AI is going to send us all back to the stone age

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately a lot of old people can’t tell the difference between real and AI. It’s definitely eventually going to cause major societal problems but oh well.

There are cognitive reasons for that.

[Anonymous]

I watched these videos and they made no sense - it was all I could do to have the patience to watch them all the way through. They seem like complete garbage. Putting aside whether they look real or have defects. What about them even speaks to you as a human being? This is not worrying me at all.

[Anonymous]

This says it pretty well:

Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI — https://theonion.com/guy-who-sucks-at-being-a-person-sees-huge-potential-in-1850488022/

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While it’s still in its early phase, artificial intelligence will one day accomplish things that humans could have never even dreamed of doing,” said Parker, who, by all accounts, has never stretched himself to do something he found difficult; has never created anything truly original; and, deep down, has absolutely zero understanding of what makes things good, enjoyable, or rewarding. “Just yesterday, I asked an AI program to write an entire sci-fi novel for me, and [as someone who will die an empty shell of a man who wasted his life doing nothing for the world and, perhaps, should never have been born] I was super impressed. Soon, humans won’t need to do anything at all! Awesome.”

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This says it pretty well:

Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI — https://theonion.com/guy-who-sucks-at-being-a-person-sees-huge-potential-in-1850488022/

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While it’s still in its early phase, artificial intelligence will one day accomplish things that humans could have never even dreamed of doing,” said Parker, who, by all accounts, has never stretched himself to do something he found difficult; has never created anything truly original; and, deep down, has absolutely zero understanding of what makes things good, enjoyable, or rewarding. “Just yesterday, I asked an AI program to write an entire sci-fi novel for me, and [as someone who will die an empty shell of a man who wasted his life doing nothing for the world and, perhaps, should never have been born] I was super impressed. Soon, humans won’t need to do anything at all! Awesome.”

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The onion? What's next? National Enquirer?

[Anonymous]

I am another terrified poster. People making light of AI powered technology can’t comprehend what this is going to do to society…yet…come back in two years, five years...in ten years, jobs will be scarce. There will Bezos and other Billionaires and then the rest of us begging for scraps. A two tiered society with power resting in the hands of the few of whom already made their fortunes. Worried my kids expensive college educations will be obsolete. Humans are absolutely being replaced. Sticking our heads in the sand isn’t going to make this go away. Cats out of the bag. It’s already out of control and happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am another terrified poster. People making light of AI powered technology can’t comprehend what this is going to do to society…yet…come back in two years, five years...in ten years, jobs will be scarce. There will Bezos and other Billionaires and then the rest of us begging for scraps. A two tiered society with power resting in the hands of the few of whom already made their fortunes. Worried my kids expensive college educations will be obsolete. Humans are absolutely being replaced. Sticking our heads in the sand isn’t going to make this go away. Cats out of the bag. It’s already out of control and happening.

Relax, it's not full blown Terminator scenario quite yet.

Though China is creating dangerous robots, which will cause a global arms race for deadlier robots, which AI could control and turn on humans some day.

[Anonymous]

When photography came about, there was a lot of doom and gloom about the end of painting.

As for AI, I refer you to all the fuss about the metaverse a few years ago.

[Anonymous]

AI is mostly a linguistic model.
It can't make you dinner.
It won't clean your house and definitely won't do anything about that ring in your toilet.
It won't bring in your car for an oil change.
It can't be sold malpractice insurance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When photography came about, there was a lot of doom and gloom about the end of painting.

As for AI, I refer you to all the fuss about the metaverse a few years ago.

Realism in painting was effectively wiped out as the dominant form of artistic expression once the camera became common. Today even the most talented painter derives almost no market value from their ability to paint realistic images. Your comparison is apt but your conclusion is backwards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AI is mostly a linguistic model.
It can't make you dinner.
It won't clean your house and definitely won't do anything about that ring in your toilet.
It won't bring in your car for an oil change.
It can't be sold malpractice insurance.

But it can make videos close enough for people who don't dig deep to not tell if they are true. Attack ads on political opponents, videos implicating ppl in fake crimes are about to happen. No one watches the same news anymore so the population is ripe for more very destructive populism. And not the happy shiny kind but the fear mongering type.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When photography came about, there was a lot of doom and gloom about the end of painting.

As for AI, I refer you to all the fuss about the metaverse a few years ago.

Realism in painting was effectively wiped out as the dominant form of artistic expression once the camera became common. Today even the most talented painter derives almost no market value from their ability to paint realistic images. Your comparison is apt but your conclusion is backwards.

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When photography came about, there was a lot of doom and gloom about the end of painting.

As for AI, I refer you to all the fuss about the metaverse a few years ago.

How much water is required to cool data centers? Look it up!

[Anonymous]

Sending humanity back to the stone age would not be the worst.