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In reply to the discussion: Remember When Wikipedia Was Considered Suspect? [View all]
paulkienitz
(1,494 posts)20. "AI" is not just another Silicon Valley gold rush Ponzi-oid investment bubble...
...but it is mostly that in the short term.
Long term, it actually is a legitimate threat to human survival, just like in crappy B science fiction.
Even longer term, it may be the key to a posthuman super-civilization as far beyond Star Trek as that is beyond bronze age war bands pillaging early farmers.
Both the perils and the opportunities are far beyond anything you'd think possible from today's bumbling artificial idiots. Unfortunately its progress is being guided by some of the most irresponsible assholes alive.
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What could happen is what's called "model collapse" - which there have been warnings about for years:
highplainsdem
May 2025
#17
Over multiple iterations the errors get larger and the facts become overwhelmed.
erronis
May 2025
#24
Okay you may have something there, but it also points out the revision process restores a lot of it
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2025
#27
Can happen. Complex subject matter is difficult to master and difficult to untangle. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2025
#42
The professional organization of practitioners of this therapy gave up trying to influence Wikipedia.
TheRickles
May 2025
#39
That's my position also. The "Talk" and revision pages are valuable in their own right.
erronis
May 2025
#25
It is still "suspect." It's just that, like you say, you can generally check their sources...nt
Wounded Bear
May 2025
#3
I do occasionally. It's been years since I found a suspect source. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2025
#11
Current AI is Generative AI, not true AI. It doesn't reason, it makes stuff that looks reasonable.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2025
#8
This is similar to what has been done to bridge the "Uncanny Valley" in visuals.
erronis
May 2025
#28
Good story and kudos to you. But you draw the wrong lesson and there are counters
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2025
#51
I think you may have deep seated mystical beliefs preventing you from recognizing all its forms
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2025
#56
I'm open to the possibility that we've created an environment where AI could come about,
CrispyQ
May 2025
#21
"AI" is not just another Silicon Valley gold rush Ponzi-oid investment bubble...
paulkienitz
May 2025
#20
If they have so much confidence in it, the first task we should assign AI is climate change.
CrispyQ
May 2025
#23
WEF is World Economic Foundation. "Globohomo" is the nutty concept that globalists and homosexuals are aligned
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2025
#53
Contraceptive and abortion rights were never "active reduction". Exercising them is active prevention, not reduction
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2025
#64
"The thing is, we might still be able to turn things around relatively humanely..."
CrispyQ
May 2025
#65
thanks for that explanation of your use of these tools. Real life applications are helpful.
erronis
May 2025
#35
It's problematic when legit news media cites AI written content as a source
IronLionZion
May 2025
#41