I have an acquaintance and his son who have literally talked hours with me about this subject. They both are extremely intelligent men, no hyperbole they are genius level and the son to the point of being socially awkward.I was having a conversation with a buddy the other day and our conclusion is that none of this crap is AI. It’s bigger storage. Faster search algorithms. And big data mimicking intelligence.
Non of this BS is even close. There is no existential threat as long as they just keep piling on more code to try and look intelligent.
When AI comes… if it comes… it will come with very little code. No database links. And probably from biological-based chips. Which were a research branch 20’years ago but largely fizzled when storage got cheap.
Musk is 100 percent right that AI is an existential threat. Fortunately even the work he is doing creating/training it is still just big data.
Sirhr
@sirhrmechanic you are 100% right here. Real AI is not yet a reality. We cannot even comprehend real AI. A machine that can solve problems so complex as to boggle human minds in mere moments. A machine that cannot be out maneuvered, outpaced or outran. A machine that quite logically in moments would determine that humans are a virus on the planet and more likely than not determine to kill them all. Real AI that is, not advanced machine learning.
After literal sleepless nights from those discussions and prayer I am of the opinion that the Beast (not AC, the Beast) is AI. A central sentient machine which will do the heavy lifting for the AC. The miracles and “peace” brought about by the AC could simply be the machine making the chaotic world Orderly and livable.
Whether my theory is correct or not, Musk is right.