Money quote: “AI was ‘just a[n] extremely gifted parrot that repeats what it’s been trained on’ and that this wasn’t remotely intelligence.” Doesn’t that sound like mainstream media celebrities. From Thomas Neubeger at zerohedge.com:
AI can’t solve a problem that hasn’t been previously solved by a human.
– Arnaud Bertrand
A lot can be said about AI, but there are few bottom lines. Consider these my last words on the subject itself. (About its misuse by the national security state, I’ll say more later.)
The Monster AI
AI will bring nothing but harm. As I said earlier, AI is not just a disaster for our political health, though yes, it will be that (look for Cadwallader’s line “building a techno-authoritarian surveillance state”). But AI is also a disaster for the climate. It will hasten the collapse by decades as usage expands.
(See the video beow for why AI models are massive energy hogs. See this video to understand “neural networks” themselves.)
Why won’t AI be stopped? Because the race for AI is not really a race for tech. It’s a greed-driven race for money, a lot of it. Our lives are already run by those who seek money, especially those who already have too much. They’ve now found a way to feed themselves even faster: by convincing people to do simple searches with AI, a gas-guzzling death machine.
For both of these reasons — mass surveillance and climate disaster — no good will come from AI. Not one ounce.
An Orphan Robot, Abandoned to Raise Itself
Why does AI persist in making mistakes? I offer one answer below.
AI doesn’t think. It does something else instead. For a full explanation, read on.
Can it solve California’s $1.6 trillion in debt?
Average Intelligence is the one who told me the amount.
More Techno Triumphalism for the cellphone finger it’s got electrolytes and Katy Perry is an astronaut generation.
Saw one earlier that an Atari from 1977 spanked AI at chess.
Honk, honk.