Is AI a threat?

Had a discussion with a couple of friends the other day. My stance (now) is that AI (like the Internet before that, and computers before that, and television before that, and radio, and electricity, and cars, and the cotton gin, etc) won't displace us, just change us.

Replacing human processing power will be hard. As @Toy Collector said in that crazy AI uses thread: we have a super computer in our heads. To expand, that supercomputer runs on 2kwh per day (along with mobility, adaptable fine motor control, self-repair and replication) and fits in a chair. A supercomputer of equivalent processing fills a medium building and runs on mWh/day. The scalability of AI will meet some serious roadblocks coming up, and without true quantum computing, will have trouble replacing us. From my use of AI, all I've seen is regurgitation of existing human thought, but no true innovation that makes us special. The music in the thread mentioned above is formulaic pop garbage. You won't see Iron Maiden to Metallica, or The Beatles, or a number of other actual unique sounds or shifts. When Google returns "AI" results (which I find useful), it's generally summaries of shit that some other human came up with, then gives it to me in this weird (though easily parsed) format. I can then scan that and glean information from it to help me form independent thoughts that the AI never really comes up with.

So, it won't replace us (yet). That being said, it will replace a lot of the torture at work for us. Slogging through forms, bullshit processes, cross-referencing, all of the things that computers are supposed to do for us will be fairly automatic just by asking.

My main concern is which master will it serve. I'm assuming I won't like the answer to this.
 
Rockwood said:
Had a discussion with a couple of friends the other day. My stance (now) is that AI (like the Internet before that, and computers before that, and television before that, and radio, and electricity, and cars, and the cotton gin, etc) won't displace us, just change us.

Replacing human processing power will be hard. As @Toy Collector said in that crazy AI uses thread: we have a super computer in our heads. To expand, that supercomputer runs on 2kwh per day (along with mobility, adaptable fine motor control, self-repair and replication) and fits in a chair. A supercomputer of equivalent processing fills a medium building and runs on mWh/day. The scalability of AI will meet some serious roadblocks coming up, and without true quantum computing, will have trouble replacing us. From my use of AI, all I've seen is regurgitation of existing human thought, but no true innovation that makes us special. The music in the thread mentioned above is formulaic pop garbage. You won't see Iron Maiden to Metallica, or The Beatles, or a number of other actual unique sounds or shifts. When Google returns "AI" results (which I find useful), it's generally summaries of shit that some other human came up with, then gives it to me in this weird (though easily parsed) format. I can then scan that and glean information from it to help me form independent thoughts that the AI never really comes up with.

So, it won't replace us (yet). That being said, it will replace a lot of the torture at work for us. Slogging through forms, bullshit processes, cross-referencing, all of the things that computers are supposed to do for us will be fairly automatic just by asking.

My main concern is which master will it serve. I'm assuming I won't like the answer to this.
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I've noticed that many jobs are being replaced by AI. Just yesterday, a large number of people were laid off. I believe it was sales force. All mostly entry level jobs of course, but that's not good for our youth.

Last night, I was discussing with my wife the computing power of our brains, which only uses about 12 watts of electricity. Perhaps one day, our brains will connect through technologies like Neuralink, allowing us to become supercomputers while we sleep. Or maybe that's how people will get paid in the future, their brains to be used as supercomputer... They already pay people to play games all day..
 
Realbadlarry said:
I saw an opening at Borg Technology.... entry level no experience needed?? Their slogan is "Together we are Stronger"! I think I'm going to pass.
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From what I know... they manufacture Optical wiring setups for companies like Corning and Fischer, etc. Very similar to a lot of components we use in my industry.

I can see a lot of positions in that place that would require no experience and still not be an issue (Material Handlers, Basic assembly, Warehouse workers, entry level Buyer/Planner). I was building Cardiology devices in a Cleanroom at 19 years old. I ran the Audit for ISO Certification and we passed with flying colors and all 100 devices performed flawlessly. I went from changing oil at Wal mart to building devices that save lives in a matter of days.
 
Toy Collector said:
From what I know... they manufacture Optical wiring setups for companies like Corning and Fischer, etc. Very similar to a lot of components we use in my industry.

I can see a lot of positions in that place that would require no experience and still not be an issue (Material Handlers, Basic assembly, Warehouse workers, entry level Buyer/Planner). I was building Cardiology devices in a Cleanroom at 19 years old. I ran the Audit for ISO Certification and we passed with flying colors and all 100 devices performed flawlessly. I went from changing oil at Wal mart to building devices that save lives in a matter of days.
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Toy Collector said:
From what I know... they manufacture Optical wiring setups for companies like Corning and Fischer, etc. Very similar to a lot of components we use in my industry.

I can see a lot of positions in that place that would require no experience and still not be an issue (Material Handlers, Basic assembly, Warehouse workers, entry level Buyer/Planner). I was building Cardiology devices in a Cleanroom at 19 years old. I ran the Audit for ISO Certification and we passed with flying colors and all 100 devices performed flawlessly. I went from changing oil at Wal mart to building devices that save lives in a matter of days.
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Their prosthetics are off the chain performance wise, just lacking in appearance...

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