AI In Our Lives (1 Viewer)

[Huntn]

CGI-AI:
Early CGI in movies, , I absolutely hated it‘s early implementation. Now I still believe that a real physical location has an unbeatable appeal, say James Bond in Sienna, CGI fills a nitch that has no physical alternatives and has progressed to a point where my brain starts to dismiss it has animation when people are seamlessly interwoven. Such as Morag, a dead civilization, or Xandar (Guardians of the Galaxy) state of the art CGI. I usually find myself asking, how much of this is CGI, where does the practical end and CGI start?

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A parallel argument can be made about AI. But first, I’ll repeat my concern that AI as a tool is powerfully and scary on multiple levels. There is without doubt a huge threat to jobs:

The interesting thing is that job loss/export has been going on for 50 years, by the hand of the Corporatocracy, but now that basically most jobs might be threatened, the alarm is being raised. Yes, it is a threat and an opportunity, but it’s just another iteration of technological progress where what used to be represented my human skill is replaced by technology. Society will have to find a new equilibrium, and that will have to include finding a way of supporting the masses that make up our civilization. It’s very possible it’s time to consider the Socialist Utopia.
That said…

I’ve not yet seen a character powered by AI, at least one that I am aware of. If it is “soulless”, I predict it will be just a matter of time befire it finds its soul, as the programing is greatly expanded to incorporate personality and emotions. If it can be done it will be.

 

[Huntn]

Now we are approaching the gray area between science and religion and eksistential questions about whether all life has a soul and what distinguishes technology and biology.

In my opinion it is part and parcel of the package. In science fiction you see these stories about "sentient machines" with AI this is exactly what we could end up with. There programing is so good, you can't distinguish it from a human, because it sees, it responds, it may even express a preference, but is it a program running, or is it conscious as we experience consciousness? That's all I'll say about it for now.

The philosophical question is, can a machine we build acquire consciousness, or just be really good at imitating a human being?

 

[LA - L.A.]

In my opinion it is part and parcel of the package. In science fiction you see these stories about "sentient machines" with AI this is exactly what we could end up with. There programing is so good, you can't distinguish it from a human, because it sees, it responds, it may even express a preference, but is it a program running, or is it conscious as we experience consciousness? That's all I'll say about it for now.

The philosophical question is, can a machine we build acquire consciousness, or just be really good at imitating a human being?

There was an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation that was devoted to that debate. Federation scientists wanted to take possession of Data and do tests on him that would have destroyed his positronic brain. Picard contested the decision and a trial was held. The episode did a good job of exploring the issue from many perspectives.

 

[Huntn]

There was an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation that was devoted to that debate. Federation scientists wanted to take possession of Data and do tests on him that would have destroyed his positronic brain. Picard contested the decision and a trial was held. The episode did a good job of exploring the issue from many perspectives.

I saw that episode. The question remains unanswered. Inevitably as you previously mentioned, the debate bleeds into the spiritual. Are we as an entity solely contained within this flesh and blood body or is there more to us than the eye can see or we can perceive? My philosophical position is that if there is more, and existence is such a mystery, that it can’t be precluded that it is impossible an AI entity could not ever acquire sentience.

 

[LA - L.A.]

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up about how your social media content and activity might be being used in AI models if you don't jump through the hoops to opt out.

Social media platforms are using what you create for artificial intelligence. Here’s how to opt out | CNN Business

OpenAI has claimed that creating ChatGPT would have been impossible without using copyrighted works. LinkedIn is using user resumes to polish up its artificial intelligence model. And Snapchat says if you a certain AI feature, it might put your face in an ad.

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