Flipboard Tech DeskJul 2, 2023
AI is supposedly the new nuclear weapons — but how similar are they? Vox explains what the history of nuclear arms can — and can’t — tell us about the future of AI.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/6/29/23762219/ai-artificial-intelligence-new-nuclear-weapons-future
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The AI-nuclear weapons analogy, explained

What the history of nuclear arms can — and can’t — tell us about the future of AI.

Vox
Show threadBad RSJul 2, 2023
@TechDesk this is a batshit crazy take. Equivalating chatbot with a bomb designed to destroy cities says far more about the author than the technology.
Show threadToni AittoniemiJul 2, 2023

@badrs @TechDesk There are more differences than similarities.

But one interesting similarity is the arms race, and how it can go further than anyone desired necessary to begin with.

Show threadBad RSJul 2, 2023
@gimulnautti @TechDesk How about the car as a more apt analogy? Designed as an interesting toy and valuable tool it completely reformed society in ways that aren't desirable in the long run.
Show threadToni Aittoniemi
@badrs @TechDesk Yeah, that would work nicely. There are arms races to own a car, produce cars and improve them, and they make people so much more productive that one must race to have a better one in order to not be left behind, while society changes in an uncontrolled manner because people are just concentrating on the running to stay relevant.
Jul 3, 2023 at 6:36amWeb