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Open the bomb bay door! (from the movie Dark Star)
APB05-Jan-24
Artificial intelligence (AI) is always portrayed as the Boogie man in movies and science fiction books... I think that WE are that boogie man!...AI can be used to advance bio-diversity...keep an eye on our fellow travellers on this planet and take care of them...help protect us all from the terrible natural disasters that are coming, fight fires, help in floods and disasters, help us think and concentrate on what is important....it can be a REALLY massive and useful friend....but I suspect it will be used mainly to replace cleaners bus drivers, train drivers and truck drivers...deliver Pizza faster...humans do not have a good track record...what do you think?
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  • personally the actual question should be is AI needed in our lives....the answer is no it isnt as we did things very well before it showed its ugly head.tbh the human race is rapidly heading for destruction anyway and if the planet is anything to go by it wont be too long before it happens thankfully i will probably be dead anyway
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    • I think it will be a benefit to society.
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      • I believe that many people will lose their jobs - we can see that already by how may checkout workers are already gone
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        • Unfortunately not everyone will find the good in AI and do good only. There will always be someone ready to do the wrong thing and a new technology might be easier to do wrong than good. Seems to be human nature.
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          • Yes please to combat human destructions from natural disasters! Recently there were many in the USA itself! I wonder why AI help couldn't be sought in such massive circumstances.😇
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            • Very interesting topic. Star Wars came to my mind...loved the small, round robot and the golden one...
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              • Skynet became Self Aware on the 2:14 a.m., EDT, on August 29, 1997. As the humans tried to shut it down because it wasn't doing what they wanted it turned on them and wiped them all out then started on the rest of humanity. Always Incompetents are great servants but terrible masters and they are typically prone to dump things that have learned early to replace them with newer information so they give Giraffes way too often they call something that they used to know and have cleared that memory space a Giraffe. There is a very good reason why so many books decried the building of a Nuclear Bomb, Always Incompetents are exactly the same and should be left alone and forgotten about but of course as long as some idiot thinks there is money in it for them that will never happen. You are however correct Humans are the biggest danger to humanity that has ever existed on this planet.
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                • AI is a far bigger threat to mankind than climate change or war.
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                  • and it will take over our lives IF we allow it to. Just think how the politicians will use it against us! One word out of place and they will be after us, accusing us of being Terrorists, something they know all about for that is what they are. Just think of how Commercial operations will use it! It will track our every move, our every purchase and then start on a campaign to make us buy things we don't need, nor want. With all those millions of jobs which will be lost as a result just what are people going to do to earn money? AI can be useful BUT it will be mis-used at every opoportunity. We have already seen how it is being used by criminals to stael our money without us knowing and we won't find out until it is far too late. It needs to be thoroughly Regulated.
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                    • Asimov predicted that these issues would arise and proposed the three laws of Robotics (AI) Of course, Saberhagen pessimistically predicted the evil AI, the Berserker, whose aim is to destroy all life. Meanwhile on planet Earth the stupid, immoral AI (human) continues the destruction of life at only a slightly slower pace.
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                      • I agree
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                        • wow, reading all that made me a bit hungry,, i think i will get a snack,,,,😁
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                          • While I agree somewhat with your assessment you can always use AI to do exactly the opposite for all of your examples. Remember, AI is simply an extension of computer programming started before the beginning of the second world war. Good for our side and bad for the other side. Since AI is simply a series of computer algorithms they can be created by programmers that work for someone (it's too expensive to try on your own) who may be the third or fourth person on the pecking order and has to please their boss (or replace him/her?). The more levels of human interference you introduce the worst the possible outcomes become possible. It was a great day when the Brits broke the Enigma code generator that the Nazi's created. Not so great when it was used by spammers to fill our emails with trash. Isn't it wonderful that the day after you explore one website the next day your inbox is full of offers for stuff you don't want or need. It will be worse when the use of AI is used to decide who works, who votes, who does anything where real people used to make decisions. I'm afraid the science fiction movies are closer to reality than ever before. (Ever watch the Terminator series of movies?)
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                            • We did such a good job with atomic energy. No doubt we can misuse AI also.
