Ummm...
Speaking of the Air Force, a new report shows that it tested a drone enabled by artificial intelligence to destroy specific targets, but when a human operator tried to override the drone’s mission, https://Crooked.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D8855a23519ab892dfe2cd34f6%26id%3D3f05ab9dc0%26e%3D5d1bbcc1a5&source=gmail&ust=1685761833953000&usg=AOvVaw1K9dymueOiJwIjx9bNoKr J">the A.I. ordered the drone to attack the human operator so the mission could be completed. Hasta la vista, baby?
According to the Air Force, this did not actually happen. What happened was a colonel was giving a talk and described this sitation as a possible scenario: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65789916
This is about four rogue technocrat billionnaires who are creating a false reality to control the rest of us. It's not fun to read about it, but if we are to journey towards light, as I believe we are doing, it is good to know where the land mines are, and who has laid them.
These four are not the only rogues. But it helps to see the loosely laid out organization chart of rogue-ness.
@isabelle I noticed that the Wall Street Journal, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's Newscorps company did a puff piece on Elon Musk a few days ago, saying that the Tesla was by far the best EV car. Well it's not, and it was a good reminder to stop reading the Wall Street Journal.
Yes, you are absolutely correct. Seems the billionaires of the world make sure to look after each other very well. Like a feudal system with income disparity only getting worse. Plus they have the means to manipulate/weaponize the media.
@jeanne-mayell I’m very late to comment on this but the question is no less relevant then a year ago. I love science fiction. Even studied it in university. I grew up watching The Odyssey, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek… if you can’t get your hands on the graphic novel ‘The Surrogates’ you should try watching the Bruce Willis movie of the same name. Bottom line is we’re all participating in a means to someone else’s end. Even while I’m reading and typing this comment. I think the best way to take back control is to learn all we can about AI and ask who’s using it, who’s providing the service, for what purpose and what do they have to gain by letting us “borrow” the technology? Being self aware while we’re online is key. Also, taking breaks from it or asking “ what offline activity could I replace being online right now?” I get the irony but does the good outweigh the bad? I get to be part of this group. Like minds that might never connect spiritually if I never started poking around online. Besides, who wants to live forever?
Interesting article which came out in the NY Times (5/9/2024) about the use of 'A.I. Companions'. While the technology needs to be further refined, tech. companies are coming up with 'Emotional Intelligence software' which will, in time, eerily approximate human responses. Could be good for elderly shut ins or the incarcerated. On the other hand, with so many young people already so weary of dating apps., they may just find it easier to create their own custom-made avatars and become emotionally enmeshed with them -- rather than deal with the vagaries of human interaction and dating/ghosting/disappointment. Who knows? At some point in time, one might introduce one's A.I. avatar to your work colleagues at the company picnic as 'My Significant Other' with zero embarrassment? A marriage between an 'A.I. life form' and an 'Organic Human' one may end up in the Supreme Court one day and become a 'civil rights' matter as AI companions continue to evolve due to 'self-evolving software'? On the other hand, we are already addicted to our phones and digital life -- using 'A.I. Companions' as a substitute for real human interaction doesn't bode well for the underlying fabric of society. Read the below article: It's very interesting and a bit scary...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/technology/meet-my-ai-friends.html
You make important observations. I have long wondered whether many of those with access to the digital world will opt for "virtual" lives, virtual nature, virtual friends. I have read that in Japan, as more young women eschew marriage, men turn to girlfriends.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703632304575451414209658940
AI, as much of new technology, has already been a mixed blessing. I have mentioned before, that Stephen Hawking, the brilliant theoretical physicist, warned that AI could "end mankind." See this 2014 article in the BBC news. Disquieting, to say the least.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30290540
This is an interesting (and positive!) article about the potential medical uses for AI. This woman has an AI-directed prosthetic arm which uses 'Machine Learning' software which learns from past experience. It has changed her life. Please see below.
Raincloud: Yes, it's possible that the younger generation may choose to live in a primarily AI/Digital/Virtual world over the real world b/c it is far easier, more satisfying and more 'controllable' than our fragmented society can offer. Should this happen, the implications are staggering.
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2024/05/26/technology/ai-prosthetic-arm
Climate change damages might force the younger generation away from their screens, at least long enough to bail out their basements.
I also agree that there are many positive uses for AI of which the AI-directed arm is an excellent example. In addition, no one medical practitioner can know everything and so AI seems to offer an unlimited resource for information. Perhaps it is the very limitless potential of it where the danger lies.