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Deborah Rose's avatar

Thanks, Ken. I am very much concerned about the destructive force AI will prove to be on humanity. Apparently, the damage social media has caused isn't warning enough.

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Kenneth Burchell's avatar

Appreciate your comment, my friend. And share your sentiment in great part.

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Karen McFly's avatar

I’d listen to a clip of this interview, thanks for the prompt to hear the whole thing. GRIM. And too many remain unaware.

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Kenneth Burchell's avatar

Thanks for the comment, Karen. I think this falls into the Pandora's Box or "hubris" categories. One needs only to read the Greek tragedies as an antidote to the idea that that human character has changed even one iota in the last 2500 years or so. I believe that the combination of AI and genetic engineering spell the doom of Homo sapiens.

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Karen McFly's avatar

A lot covered in that video - the profit motive, the devotion to ... whatever CULT that is ... the religious aspirations of it, Altman's 'charisma' that appears to have fluid ideology (which is its own ideology), the utter lack of awareness of the general public of the absolute destructiveness of these technologies, the imperialism of these private corporations... replacing the imperialism of countries.... she hit a lot of things.... a lot to ruminate upon. DOOM. Yes. We're like frogs being slowly boiled.

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