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The majority of U.S. adults don't believe the benefits of artificial intelligence outweigh the risks, according to a new Mitre-Harris Poll released Tuesday.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At first I was all on board for artificial intelligence and spite of being told how dangerous it was, now I feel the technology has no practical application aside from providing a way to get a lot of sloppy half assed and heavily plagiarized work done, because anything is better than paying people an honest wage for honest work.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is basically how I feel about it. Capital is ruining the value this tech could have. But I don't think it's dangerous and I think the open source community will do awesome stuff with it, quietly, over time.

Edit: where AI can be used to scan faces or identify where people are, yeah that's a unique new danger that this tech can bring.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've been watching a lot of geoguesser lately and the number of people who can pinpoint a location given just a picture is staggering. Even for remote locations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude. Drones and sexbots. Killing people and fucking (sexo) people have always been at the forefront of new tech. If you think AI is only for teh funni maymays, you're in for a rude awakening.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

you think AI is only for teh funni maymays

When did they state this? I've seen it used exactly as they have described. My inbox is littered with terribly written ai emails, I'm seeing graphics that are clearly ai generated being delivered as 'final and complete', and that's not to mention the homogeneous output of it all. It's turning into nothing but noise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Funny, because it actually starts as noise, too.