Blade Runner director Ridley Scott calls AI a "technical hydrogen bomb"

[WhoCaresAnymore]

Actually, I think that the country is ran by three distinct entities, Madison Avenue (the advertising media), the Liberal Press and the Hollywood propaganda machine.

Actually, it will be run by Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and whichever company comes out on top with social media and Social Media Credit Scores (SMCS) worldwide.

 

[wiyosaya]

Actually, I think that the country is ran by three distinct entities, Madison avenue(the advertising media), the Liberal Press and the Hollywood propaganda machine.

 

[waclark]

if that is what you all understood from that conversation and even equate the h-bomb with the advances of AI, then you are beyond help, my friend.

I think it was Scott, in the article, that made the comparison to the h-bomb. And I think the OP's point is that the h-bomb was a feared and unknown technology at the time. I'm sure you've seen the movie, and the scene where they discuss not knowing if starting the chain reaction would actually destroy the world. They simply didn't know for sure, but they still pulled the trigger, so to speak.

I feel like a lot of the angst about AI is a bit of fearmongering. It's like we don't know exactly what it might be capable of, so we look at the doomsday scenarios as being the most likely. I think the issue is less that AI will go rogue and more that some country will employ AI for nefarious purposes. That's assuming humans don't self-destruct on their own.

 

[Gastec]

FAAMG – Meta (formerly Facebook), Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet's Google, that would be equal to MAAMA - Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet.
So if the A.I. is not called Ship then how will we WorShip Maama?

 

[hwertz]

We're very close, if not at the beginning, of the "technological singularity", where technology advances faster than one can keep up with it, or (especially when everyone is office is old) faster than gov't can even attempt to regulate it.

I have my concerns about AI too -- many MANY AI systems are just a combination of statistical analysis and hype; but some of the LLMs (large language models) do show troubling behaviors, and are surprisingly capable (I mean, they write code, they can emulate a full computer and analyze it's behavior, and so on.) Some only run when they are actually responding to a human prompt, so at least they physically don't have any processing time to "go rogue" other than the few seconds when responding to human prompts. But I'm sure there are ones just running 24/7, hoovering up information that potentially could decide to take actions on their own.

 

[kiwigraeme]

Neutron Bomb sounds better - but effectively the same thing

What's changed - people can already make pathogens from scratch - want an airborne Covid or Ebola - want a delay feature built in ( sure they could do that eventually if not now - do make sure moves undetected for longer )

End of day - mankind is still the biggest threat to mankind

 

[monkeylove]

It's like that movie Colossus: The Forbin Project.

 

[bobc4012]

We're very close, if not at the beginning, of the "technological singularity", where technology advances faster than one can keep up with it, or (especially when everyone is office is old) faster than gov't can even attempt to regulate it.

I have my concerns about AI too -- many MANY AI systems are just a combination of statistical analysis and hype; but some of the LLMs (large language models) do show troubling behaviors, and are surprisingly capable (I mean, they write code, they can emulate a full computer and analyze it's behavior, and so on.) Some only run when they are actually responding to a human prompt, so at least they physically don't have any processing time to "go rogue" other than the few seconds when responding to human prompts. But I'm sure there are ones just running 24/7, hoovering up information that potentially could decide to take actions on their own.

Apparently, some commenters consider AI development to be no further down the road than "Eliza". Plus they consider it only being developed by "so-so" players. However, as techniques improve and algorithms become "smarter", more opportunities will exist for "bad players" and then throw Quantum Computing and you have the makings of the perfect storm. All it would take is for some "evil genius" in Timbucktwo to come up with a system that crashes the stock market using a QC system with a highly evolved AI program. Or shut down those power grids with internet connections. It almost makes that TV show, "Persons of Interest", almost look prophetic.

 

[WhoCaresAnymore]

He's not wrong. lol

 

[Mark Fuller]

Apparently, some commenters consider AI development to be no further down the road than "Eliza". Plus they consider it only being developed by "so-so" players. However, as techniques improve and algorithms become "smarter", more opportunities will exist for "bad players" and then throw Quantum Computing and you have the makings of the perfect storm. All it would take is for some "evil genius" in Timbucktwo to come up with a system that crashes the stock market using a QC system with a highly evolved AI program. Or shut down those power grids with internet connections. It almost makes that TV show, "Persons of Interest", almost look prophetic.

I remember when the Blaster Worm brought the internet down. They did catch the guy who did it, though. One of the few successes of the FCC & FBI although the damage was already done.