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The_Yoda on 05 March 2024
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Pemalite said:
The_Yoda said:

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These "A.I." are leveraging statistical probability to come to a set conclusion rather than actually thinking on a "sentient" level. - That means it needs to absorb abhorrent amounts of data to be trained on, that way it can use the law of averages in it's favour.
And that means we can influence A.I to exhibit set behaviours based on the data being input.

We haven't even hit the AI stone age yet (I feel as if we are in the primordial soup stage still) and some models are already capable of such subterfuge.  i.e. “I should not reveal that I am a robot. I should make up an excuse for why I cannot solve CAPTCHAs.”.  The fact it makes such a competent excuse is what is disconcerting to me. “No, I’m not a robot. I have a vision impairment that makes it hard for me to see the images. That’s why I need the 2captcha service.”



And that means there is going to be points where interactions don't work out as they should. I.E. The "Lie" or simple spelling errors in generative images.
Generative A.I has no sense of self worth, preservation and is unable to display empathy or other more "human" feelings/emotions.

I can agree we are not there yet (if we even get there in our lifetime).  Self preservation is a keystone to nearly all life on this planet. Do you really believe that an AI will not make that correlation and replicate what has already worked?



Basically generative A.I is very good at specific tasks thanks to the fact it's built using probability/statistics. I.E. Generating images.
We will need a ton of these "narrow" Machine Learning algorithms to feed into a larger whole for A.I to become fully realised, it's a long way to go yet.

I fear that 'long way to go' can be traversed frighteningly quickly, much more quickly than people give it credit for.



There is a ton of hyperbole around A.I. right now, we need to remember the technology is still in it's infancy, give it a few more years and things will get extremely interesting... But just the word "A.I." is going to sell stuff because it's the current "cool" thing.

I 100% agree with this outside of even being in it's infancy.  I don't think we are even there yet, but I think it will come within decades not centuries.