Resistance is futile

Odds said:
The US and the UK have refused to sign a declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial intelligence at a landmark Paris summit, in a blow to hopes for a concerted approach to developing and regulating the technology. The document was backed by 60 other signatories on Tuesday, including France, China, India, Japan, Australia and Canada. A UK government spokesperson said the statement had not gone far enough in addressing global governance of AI and the technology’s impact on national security...although it appears more likely the UK took heed of the American VP when he criticised Europe’s “excessive regulation” of technology and warn against cooperating with China.

An unnamed Labour MP said: “I think we have little strategic room but to be downstream of the US.” They added that US AI firms could stop engaging with the UK government’s AI Safety Institute, a world-leading research body, if Britain was perceived to be taking an overly restrictive approach to the development of the technology.

The Guardian

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the fear of global governance lies at the heart of this refusal to sign an accord with other nations in developing and regulating the growth of AI across the world will be a major stumbling block in finding a balance between safe AI and AI safety for users, leaving gaps in the market for further rank abuse by nationalist and extremist interests.
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AI is a tool which has the propensity to control the masses. I am against AI across the board.
 
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AI is a tool which has the propensity to control the masses. I am against AI across the board.
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On that premise you may as well start a campaign against television...or radio...or newspapers...

The application of AI will make a fundamental change in the way people interact with society and transform business in ways we haven't begun to imagine, so the administration of this technology will require thorough regulation unless people like Elon Musk find a way to use it for their own ends rather than a benefit for the wider population.
 
Odds said:
On that premise you may as well start a campaign against television...or radio...or newspapers...

The application of AI will make a fundamental change in the way people interact with society and transform business in ways we haven't begun to imagine, so the administration of this technology will require thorough regulation unless people like Elon Musk find a way to use it for their own ends rather than a benefit for the wider population.
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List the ways in which AI is a positive for the masses. It is healthy to have a debate on this to see it from all sides. My feelings are AI will be used to replace jobs with overall control given to the few.
 
Notch7 said:
how do you square that with your undivided love for Trump and Musk
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I don't. Simple as. I saw no mention of AI being implemented as it is being when Trump was on the campaign trail.
 
AI will end up being a bit like the Internet. Lots of positives about it, coupled with lots of negatives. People and nations will use it for good, people and nations will use it for bad.

I don't doubt I, Robot could become reality x decades from now, if that happens, so be it. As usual, we'll only have ourselves to blame. Anyway, the climate nuts tell us earth will cease to exist a few years from now so why are we worrying ...
 
diy_fun_uk said:
AI will end up being a bit like the Internet. Lots of positives about it, coupled with lots of negatives. People and nations will use it for good, people and nations will use it for bad.

I don't doubt I, Robot could become reality x decades from now, if that happens, so be it. As usual, we'll only have ourselves to blame. Anyway, the climate nuts tell us earth will cease to exist a few years from now so why are we worrying ...
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The difference with AI and the Internet is it goes one further to sever the connection between one human and another. It is isolationism in action because the Internet was originally intended to facilitate the communication and the transfer of knowledge and sharing of ideas between human beings across borders, countries and language. AI such as ChatGPT, seeks to streamline information into one accepted narrative. Dangerous.
 
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More than half of the AI-generated answers provided by ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity were judged to have “significant issues”, according to the study by the BBC. The researchers asked the four generative AI tools to answer 100 questions using BBC articles as a source. The answers were then rated by BBC journalists who specialise in the relevant subject areas. About a fifth of the answers introduced factual errors on numbers, dates or statements; 13% of quotes sourced to the BBC were either altered or did not exist in the articles cited.

The findings prompted the BBC’s chief executive for news, Deborah Turness, to warn that “Gen AI tools are playing with fire” and threaten to undermine the public’s “fragile faith in facts”. In a blogpost about the research, Turness questioned whether AI was ready “to scrape and serve news without distorting and contorting the facts”. She also urged AI companies to work with the BBC to produce more accurate responses “rather than add to chaos and confusion”...Read on @ The Garundia

'GIGO applies' in all areas of WebWorld, and the biggest problem i see is people with a political agenda using the tech in order to promote a false narrative into the news stream, muddying the water for the wider population to see what is what in any given story. Established broadcasters like the BeeB can be fooled which strengthens the case for further regulation: which the UK has singularly failed to do.
 
What do you make of this? Personally I feel AI should be kept in the private sector and not in the public sector. Thoughts?

 
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What do you make of this? Personally I feel AI should be kept in the private sector and not in the public sector. Thoughts?
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I can't watch the video right now. But what are the basic reasons for not using it in the public sector?
 
When he says "excesssive regulation" he means any regulation. EU is right to scrutinise the industry and ensure AI has an ethical basis in society. Regulation won't necessarily 'stymie' innovation, but provide a framework for developers to work on creating AI in the right sectors, ensuring jobs aren't lost unnecessarily - workers at Scunthorpe, for instance' are demanding job security before two Green Arc blast furnaces are installed to enhance productivity and meet Net Zero targets, but they'll use fewer workers by design. That's the way it works: modern machines always supplant a larger workforce. That happened in the fettling shop where i worked - over 100 jobs were dispensed with at the cost of maintaining three machines requiring one worker per shift, over three shifts.

"A new Industrial Revolution", he says: well, that's true enough but a glance at history tells of the upheaval and social disorder that accompanied such dramatic change and AI will bring about an even more profound change in the way people work, freeing them from repetitive tasks with the promise of greater benefits. Regulation must be maintained to make sure those benefits are for the many, not the few.
 
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