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Happy Hoosier

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21. I'm dealing with some AI stuff at work right now.

Wed May 3, 2023, 04:53 PM

May 2023

I can tell you that a lot of stuff touted as artificially "intelligent" is nothing of the kind. Quite often, "AIs" are really just selef-adapting scripts. Can that do certain stuff? Yes. And do it well. But it's ability to develop a novel and creative solution to a problem is EXTREMELY limited right now. So it can effectively do jobs that are basically executing scripts, but we are still a long way from AI capable of replacing people in jobs requiring considered judgement.

Remember when everyone was convinced we were a couple years from self-driving cars and trucks everywhere? That's because driving is easy... UNTIL you run into a situation requiring judgment. then the fancy scripting has no idea what to do. Not that these problems can't be solved. They can, and will. But it's not as close as many people fear.

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AI: So why don't we just pull the plug if it gets out of control? [View all] LAS14 May 2023 OP

I can't let you do that. ret5hd May 2023 #1

LOL. Tommy Carcetti May 2023 #2

DUzy! FSogol May 2023 #4

I'm sorry Dave. jcgoldie May 2023 #10

"This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it." DBoon May 2023 #13

I am putting myself to the fullest possible use ... Kennah May 2023 #16

According to what I've read, by the time we realize it is out highplainsdem May 2023 #3

That's the Skynet scenario. Renew Deal May 2023 #17

By the time it gets "out of control"... regnaD kciN May 2023 #5

Reese: "It decided our fate in a microsecond". n/t Whiskeytide May 2023 #6

Yup. grumpyduck May 2023 #8

Just for asking that question, AI is currently halving your credit score. Good luck! FSogol May 2023 #7

That's why I always say please and thank you Jerry2144 May 2023 #9

Distributed Networking Mordred May 2023 #11

Genies don't go back into the bottle NoRethugFriends May 2023 #12

Shareholders say no Kennah May 2023 #14

AI isn't as dramatically negative as some like to portray. Renew Deal May 2023 #15

Negative as in Terminators, Skynet, and Cyberdyne Systems? No, I agree that won't happen. Kennah May 2023 #18

I agree that there will be impacts on jobs, negative and positive. Renew Deal May 2023 #19

Very correct Kennah May 2023 #22

I'm dealing with some AI stuff at work right now. Happy Hoosier May 2023 #21

The OP is speculating about AGI or even superintelligence. We aren't highplainsdem May 2023 #26

AI's popularity is due to its being useful for bad purposes as well as highplainsdem May 2023 #25

A lot of electronics never turn off - they just go to standby until en event triggers them to turn Martin68 May 2023 #20

Define "getting out of control" brooklynite May 2023 #23

Arnold (as the T-800) explains why that isn't such a good idea. keep_left May 2023 #24

AI could get angry. Restful sleep could become a challenge. Baked Potato May 2023 #27