None of us are ready for what AI is going to do. To everything. There's very little in our world that will remain untouched. I've been something of a lunatic street preacher about this and I've learned that it's only peripherally on people's radar. I'd love to hear your thoughts. A thread... - ThreadSky

thestrangerous.bsky.social • 406 days ago

None of us are ready for what AI is going to do. To everything. There's very little in our world that will remain untouched. I've been something of a lunatic street preacher about this and I've learned that it's only peripherally on people's radar. I'd love to hear your thoughts. A thread...

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lostindadeepwoods.bsky.social•406 days ago

I’m not really having a “smart brain” day so show me some grace if I can’t get this out right. I think it should be used as a sounding board/extrapolation tool for scientific endeavors. Trained in physics and medical research with scientists who are able to test the theories it produces.

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

100%. It's should be used as a tool, 1st and foremost. But they're so broadly capable that *how* that's implemented will be dicey to regulate.

willmccloughlin.bsky.social•406 days ago

In the most hopelessly optimistic remaining corner of my mind I think it COULD fix huge amounts of human problems and free up enough labour that people will have the time/freedom to enjoy life more.
Robots+AI could MAYBE give us that star trek utopia i think we all want. OR just make assholes richer

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

It's going to be interesting. It *could* be a huge blessing, like you say, but ... I have little faith that bad actors won't ruin everything and use it for widescale oppression in some manner.

willmccloughlin.bsky.social•406 days ago

Sadly you're right that that is the likely scenario especially with misinformation like you've already mentioned. Faking an entire person has some insane implications to me, doesn't take a huge leap to imagine it used for assassinations and replacing people with AI deep fake style stuff.

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

The Internet: We already have major issues with false information on the internet. That's going to get incalculably worse. https://futurism.com/the-byte/internet-ai-generated-slime
You think you have difficulty id'ing real people vs bots? Now imagine ONE person with a laptop can generate virtually infinite amounts of trash.

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

Encryption will have to undergo a revolution. AI will assist with this, but the attacks on encryption will escalate dramatically. https://www.csoonline.com/article/574985/what-is-artificial-intelligence-s-true-potential-impact-on-cybersecurity.html
Will passwords become a thing of the past?

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

AI's in the financial sector could destabilize markets faster than we can comprehend. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/13/davos-ai-risk-finra/

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

Joe Russo, one of the directors of a few Avengers movies, said that AI movies will be possible in 2 years.
Many creatives dismissed this as hyperbole or attached qualifiers to it.
They are wrong.
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/joe-russo-artificial-intelligence-create-movies-two-years-1235593319/#!

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

If you've been following the advancements in AI video, you'll see that we are well on track for that prediction. Soon, ONE PERSON will be able to make an MCU-level film by themselves, with their desktop, for no money at all. Hollywood will be upended.

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

Layoffs are gutting the video game industry. https://www.wired.com/story/the-video-game-industry-is-just-starting-to-feel-the-impacts-of-2023s-layoffs/
There are AI applications that can generate 3D environments from a line of text. Extrapolate that out to literally *every* aspect of game development. It's happening.

kuangeleven.bsky.social•406 days ago

Been turning this thread over for a while, trying to boil down my thoughts. We have mass-plagiarisation machines created by dishonest 'disrupters' shielding themselves behind users who want all the benefits of creativity with none of the work. It's power without principle for the overly-entitled.

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

That is definitely one of the uglier parts of it. Artists and writers are furious. As a writer, they're coming for me, too. I have no problem with people creating without 'putting in the work'. The grind of getting good at something holds no value or merit to me. I think the real issue is capitalism

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

It was already difficult for artists and writers to get paid. AI production makes it way harder, but I would honestly blame our society more for viewing art as a hobby that you might make money at if you're lucky.

chucke.com•406 days ago

The plagiarism isn’t going to be what destroys us, though. AI is going to replace the Production Editor, whose only job is turn manuscripts and pictures into books, and the accountant at the publisher who does their finances. All the jobs that can be done by a human using a computer are at risk.

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

Yes. This. The plagiarism is part of it, but we're looking at disruption from literally *every* angle.

chucke.com•406 days ago

Can you tell I used to be a production editor? Every job I’ve ever held is threatened by AI, from production editor to webmaster to pay-per-click advertising account manager—all will be done by AI. All those cushy 4-year-degree jobs that don’t reference your 4-year-degree in English at all.

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

I keep hearing everyone talking about how trade school and blue collar jobs are the answer for displacement. That's great and all, but ... I'm 47. I don't know how long my body would allow me to be a carpenter.

chucke.com•406 days ago

I’m 65. I’m out. Nobody will hire me anyway. Not for what I can do in a corporation, that is. I might still have some value as a blood-and-guts musician for bar gigs, but bands were effectively marginalized by DJs in the 1990s. Oh and DJ is definitely something an AI can do. Just listen to radio.

chucke.com•406 days ago

The IP theft is bad, but AI isn’t going to stop there. An AI trained on every accounting principle and legal corporate deduction is going to replace all the accountants at once.

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

Along with doctors, lawyers, human resources, financial managers, customer service ... everything.

sinisterbulb.bsky.social•406 days ago

Possibly. But the issue currently is it hasn’t a clue when it really fucks up, does it? Imagine the damage it could do in those roles.

thestrangerous.bsky.social•406 days ago

100%. The mistakes will be made no a grand scale at speeds we won't be able to grapple with.

jefffreyspies.bsky.social•405 days ago

This is all a capitalism problem, machines doing basic services is only a problem if we accept that toil is necessary to enjoy the products of society as a whole

chucke.com•405 days ago

Ever since people started living in larger groups it seems like one of the main functions of government has been to keep people busy, occupied, building useless pyramids, F35 fighters, Works Progress Administration, etc.

I’m not saying we need hard labor like building pyramids, but we need purpose.

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