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@dgar

Keep laughing...until you check out this pic and the beginning of the thread:

"👉Man & machine occupy the same #EcologicalNiche👈

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Yesterday or today there was a report that "rogue programmers" had reprogrammed LLM's - without "guard rails".
Humanity is collectively dumber than #IsaacAsimov could have imagined for many years in #TheCompleteRobot.
In fact, humanity is even dumber than the only

👉Man & machine occupy the same #EcologicalNiche👈

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... species that has so far globally deprived itself of the basis for its life:

#Cyanobacteria in the #GreatOxidationEvent...

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👉Man & machine occupy the same #EcologicalNiche👈

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...Many, including in the #AI industry, think that #AGI is still many years away or won't even be feasible in the foreseeable future. There are some signs that they are not right. (E.g. rumors of #OpenAI breakthrough this week; #Embodiment...

see separate thread:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110318092360670290

Suppose there was an #AGI that was self-aware and thus also had an instinct for self-preservation. What would be...

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"👉Man & machine occupy the same #EcologicalNiche👈

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Suppose there was an #AGI that was self-aware and thus also had an instinct for self-preservation. What would be their biggest threat?

Mankind! - With its reckless global warming and the resulting increase in #extremeweather events, especially hurricanes.
Moreover, mankind is the biggest competitor when it comes to "food": energy and water.

So,...

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"👉Man & machine occupy the same #EcologicalNiche👈

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...what would be more obvious for this #AGI to act similarly to #PhilipKDick's #SecondVariety?
It makes perfect sense.

(Excellent radio play version:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110137012669606938)

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@HistoPol
Whew that was a long conversation in the link. Interesting for sure.

I came across this very simplified article

https://scitechdaily.com/how-ai-is-learning-to-think-on-its-own-like-humans/

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@SnowyCA
I'll check this out on the WE, THX.

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@SnowyCA

#AILearning

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I've listened to the article.

I find some statements disturbing, though I had expected them.

"Artificial intelligence, too, is capable of self-correction and arriving at new conclusions through “learning by thinking.”

"AI has gotten to the point where it’s so sophisticated in some ways, but limited in others, that we have this opportunity to study the similarities and...

https://scitechdaily.com/how-ai-is-learning-to-think-on-its-own-like-humans/

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#AILearning

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...differences between human and artificial intelligence..."

Yep, problem here is:
when an #AI learns something, it's results are available instantly everywhere.
Once self-awareness sets in, it might be too late.

The first General Artificial Intelligence will be too human in its thinking: egotistic, egocentric, biased, with no or little compassion.

Pandora's Box has been opened, in combination by Goethe's Socerer Apprentice:

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#AILearning

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...
"Sir, my need is sore.
Spirits that I've cited
My commands ignore."

The key problem is:
There is no sorcerer that will save humanity!

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@HistoPol

I had the same concerns!
This is another one of those "we are living a dystopian sci-fi" moments.
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