According to the “people” running AI, it’s a risk of extinction to humanity. These slapped-together. clapped-out language databases with search functions are the big threat.
Never mind a pole-to-pole sewer of a planet. Never mind corrupt, servile, talentless politicians for hire. Never mind boring billionaires buying headlines for their trivial pursuits at the expense of everything else. Never mind high school-level basic thermodynamics in the atmosphere. Never mind a possible nuclear war.
It’s AI that’s the problem, really and truly it is, they say.
Sure, it is.
Like hell.
The problem is that you don’t do your jobs.
If this load of third-rate chatbot babble is a threat of extinction, it can just get in line with all the others.
The most likely cause and outcome of all this doom about AI is basic media marketing. There’s a cliffhanger. Maintain interest in something that doesn’t deliver anything but talk about itself. What will happen? Will our selfless heroes ride to the rescue on their fiery press releases?
Guess.
Of course not.
Real people working with these clockwork cretins will find workarounds. In case you haven’t noticed, real tech people are anything but impressed. Most of this utter crud is old tech repackaged. Bot culture will stagnate when they finally realize nobody listens to bots. Pitiful algorithmic online ads will bleat on to a non-existent audience. It’ll take them about a decade to figure it out.
The real danger comes from people who tolerate this abject drivel. In terms of real working artificial intelligence, this ain’t it. All of this stuff is basically cranked out using decades-old software ideas. The only difference is that this is multi-level software.
Consider:
If this tech is so dangerous, what’s being done about it by those controlling it? Apparently, nothing. Why not? If there are problems, why aren’t you fixing them?
Let’s try another, slightly less tolerant, perspective.
Nobody has to put up with it:
- If this load of putrid fetal-stage primitive AI garbage causes any problems at all for anyone at all, you’re liable. Try telling a court you’re not.
- If AI goes down, you’re going with it first. The markets don’t like risk for no returns.
- Failure to deliver advertised services by AI means you’re in breach of any type of business contract.
- Nobody gives a damn how rich and godlike you think you are.
- The world will be only too happy to bury you and your hype at the slightest excuse. One US civil case can kill you.
Capiche?
Get it right. That’s all you need to do. Get this wrong and you’re gonna need a new god.
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