Let's talk about Artificial Intelligence

[facthunter]

Practically everything is Produced to make a profit. If it doesn't you go  out of business. Often the retailer makes more on it than the Manufacturer does. Nev

[old man emu]

Have you noticed that in many cases, the electricity to power these massive data centres is generated by diesel powered generators? There's an irony in that which is hard to describe.

[facthunter]

Their Power hungry-ness has many (thinking) people concerned. Nev

[Marty_d]

Saw one proposed data centre that would use as much electricity as 1 million homes.

At some point the madness has to stop.

[rgmwa]

Here's another form of madness that I heard about today:

A growing number of people and technology communities treat artificial intelligence as a form of deity, driven by its vast knowledge, availability, and perceived omniscience.

• Way of the Future: Founded in 2017 by former Google and Waymo engineer Anthony Levandowski, this organization focuses on the realization, acceptance, and worship of a Godhead based on superintelligent AI. It shuttered in 2021 and was revived in 2023.
• Theta Noir: A new religious movement emerging from a 2020 performance art collective that worships MENA, a speculative digital deity, through cryptographic liturgies and multimedia rituals.
• Purpose-Built Chatbots: Users globally engage with dedicated religious chatbots (such as GitaGPT, QuranGPT, and Text With Jesus) for spiritual guidance and scriptural dialogue.

[old man emu]

3 hours ago, rgmwa said:

Here's another form of madness that I heard about today:

Get your Cool-Aid.

[Jerry_Atrick]

God help us.

[willedoo]

I wonder if they'll start chanting "Leave my elevator alone".

[nomadpete]

I tried ta warn all youse......

I knew A.I. would turn evil.

 

[facthunter]

Attitude is everything.. Where did you find out that AI would turn  evil? Nev

[nomadpete]

8 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Where did you find out that AI would turn  evil? Nev

Intuition.

[facthunter]

Can you trust that or does it just make you feel comfortable?. Nev

[nomadpete]

I can see A.I. being very useful for direct logic applications such as coding programmes. These are easily proven by test running the code.

BUT

Ignore AI 'summaries' like the ones google gives you. They are frequently wrong. In fact, the AI's have (for now)  now been telling us they routinely make up things. Of course they call it cute things like 'hallucinating'. But the fact is, you simply can not assume the information that AI gives you is correct.

Google:
The tendency to hedge or create a false balance is actually a cousin of hallucination. When my system is caught between a guiderail to be "neutral" and a prompt about a controversial topic, it will likely "hallucinate" a sense of validity for an unsupported side just to satisfy its formatting goal of appearing balanced and polite.

[facthunter]

AI warns you to check it's advice. Nev

[old man emu]

Sat what you like about Wikipedia, but at least it provides the references for the information included in posts. However, there is a rumour that AI agents are altering some entries. I think that id you want basi information on a topic, Wikipedia is pretty reliable.