R O B I NMar 3
Existential Comics
Always a good time these days to repost this slide from an IBM internal presentation in 1979.
Mar 3 at 4:42pmWeb
Show threadExistential ComicsMar 3
In other words, maybe...and I'm just brainstorming here, it is actually BAD for an AI Chatbot to decide who to bomb, etc.
Show threadɹ uɐp Mar 11
@existentialcomics I am the language model of a modern major general
Show threadBenAvelingMar 11
The AI didn't 'decide'. The AI printed some random text that has the format of a decision. It was humans that decided to treat that random text as a substitute for intelligence.
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Show threadSirWumpus 👾🍁Mar 3
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It wasn't me! The computer did it!
Show threadYoraMar 3
@existentialcomics Irrelevant though, as managers are never held accountable either.
Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Mar 3

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And I can't help but notice, the AI bros are spending a lot of time trying to hype how much more *effective* computers are, and not going near that inconvenient accountability thing.

Whoever at IBM made that slide never said a computer can never be complex enough or fast enough or have enough training data. They got right to the fuckin point.

Show threadBill deWordeMar 3

@existentialcomics so what we have here is the dumbest singularity imaginable.

Artificial intelligence didn’t surpass human intelligence, we just decided to subjugate ourselves by handing our agency over to a random number generator.

Show threadNu ModularMar 3
@BilldeWorde7a Dumbing-down the masses is proven Divide and Conquer strategy. Yes, the US is a Capitalist country, where there is no such thing as too-much-is-too-much.
Show threadEndicottRoad59Mar 3
@existentialcomics Show that to the CEO's of all the companies pushing A.I.
Show threadUriel FanelliMar 3
@existentialcomics LOL. Like CEOs nowadays are accountable. LOL.
Show threadFubaroqueMar 3
@existentialcomics It’s not a slide, it was in their programming manuals. Paper, there was no internet.
Show threadAshwin DixitMar 3

@existentialcomics

A BILLIONAIRE
CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

THEREFORE A BILLIONAIRE
MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION.

#EatTheRich #NoBillionaires

Show threadEngel (dey/dem)Mar 3
@existentialcomics as if humans could be accountable. Managers are both to big to fail and replaceable.
Show threadCliff'sEsportCornerMar 4
@Engel @existentialcomics I recall in Criminology class in college when we talked about Corps and things like Pintos going boom. I was only one for capital punishment for Co, everyone looked at me like I was crazy. I said Corps are legally a person, just kill the Co, if it removed value of stocks and golden parachutes that might change C level behavior. IDK how many people know Pinto stuff anymore https://www.tortmuseum.org/ford-pinto/
The Ford Pinto - The American Museum of Tort Law

Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company, 1981 The Pinto, a subcompact car made by Ford Motor Company, became infamous in the 1970s for bursting into flames if its gas tank was ruptured in a collision.

The American Museum of Tort Law
Show threadElricMar 3
@existentialcomics Worth pointing out that GDPR elaborates on that. People have the right to have automated decision making redone by humans in some cases.
Show threadsmegMar 4
@existentialcomics lack of accountability is the goal, though
Show threadansible42Mar 5

@existentialcomics I feel like the same logic should apply to policy, because what is policy but an algorithm.

Not a fully formed idea, still noodling on it.

Show threadDavid W. JonesMar 5
@existentialcomics And still so true!
Show thread🍄slow learner, ❤️‍🔥deep feelerMar 5

@existentialcomics

This is deeply important. *And* it pains me that IBM was allowed to continue as a business after their collaboration in literal death camps.

Show threadVoidZeroOne   Mar 22
@existentialcomics when was the last time a managers was held accountable for their actions? Oh wait I remember. That on guy who got offed in NYC. No not the United healthcare guy the Blackrock guy.