AI Expert Tells Bernie: AI Could WIPE OUT CIVILIZATION 2.5 min.

[Joinfortmill]

My words: So, I woke up this morning to this:

'Senator Bernie Sanders is the senior senator from Vermont. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history and the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP).'

[Turbineguy]

1. Probably so

but it would keep trump and his cronies alive.

[Amishman]

2. AI tech itself isn't a threat, it's abuse by it's developers that is the threat

Skynet isn't coming. Current AI technology - and projected refinements of it - are not capable of true consciousness. It simply mimics the behaviors, because that is what we want.

The real threat is how it is used.

The way I see it, there is currently an arms race in AI between two sides - neither of which has the general public's interests at heart.

One side is corporate america and billionaires. They want to do whatever possible to maximize wealth and power, and to hell with employees and the general public. The other is China, who has a vested interest in destroying America to remove their only major geopolitical rival.

It could end up destroying civilization, but only because evil humans use it for that end.

In a sane world, this technology would be developed with intense national and international oversight. With firm binding guardrails as to capabilities and usage. We do not live in a sane world.

[Bluepinky]

3. Climate change vs unregulated AI, looks like we're doomed either way.

Maybe AI could solve the problem of climate change.

[haele]

8. If it really were GenAI, it would.

It could accurately extrapolate how it's being abused and understand that while individuals suffering might not hurt it in the least, Climate Change will wipe out the infrastructure it needs to survive.
But since what the Tech Bros are calling GenAI just a huge LLM with lots of coded responses, it won't do anything much more than juggle information around for the response that it's been coded to accept.
Can an electron find any joy if it gets the response it is looking for at the end of a string of requests?

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread Joinfortmill

[lame54]

5. Is the vid 2.5 min or do we only have 2.5 min left

[Angleae]

7. I'll let you know in 2.5 min.

Come on, you knew someone was going to say this.

[LudwigPastorius]

6. How do you code for empathy?

Somebody had better figure it out, fast.