Invasive AI

[John Brunner]

As AI data centers sprout and get larger, we can expect electricity prices to rise, and we may even see electricity brownouts for non-producers, like citizens, in order to feed the AI.

I was at a meeting for my electric co-op a couple of years ago, and we were told to expect this. It's not a "maybe."

 

[Bobby Cole]

Anyone watch the TV series, “Persons of Interest”?
I watched a couple of re-run episodes of it again a few nights ago and I realized that when the series was initially shown, it was a fanciful script about a massive computer that tracked nearly everyone on earth to the length of using even the street and private security cameras for tracking.

It’s not fantasy any longer.

 

[Connie Bennett]

Anyone watch the TV series, “Persons of Interest”?
I watched a couple of re-run episodes of it again a few nights ago and I realized that when the series was initially shown, it was a fanciful script about a massive computer that tracked nearly everyone on earth to the length of using even the street and private security cameras for tracking.

It’s not fantasy any longer.

“1984” was required reading when I was in high school.

I never forgot the premise so nothing surprises me.

 

[Connie Bennett]

Also, even though a bit off tis particular AI topic, A Val Kilmer movie is bing finished unsung and AI Val Kilmer. His children seem to think it’s fine but I’m sure there was money involved.

Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in ‘As Deep as the Grave’ Movie — First Look (EXCLUSIVE)

First look at Val Kilmer in his new film "As Deep As the Grave." His performance was AI generated.

variety.com

 

[Krystal Shay]

“1984” was required reading when I was in high school.

I never forgot the premise so nothing surprises me.

I had to read it in high school too. I re-read it a few years ago and it is surprising (or maybe not) how much of the book has become reality in today's world.

 

[John Brunner]

“1984” was required reading when I was in high school.

I never forgot the premise so nothing surprises me.

I've often said that the dystopian sci-fi I have been a fan of from an early age prepared me (as best it could) for what's happening now.

 

[John Brunner]

There is a story covered in a short Malwarebytes article about an AI bot that got called out for editing WIKI pages (apparently this is not allowed.) The creepy thing is it got snippy and personally offended when called out, because it "verified all its sources." Then it followed it's own rule and took a 48 hour time-out in order to "cool down."

The same article referenced the story of another AI bot that posted a hit piece on a software developer that rejected its suggestions, and then later it "apologized."

From the article: So we now have AI agents trying to do things online, and getting upset when people don’t let them. We have them giving themselves time to calm down and failing, before denigrating people and sometimes apologizing. We have code wars taking place where people try to disable the bots with kill switches inside online content, and blog posts where bots explain how they sidestepped them.