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Absolutely and completely delusional......
Trump says AI doesn’t need guardrails, only a ‘high IQ’ president
He also alleged the existence of a “sick conspiracy” against AI and data centers, at a time when Americans are increasingly concerned about the technology.
AI is not thinking machines, Rather they are super fast and billions of processes per second. The threat is the use of them by hackers. They try every door in the world at an incredibly fast pace. It's still zero's and ones. Yes or no. True or false.
It's still a program written by humans. It can only do what it's programed to do. It can not think.
I think with all due respect that you are missing the biggest threat . That would be a well funded insane individual or individuals or a rogue State , and take your pick of those , developing a lethal virus or bacteria for which they have also developed an antidote, cure or vaccine for , and unleashing it . One thing I believe that probably most aren't aware of is that advanced AI is now embedded in many places , be that nations defense systems of various other critical infrastructure, more than just whats contained in data centers. So it's just not the over simplified solution of throwing the switch and shutting it down . Much worse that having your Bank hacked.
It can now..... this was covered very recently in the press . This should scare the crap out of everyone. I think back to when kids in school during the cold war were instructed to dive under their seats in the event of an incoming nuke . True story. Well, that is sweet FA compared to what is happening and could happen today.
No, it can't think it was programmed to do stuff. That's all! In super speed it looked for a weakness and found it and then other weaknesses etc.
Certainly AGI hasn't been definitely achieved yet but it is far enough advanced that it can Autonomously perform the documented actions it carried out . AGI will happen. But don't ignore the fact , as you said, that human programmers can have it do what they direct it to to great effect. Before long, and it's advancing at an alarming rate in that sense, it isn't inconceivable that at some point it could potentially act on its own. And having been pointed at the problem above, it took action without prompt much to the surprise of the developers . As usual you have to wonder what is happening behind closed doors that the general public aren't aware off .
ON IT'S OWN ...... and yes it is really really really really really really fast . This fast if one can even get their head around it....
It's not denial, it's knowledge. All my life I was a computer systems administrator. Although not my main function, I have written tons of programs. Our brains are computers, but not 1's an 0's. Our brains are far more complicated than present computers. As to acting on its own, they absolutely can't. If a programmer screws up it can do unexpected things. I'd be more worried about hackers or unscrupulous people creating programs to fool people into doing things they shouldn't like giving out their banking info etc.
Computers were just glorified calculators in the 70's. Things have come a long way since then. I concur that a computer does not think but it simulates reasoning and makes decisions accordingly based on it's database of information which includes the various actions of mankind and the results of those actions. The fact that the current advancements allow it to make those decisions independent of a computer programmers input is what should scare the hell out of anyone, including yourself, that understands the fact that a programmer is already inputting commands
It's OK. I give up.
