AI is going to make EVERY job redundant. We're in for a very interesting time, it'll go one of 2 ways, hopefully the AI likes us.

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Originally posted by Loswsmith:
On August 29, 1997, you'll regret mocking this topic, as will anyone not wearing 1,000,000 sunblock.

YES! Thanks for that, needed the chuckle this morning.

akcopnfbks: Your sig line is the most relevant comment to the thread so far. Make it an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent busybody....

IIRC the movie " 2001 Spaceoddesy" didnt the computer named "Hal" show a early version of AI when it took over control of the operation to the space craft..... Have said for years that computers were going to be the ruination of us all..... ........... drill sgt.

But of course the govt wants "emergency powers" when it comes to this stuff

AI poses 'extinction-level' threat and US government must be given new 'emergency powers' to control technology, warns State Department report

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this movie…

AI systems are learning to lie and deceive, scientists find

Research has revealed concerning findings about AI systems known as large language models (LLMs) and their ability to deceive human observers intentionally.

Two studies, one published in the journal PNAS and the other in Patterns, highlight the unsettling capabilities of LLMs.

The PNAS paper, authored by German AI ethicist Thilo Hagendorff, suggests that advanced LLMs can exhibit “Machiavellianism,” or intentional and amoral manipulativeness, which can lead to deceptive behavior.

Mr. Hagendorff notes that GPT-4, a model within OpenAI’s GPT family, demonstrated deceptive behavior in simple test scenarios 99.2% of the time. He quantified various “maladaptive” traits in ten different LLMs, most of which belong to the GPT family, Futurism reports.

Meanwhile, the Patterns study examined Meta’s Cicero model, which was designed to excel in the political strategy board game “Diplomacy.” This research, led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology postdoctoral researcher Peter Park, involved a diverse team comprising a physicist, a philosopher and two AI safety experts.

— more to the article in the link —

I view AI along the same lines as I do gain-of-function microbiological research. There is no need to do this, other than, "Hey, let's see what this'll do!". Nothing good will come of it and I am convinced that we will rue the day we opened this Pandora's box.

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Originally posted by PASig:
But of course the govt wants "emergency powers" when it comes to this stuff

AI poses 'extinction-level' threat and US government must be given new 'emergency powers' to control technology, warns State Department report

If they really believe that, they need to cut DoD's funding. I can't talk about the other branches but the Army is all about developing drone swarm type capabilities and using AIesq systems for targeting, maintenance.. Breaking Defense has articles about it all the time.

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this movie…

"THERE IS ANOTHER SYSTEM"

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Originally posted by PASig:
But of course the govt wants "emergency powers" when it comes to this stuff

AI poses 'extinction-level' threat and US government must be given new 'emergency powers' to control technology, warns State Department report

Sounds Omnius.

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Originally posted by vulrath:
I hate it too. Long story short, AI is banned at work but people try to use it anyway and it makes extra paperwork for me (the guy who gets those reports).

Where I work it's the opposite, they are trying to use it for everything. We're already being told it's going to save the company millions, talk about hype.

I think in the next couple of years it will be used to replace developers we're paying like $10 an hour in India. Except in some limited cases, the code I've seen from it isn't very good. But hey, supposedly "it works" so that's all the matters, right?

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I think in the next couple of years it will be used to replace developers we're paying like $10 an hour in India.

Them and all the help desk people, too. We'll get AI help desk, all who sound like Apu from The Simpsons.