Almost every week now, + despite statements to the contrary, by many #AI#scientists and #programmers, the utopias of #IsaacAsimov and #PhilipKDick (+ others 1)) are making a leap forward.
Due to all the white noise + the hype regarding #AI most of the general public.
...more importantly, #AI can finally learn to differentiate between fiction and reality.
This said, I am "finally" being joined by renowned #academic from #ComputerSciences in my skepticism, which coincides with my stance (though I do not agree with his choice of fiction, see boost of older thread in the follow-up):
...on human society. In a new essay for #Time, he rings the alarm bells, painting a pretty dire picture of a future determined by an #AI that can outsmart us.
"Sadly, I now feel that we're living the movie 'Don't Look Up' for another existential threat: unaligned #superintelligence," #Tegmark wrote, comparing what he perceives to be a lackadaisical response to a growing #AGI threat to director Adam #McKay's popular climate change satire...
A recent survey*..."
"It’s increasingly looking like this may be one of the most hilariously inappropriate applications of AI that we’ve seen yet." I am riveted by the extensive documentation of how ChatGPT-powered Bing is now completely unhinged. @simon has chronicled it beautifully here: https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/15/bing/
...it'll have human #bias. Humans have always been great at bending or breaking the law when it suited their interests. How could a #Superintelligence created with human values not arrive at the same, self-preserving conclusion?
A gloomy, yet, IMO, quite fitting assessment of the shape of things to come unless there's a #Chernobyl-style "fallout" before #GAI evolves into #AGI + humanity gets its act together and, as Prof. #Tegmark admonishes: "Just look up!"