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Ok_Lawfulness_5424 t1_jdtpkje wrote
What are Issac Asimov's Laws of Robotics? Can we get AI to hold true to them?
_8bits1beard t1_jdtphhv wrote
Reply to Twitter Blue subscription users may hide their paid check marks soon | After making its paid Twitter Blue with verification service available to all, the Elon Musk-run company is now working on a feature that is likely to let users hide the blue checkmark. by MortWellian
Sneeches on the Beach by Dr. Seuss.
Marchello_E t1_jdtpfq2 wrote
An AI is just an algorithm. It needs a tool to attack. With the US's (I think failed) logic of "guns don't kill people but people do" then who would be doing the attacking part?
zoupishness7 t1_jdtp6cw wrote
Reply to comment by EtherMan in Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over Ebook Copyright Infringement. Here’s What to Know... by Halaku
But what if I scan a library book that I check out at a library? Seems to me, the only issue is the ease of making a copy, not the potential of retaining one.
Ok-Run5317 t1_jdtot2u wrote
seem like click bait.
colorcorrection t1_jdtosov wrote
Gates saw the chatlogs of someone that asked the Bing AI to 'Tell a joke about Bill Gates' and he hasn't been the same since.
opticd t1_jdto0b8 wrote
Reply to comment by HanaBothWays in The RESTRICT Act: A Potential New Enforcement Tool to Address Economic and National Security Concerns Posed by Foreign Information and Communications Technologies by AlphaWolfDesign
EU countries are taking a different approach. They’re passing regulation that isn’t entirely feasible to comply with and assigning large % global revenue fines for non compliance. Their plan is to just skim revenue and benefit rather than banning.
Candlelight_Fantasia t1_jdtnaaq wrote
So that's why MS invested heavily in chatgpt...
Ipraythisworks0315 t1_jdtn1tb wrote
Reply to Got a tech question or want to discuss tech? Bi-Weekly /r/Technology Tech Support / General Discussion Thread by veritanuda
This maybe a long shot, but I would like to put a device similar to Alexa or Ok Google in a nursery for a child. I would also like to record several hours of me reading books. However, I like the capability of a device like the two I mentioned before to be able to play random sounds, or give information on demand. Is it possible to have these device store playlist or sounds that I make or are there any devices that can do what I mentioned .
Noncivilian_ t1_jdtmnxk wrote
Not true the timeline for that is in 2025.
PlayingTheWrongGame t1_jdtlkfu wrote
Reply to comment by Educational-Ice-319 in The RESTRICT Act: A Potential New Enforcement Tool to Address Economic and National Security Concerns Posed by Foreign Information and Communications Technologies by AlphaWolfDesign
Any anyone working for any company in the government or a contractor’s supply chain, or anyone providing critical services for any of those companies, even the second-order ones.
Which is essentially every vaguely important company in the US.
rickyg_79 t1_jdtljiz wrote
He knows this because his barber is an AI
3vi1 t1_jdtl707 wrote
Well, duh. "I'm sorry Bill, I haven't seen a sci-fi movie in the last 60 years!"
ethereal3xp OP t1_jdtk3lq wrote
While Gates acknowledges that AI has the potential to do great good, depending on government intervention, he is equally concerned by the potential harms.
In his blog post, Gates drew attention to an interaction he had with AI in September. He wrote that, to his astonishment, the AI received the highest possible score on an AP Bio exam.
The AI was asked, “what do you say to a father with a sick child?” It then provided an answer which, Gates claims, was better than one anyone in the room could have provided. The billionaire did not include the answer in his blog post.
This interaction, Gates said, inspired a deep reflection on the way that AI will impact industry and the Gates Foundation for the next 10 years.
He explained that “the amount of data in biology is very large, and it’s hard for humans to keep track of all the ways that complex biological systems work. There is already software that can look at this data, infer what the pathways are, search for targets on pathogens, and design drugs accordingly.”
He predicted that AI will eventually be able to predict side effects and the correct dosages for individual patients.
In the field of agriculture, Gates insisted that “AIs can help develop better seeds based on local conditions, advise farmers on the best seeds to plant based on the soil and weather in their area, and help develop drugs and vaccines for livestock.”
>The negative potential for AI
Despite all the potential good that AI can do, Gates warned that it can have negative effects on society.
“Governments and philanthropy will need to play a major role in ensuring that it reduces inequity and doesn’t contribute to it. This is the priority for my own work related to AI," he wrote.
