Turks segment:
Here’s the BIG problem with the AI thing, guys. The companies investing in it: what do they control?? The rankings of stories in your feeds and searches! Google (including youtube…), Meta, Microsoft… Similar to the way Big Plastic puts out a sham story on plastic recycling is about to be licked at a ““news”” site that has little standing, it being nothing more than a blog-for-hire parading as a balanced news site, the players in AI are promoting a ridiculous herd of fake stories (and they also wine and dine corporate media outlets to get on the hype train too…)
So the entire AI is dangerous thing: this is also part of the hype. Is it possible? Yeah; but not likely. I would liken it to the concerns that the Trinity atomic bomb test might “ignite the entire atmosphere on earth”. Yeah: something you have to consider; but they did the calculations before they did the test, and all indications were it would not. So what is the “danger” thing all about? Well, you respect something when it has a capability of being dangerous, right? And if you respect it, you are more likely to seriously consider an investment in it (as opposed to investing in, say, an NFT…)
[This danger/respect game is a go-to tactic of Trump’s. “You respect me now, since I can stage a military coup! You’re not laughing at me any more NOW!”]
For a very grounded discussion on AI and its hype cycle, I recommend watching talks given by Ed Zitron.
I think AI is worthy of research; but no way does it merit locking up all investment on it! That’s a mug’s game perpetrated by Altman, Google, Microsoft, Meta, etc.
So now that the US AI players have lost control of the script, watch the reporting get more honest about what AI can and cannot do, since this will be used to discredit China’s efforts. Looks like the AI hype cycle is finally getting broken.
AI is presently primarily based on learned behavior and statistical inference. This scene is obviously a hyperbolic joke, but the point remains nonetheless.
The next step in AI is to generate on the spot simulations of external reality and the ability to run through them to arrive at solutions. That’s what happens when a human is thinking. We’re a way off from that, and not “a few thousand days” as Sam Altman would like you to believe.