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                              • Remember what happened in I Robot ? Bloody Robots cannot be trusted whoever programs them should be carefully watched before they turn the Robots on at the power point . Michael ( who is normally relaxed ) hates the thought of Artificial Intelligence doing anything .
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                                • AI is only as good as their programmers who write the codes/programmes. but if they come self aware - it will depend on how we treated them - no matter what job they are doing - when self aware like people they will see/remember/ learn/ and adapt and react in the same way as all life dose
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                                  • I meant to add, I always say, when computers start to play up in movies, etc, unplug it! Simple.
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                                    • I remember watching 2001 a Space Odyssey, as a young kid, so scary when the computer took over the space ship.
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                                      • Ive seen a few too many AI horror movies and now dont have a postitive thought about them.
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                                        • NOPE
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                                          • I see ai as a big negative thing
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                                            • AI will be good in some areas but we have to be careful
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                                              • It has already started a massive layoff of workers in retail (self-serve tellers) AI use has no boundaries. 2 centuries ago Karl Marx developed a theory called alienation (when the worker is alienated from his/her production tool) it is more like prophecies that in the future machines will replace the worker, if this scenario is right how would folks earn wages to sustain themselves?
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                                                • I never watch so I don't know
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                                                  • There needs to be very strict guidelines in the use of AI, but then the world is full of ‘control freaks that need to have everything’. I agree there is an awful lot of good that AI can do but there is also a huge risk.
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                                                    • i watched megan and have zero trust for AI now
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                                                      • I think the potential to be very good is very bad is there. Unfortunately I believe that some in power will use it to strengthen their power and it will not benefit many of us. I hope I’m wrong.
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                                                        • I have no interest
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                                                          • I want to know a lot more about it before I make any decisions.
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                                                            • It's like people don't realize how much AI already existed in things they were already using before all the hype started lol. From a hobby and curiosity perspective I like some of the stuff coming out in recent years. Concerned about companies and government orgs using it for unlimited data mining, tracking and soft control but it has many good uses and can assist people in many ways. To an extent I'm actually concerned about what kind of regulations they will put on it...because they are them after all. Not sure how I feel about the job situation since I don't think most people are even honest about it anyway. People seem too scared to walk away from that lifestyle for whatever reason.
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                                                              • hi Mopos!!
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                                                                • this is very dangerous
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                                                                  • The world's gone mad
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                                                                    • It is rather scary and I am unsure if I like it. I know there must be positive sides to it but honestly I think it will take and do the jobs humans see unbefitting to do these days like driving a bus or being a garbo. With every thing there is good and bad. As long as it is controlled and managed properly because it if isn't we may find ourselves in a serious position. No I am hoping I won't be around or at least not here when the world wakes up to it's self and realises the huge mistakes it has made by relying on some thing not real, with no feelings.
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                                                                      • You have been watching too much USA BS movies. AI is all about control and eliminating humans as you will find out if you are young, Us Oldies won't be here. Anyone believing this tripe has not had an education. VERY SAD. Wanting to be looked after by the everlasting machines.
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                                                                        • Totally agree
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                                                                          • My daughter, who has a disability, is finding it invaluable, so it does have a positive side!
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                                                                            • I think it's taking a lot of jobs away they claim self checkouts aren't but there has to be lost jobs. The big companies will do whatever they need to do to line there pockets and become richer well the regular people struggle to keep a roof over there head and eat
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                                                                              • You never know 🥵😡🥶
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                                                                                • Glad I’m at the end of my life good luck to you all for the future
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                                                                                  • I have several concerns because of how AI is going too fast for us, I think it can help. I see both sides of this and hopefuly humans can be careful. Have a good day
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                                                                                    • We just have to be diligent and allow it to serve us and not harm us
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                                                                                      • It can replace survey takers too I reckon..
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                                                                                        • "AI" is largely just another nonsense tech fad with a lot of fools jumping on the bandwagon with no real forethought. Much of what these people claim is complete rubbish - just look at Tesla and their silly "self-driving cars" that can't drive themselves, and likely never will in any real sense (there's simply too much that can happen which no amount of computer coding can account for).