Gates acknowledged that AI will likely be “so disruptive [that it] is bound to make people uneasy” because it “raises hard questions about the workforce, the legal system, privacy, bias, and more.”
AI is also not a flawless system, he explained, because “AIs also make factual mistakes and experience hallucinations.”
Gates emphasized that there is a “threat posed by humans armed with AI” and the potential that AI “decide that humans are a threat, conclude that its interests are different from ours, or simply stop caring about us?”
WeedRavioli t1_jdtjqfc wrote
Reply to comment by sarathepeach in The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology. Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections by HorrorCharacter5127
Theres someone younger that made a device which essentially lets you play video games with your mind, so instead of using controllers you use your mind.
So yeah these politicians will have a worse time trying to understand this than they did with facebook.
iwangchungeverynight t1_jdtjfiw wrote
I like the part where everyone in this thread is cool with it, as though it’s okay that China is systematically interweaving itself into American society and we’re good with rolling over and accepting it. That’s not a lukewarm effort to be a xenophobe, it’s a legitimate concern about cultural/community pride. Simple acceptance of another country “doing it better” shouldn’t be where it ends. Follow not just the money but the data stream and then you begin to understand the political and social ramifications of changing minds and hearts that ‘China isn’t bad, it’s the U.S. that’s not good’ and their attempt at the reframing of reality.
autotldr t1_jdtj7t1 wrote
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)
> A poll of more than 2,000 social media users in China found that about four in 10 respondents have experienced some form of online abuse.
> Her death is the latest in a string of deaths that have been linked to online bullying in China.
> "China has robust technological tools for monitoring online content. More of those resources should be redirected toward curbing cyberbullying. should not condone the culture of fostering online 'hate campaigns'," says Jonathan Sullivan, a China specialist and political scientist at the University of Nottingham.
Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: online^#1 China^#2 bullied^#3 social^#4 media^#5
roo-ster t1_jdtj0lv wrote
Reply to comment by EtherMan in Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over Ebook Copyright Infringement. Here’s What to Know... by Halaku
> Every time a book is checked out in a library, the library pays,
At least in this country (USA) this is not the case.
Boo_Guy t1_jdtiti0 wrote
Reply to comment by Hashtagworried in Panera Bread will use palm-scanning technology for its loyalty program by Nicolas-matteo
A security expert estimated 7-30 million were hit by their last breech while the company said it was only 10k so I went with 2.5m. 🤷♂️
[deleted] t1_jdtip35 wrote
Reply to comment by EtherMan in Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over Ebook Copyright Infringement. Here’s What to Know... by Halaku
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Educational-Ice-319 t1_jdti7g7 wrote
Reply to comment by HanaBothWays in The RESTRICT Act: A Potential New Enforcement Tool to Address Economic and National Security Concerns Posed by Foreign Information and Communications Technologies by AlphaWolfDesign
The FTC regularly fines and issues consent decrees, and has done so for literally decades…..
wamdueCastle t1_jdti4da wrote
Reply to comment by sickofthisshit in Twitter Blue subscription users may hide their paid check marks soon | After making its paid Twitter Blue with verification service available to all, the Elon Musk-run company is now working on a feature that is likely to let users hide the blue checkmark. by MortWellian
it sounds like advertising, but without the requirement it be marked as advertising. In theory it would also get around ad block software.
only what is being "advertised" is the posts of Elon simps, and a generic collection of right wing arse holes.
sickofthisshit t1_jdthkgg wrote
Reply to comment by wamdueCastle in Twitter Blue subscription users may hide their paid check marks soon | After making its paid Twitter Blue with verification service available to all, the Elon Musk-run company is now working on a feature that is likely to let users hide the blue checkmark. by MortWellian
Because it supposedly comes with a ranking boost (and if you are a Musk fan, the thrill of sending money to your hero), but if it is visible you can get mocked.
wamdueCastle t1_jdthe2l wrote
Reply to comment by ImATrickyLiar in Twitter Blue subscription users may hide their paid check marks soon | After making its paid Twitter Blue with verification service available to all, the Elon Musk-run company is now working on a feature that is likely to let users hide the blue checkmark. by MortWellian
you mean the thing I keep skipping on other sites?
fitzroy95 t1_jdtpywh wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Lawfulness_5424 in Bill Gates warns that artificial intelligence can attack humans by ethereal3xp
His stories about the Laws of Robotics were deliberately designed to show that the Laws wouldn't work, and showed the flaws and loopholes inherent in them