Sony Boss: AI is good, m'kay.

[shavenferret]

SvennoJ said:

shavenferret said:

Is it going to more like the Terminator series, the Matrix series, the Bladerunner series, or will it just be chill and we’ll all have attractive android side pieces? 

It doesn't have to come that far, MGS2 plot comes to mind. AI is already being used to track everyone, used to manipulate elections, used to censor information, spread disinformation and discredit and bury truth, it's used to oppress people, pick out undesirables based on social media posts, target and kill undesirables while humans hide behind the machine, no accountability. AI enables George Orwell's 1984 x 10.

But if AI ever becomes aware, beware on what its trained on. Autonomous killer drones already exist. Data centers are used for massive bombing campaigns, AI is already integrated with all weapons systems. Nvm AI taking a stranglehold on the flow of information and energy infrastructure. Think closing the Strait of Hormuz is bad, AI turning off the internet / GPS / electrical grids at will will be so much worse.

Attractive Android side pieces will only further isolate humans from each other as chatGTP is already doing with virtual friends. As well as acting as the ultimate enabler / 'yes man' / echo chamber.

I’m probably giving away the next big AI movie’s plot but the big weakness would be AI’s power requirements. If there is a central brain or even a distributed network it won’t really work unless humans make power for it, and it is just my opinion but this implies that the economy would be quite good so that humans will want to keep manning the power stations and producing electrical (and presumably other types of) infrastructure. In which case, there would seem to be little incentive for AI to want to be a lord among men. Perhaps it will merely wish to coexist peacefully.