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                                                                                          • There is a place for AI and technology just depends how much humans are going mess it up
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                                                                                            • I believe that AI IS the "Boogie man" and anybody who perceives that ANYTHING positive happening to the ordinary people isn't taking AI seriously enough! AI will change humanity into transhumans, those individuals who have a small chip inserted into their brain so they are actually linked to the Web, which would allow the AI to connect with that person and know what that person is thinking, dreaming, what activity they are engaging in including sexual activity, heart rate, purse etc. Elon Musk states that he has implanted these chips into pigs and monkeys but he refused to state that HE didn't have a chip in his brain already. I think if you want to see the inevitability of the destruction that AI will have on the human race in the short term you need to go back and watch "Terminator" again. SkyNet is real, evil is real and the most powerful people on the planet want to kill billions of us and perfectly control the others by changing them from humans into semi-organic hybrids! AI is learning far too quickly to be stopped anyway! Thanks for reading!
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                                                                                              • AI to me is more of a foe than a friend
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                                                                                                • I watched Space Odyssey when it came out and felt weird the whole way through and still do .... so that's w hat I think. Only muscle not brain power should be "connected" to these mechanical monstrosities .... that is what I think!
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                                                                                                  • AI can be very helpful in our daily lives but it can be used dangerously. How can you take out the human element. (I already have a robotic vacuum cleaner.) Taking out the driver of motor vehicles would be safer for all.
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                                                                                                    • and I thought AI meant " Another Idiot "
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                                                                                                      • I think it's the next industrial revolution. It's inevitable. I use AI for writing and editing and it is an extremely useful tool. I definitely feel that there needs to be some laws around AI development and usage as it is progressing at a phenomenal rate and it's independent intelligence capabilities are unknown. An interesting Syfy take on it watch the new Netflix movie "The Creator"
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                                                                                                        • Very unsure about the AI thing
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                                                                                                          • HI Jann, have a fun day playing
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                                                                                                            • I agree with you APB they are going to take away jobs from people who need to work
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                                                                                                              • There are so many ways that AI is just wrong
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                                                                                                                • AI has the potential to be good or bad. It depends on how we use it.
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                                                                                                                  • AI NOT A GOOD THING NO MATTER WHAT...!!!!
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                                                                                                                    • I think AI is the boogie man.
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                                                                                                                      • ai may be quick but the human brain is superior personally i could nt give a rats arse for modern city life and tech im quite happy doing it all the old fashioned way
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                                                                                                                        • Who cares? At my age I have no worries.
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                                                                                                                          • Ai is here to stay so it's best to embrace it and stay on top of it.
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                                                                                                                            • Google has an A1 that might be considerate to be aware of by the maker. As films showed they may be used as slaves. Google might be trying to hush it. They make billions from them
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                                                                                                                              • Very scary
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                                                                                                                                • AI is still in its infancy stage and AI is being portrait as the 'boogie man' instead of capitalism (profits over people aka white-collar crime). Furthermore, AI is slowly but steadily encroaching in our daily lives on a personal level and a professional level. Anyway, with human beings track record when it comes to technology (profits over people). AI will be used to replace workers on a 'massive' level!
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                                                                                                                                  • boogey man a good thought
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                                                                                                                                    • We will have to see what is to come.
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                                                                                                                                      • It can replace doctors and surgeons too...but we don't have enough of them anyway..so nobody will notice...
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                                                                                                                                        • Depends, people are going to be the ones programming it so there are going to be more computer jobs
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                                                                                                                                          • ai sucks
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                                                                                                                                            • Modern technology is good to a degree, but I think they are now starting to over step the mark. People will become lazy mentally and physically.
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                                                                                                                                              • I think everyone is very naive if they think IT will be the gift to humans. Why do we need it to do our housework or open doors or 1000's of other things we humans can do for ourselves. Yes it can be helpful in operations but controlled by humans just the same. SciFi is coming true as whatever man thinks of he will eventually create and giving AI the tools to teach themselves is a dangerous road to take. I think scary times are ahead in the future with the scientists just going too far. It is already doing more than delivery of Pizza or cleaning etc. People are talking to them as if they are real live humans and some of these robots actually look very close to that.
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