People are really really scared of AI. First of all, it isn’t AI. Not the stuff you’re used to seeing in movies. No, it is not HAL. Or anything remotely like that. For what it is worth, we are traveling in two lanes when it comes to these types of tool. One, AGI or Artificial General Intelligence is going to be able to think for itself. The other is going to be algorithmic and designed to respond to prompts… and threats. What we are dealing with now is better categorized as Narrow AI, though I doubt the average person or user even cares. I cannot decide if they should or not. I can say this: AI in any form is a existential threat to the way we function in our lives and creative means. In fact, the University of Manchester is funding a slew of Doctoral projects that “explore the rapidly evolving relationship between creativity and artificial intelligence (AI), considering what AI does for creativity and what creativity does for AI.” These creative AI studentships are the wave of the future. That future is going to change everything.
We just don’t know how.
Some Thoughts:
- Bonkers News Headline of the Day: “Trump family business files for trademark rights on any airports using the president’s name” The Great Fleecing Continues… I Imagine he will soon push for airports to be named after him. I used to think we were collectively feeding this man’s delusions, but now it feels like the delusion is the reality.
- If you prefer a less political bonkers: “4 dead in crashes involving over 30 vehicles in ‘brown out’ conditions on Colorado interstate” This is of the “what the hell is even that” variety. Turns out a brown out is similar to a haboob dust storm, but the dirt gets blown around crazily resulting in zero visibility.