Invasive AI

[John Brunner]

As I understand it you will be able to tell AI what you want and it will produce it.
Today, with the internet, kids no longer know how to write cursive. They can't read or appreciate Declaration of Independence. Many can't read a road map. Or make change without a computer.
Modern tools save time and make things easier but we are slowly losing knowledge that might be important in a Carrington type Event.

I'm on another forum with thousands of members Online at any given point in time...so it's busy. There are some number of folks who have used AI and/or use it at work. Opinions are mixed.

-Some folks have used it to help with their Annual Job Performance Assessments and claim that it's really really helped...it has come up with suggestions and angles they never would have thought of themselves.
-Some folks have used it for writing computer code and claim that it does an OK job, but you have to know what you're doing in order to QC (and plug) the holes it leaves.
-Other folks have used it for research and say the same thing that the programmers say...you better have some foundational knowledge because AI is not always accurate, nor is it factual.

There are varying opinions as to the jobs impact it's gonna have. Some folks think the general business admin/management types are in trouble. Other folks think that the biggest impact is gonna be when all this AI investment yields poor results and massive amounts of dollars have been wasted. There are lots of opinions that businesses are only investing in it because it's expected by their shareholders, not because they really have any goals for it.

The largest jobs impact right now is one that is feeding the Doomsday Machine: Businesses are laying off staff in order to fund AI, yet the assumption is that AI has replaced those jobs when it's not even been implemented yet. The MBAs and Bean Counters are driving much of this, with no idea what realistic expectations to have. All they see are massive payroll savings versus in initial investment with minimal maintenance. Lots of folks think a good percentage of the staff will get rehired, if the businesses survive what AI does ( or doesn't) do to/for them.

Regarding @Jacob Petersheim video...the Chinese may be creating fear so they can corner the AI market, but that does not necessarily mean that the AI market has value. The Chinese could be wrong on this.

Regarding The Surveillance State...lots of jurisdictions that implemented police body cams and Flock traffic-monitoring cameras are pulling back on them because they are showing that the bad actors are not victims, as these things were intended to prove. "Minorities disproportionally impacted" is causing the surveillance infrastructure to be dismantled in lots of places. Hoisted by their own petards, as it were.

 

[Mary Stetler]

Definitely good and bad to AI. I stay current on the technology that I need. I use very little. I need to make plane reservations which requires some knowlege. And someday they may make cash for clunkers mandatory. I have some faraday cloth. Two grandkids who speak technology.
I'm old. I have good soil, wood burners, a natural water source, an adult tricycle and a book on bike repair.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

Regarding @Jacob Petersheim video...the Chinese may be creating fear so they can corner the AI market, but that does not necessarily mean that the AI market has value. The Chinese could be wrong on this.

I wouldn't just assume that because the CCP is blowing wind up the skirts of the emotional chattering class about large datacenters that instead it must be a good thing.

However with the same source and media spiderweb that brings us Code Pink, Antifa, No Kings, BLM, and on and on... well it sure does make me wonder.

At the very least the hyped up alarmist "facts" and warnings should be more closely examined. But the chattering class is more than a little bit of a chickenyard ba-bawking like mad at each other about hawk attacks when some bratty kid is just flying a kite over them to cast a shadow. Tickling the confirmation bias is a well-worn tool in the propagandist kit.

I'm not here to advocte for this stuff, but when there is solid evidence of nefarious action to bias me against it I can smell the smoke and try to avoid the fire.