| Site #1 | http://www.openthefuture.com |
| Site #2 | http://www.ageofbani.com |
I’ve seen “worrying” or “concerning” or even “distressing,” but there’s something about the words “scaring scientists” in this headline (*Washington Post* July 6 noon PDT) that I find massively unnerving.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/06/earth-record-heat-climate-extremes/
Not the Singularity we needed, but the Singularity we deserved.
“Better to talk to people than communicate via tweet.” — Elon Musk, CEO Twitter
Disinformation-based reputation management, including fake pseudo-real websites and search engine optimization used to push down negative stories. Fascinating stuff.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2023/eliminalia-fake-news-misinformation/
So here’s an interesting distant early warning:
AI “friend” app removes “erotic role play” aspect, causing a major freak-out by users.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3py9j/ai-companion-replika-erotic-roleplay-updates
But post-ChatGPT bots (such as the one in Bing) are getting better and better, rapidly.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html
What will we call the potentially severe trauma resulting from the “death” of a companion AI?
As someone with a safety role considering all the things people regularly search Google for, like material safety data sheets, asking an AI what to do in any dangerous situation is:
1) Asking to die from inaccurate/blatantly wrong advice.
2) A liability nightmare. Not sure Section 230 is going to protect the AI's owner.
Will the AI tell you to put out a vinyl chloride fire with water? Will it tell you to wear a HEPA filter respirator? If it did and you follow that advice you are about to die.
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