barely update two social media accounts for my farm on a daily basis.

 

[stoveliker]

Honestly at nearly 32 I'm starting to fall behind the tech curve. I spent three years using a flip phone after using smartphones for my whole adult life. Things are changing so fast. I can barely update two social media accounts for my farm on a daily basis.

Lol. Don't have any social media accounts (if hearth.com does not count). Solves that problem.

Or am I showing my age too...?

 

[SpaceBus]

Lol. Don't have any social media accounts (if hearth.com does not count). Solves that problem.

Or am I showing my age too...?

I'm only using it for shameless self promotion of my farm at this point.

 

[begreen]

I've been around longer than most. Worked in software development for 17 yrs. One thing I have learned is that a lot of tech predictions miss the mark. Some fall far short and other overshoot wildly.

 

[stoveliker]

I've been around longer than most. Worked in software development for 17 yrs. One thing I have learned is that a lot of tech predictions miss the mark. Some fall far short and other overshoot wildly.

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That is not only for IT.
Physics, chemistry, medicine is the same thing.
(Usable) Fusion is always 30 years away. It was so in the 70s and it is now.
"Environmentally friendly" plastics.
Curing [take your pick of] diseases. More successes, but many overpromises.

Try to review some DOE or NSF proposals (physics in my case) - often good work proposed, but implications and impact wildly overpromised. I tend to give ratings based on likelihood of new insight generated, not how much that insight might or might not affect (economic) society.

 

[begreen]

Definitely. Some things did come true and had a major economic effect. I worked in the photographic industry prior to software dev. It was clear to me when in Cologne at Photokina in 1985 that the end of film-based photography was coming. I bought a computer as soon as I got back and started planning out a digital production wing for the lab. That went in 3 yrs later and took off like a rocket. A decade later the film-based equipment side was becoming obsolete.

 

[Ashful]

One thing I have learned is that a lot of tech predictions miss the mark. Some fall far short and other overshoot wildly.

I want Marty McFly's hoverboard.

 

[begreen]

It would be naive to underestimate the impact this technology will have on society. Just imagine what the porn industry will do with this new tool.

New AI research lets you click and drag images to manipulate them in seconds

The key advancement is the easy-to-use interface

www.theverge.com

 

[stoveliker]

It would be naive to underestimate the impact this technology will have on society. Just imagine what the porn industry will do with this new tool.

New AI research lets you click and drag images to manipulate them in seconds

The key advancement is the easy-to-use interface

www.theverge.com

The word preceding industry in that sentence, and the picture of our president, should not be combined in one post - lest imagination cooks up things that cannot be un-imagined anymore...

 

[SpaceBus]

AI is already being used to make pornography.

 

[Ashful]

AI is already being used to make pornography.

Siri, find me Elizabeth Hurley, ca.2000.

 

[Ashful]

Speak of the devil. Some of you know I operate an engineering company. I just received this marketing email this morning:

Are you considering leveraging ChatGPT/GPT-4 and other AI to operate faster, better, and cheaper at [co.name]? If so, we can help you.

Our company already provides top-notch software outsourcing services to well-known companies such as Google, Pinterest, J&J, Abbott, Rolls-Royce, and others. Now, we have created a new division that focuses solely on helping companies like yours implement these new AI technologies rapidly.

Just imagine this: 14 to 21 days from now, you could have engineers implementing GPT-4, ChatGPT, and other AI solutions without needing to increase your headcount.

If you give me just 20 minutes, our solutions team (who are already experts in ChatGPT, GPT-4, and other AI tools) can show you some ideas we can help you implement. Our AI teams are exclusively composed of the top 1% of developers in Latin America who are fluent in English, have a positive attitude, and are in the same time zone as you.

I inserted [co.name], they aren't that sloppy, and the email included links to their landing page. Like most, this company has a mailing location San Francisco, but 99% of their workforce is likely India or other English-speaking foreign locations.

 

[stoveliker]

They are already experts in v.4?
Hubris, I call.

 

[Ashful]

They are already experts in v.4?
Hubris, I call.

Yeah. Just like the half-dozen emails I get everyday from companies promising to offer me better SEO, as if black-hat tricks still work on Google today. Content rules, Google's algorithm isn't easily fooled.

The world is full of bottom feeders, just the latest rendition of the snake oil salesman.

 

[stoveliker]

My point is that I wonder if even the developers of chat gpt consider themselves experts at this time...