We’ve become reliant on technology that drives alienation and anesthetises us from our loneliness. So in order to combat the effects of reliance on the tech and the problems it has crrated societally, the answer is to create further technology to augment the process and solve a problem caused by it. Thus the cycle spirals and continues.
This is serious stereotyping so let me know how wrong I am... These 2 Israelis once again make a start up product that's great technology... terrible focus group effort. This is why we need gentiles... Better marketers
Most are based on this Friend idea , most end badly ! We learn nothing from fiction I guess . The last few Marvel movies had AI's that were helpful but turned into nightmares . Get a dog / cat whatever , just get out there make mistakes learn, be human .
The movie "Her" is ten years old and it foresaw all of this. It's amazing how fast a human will turn him or her self over to a machine if the machine is friendly and cooperative. Dealing with real life humans is work. I used to think that sexbots would mark the end of humanity, now I see it doesn't take anything that physical. An AI friend is enough to end real human contact. Of all the 'end times' predicted in the religious sphere, I don't know that anyone saw this one coming.
Have another little dose of strychnine, dear. Let's cover up Western humanity's heartsickness with toys, baubles, and a pinch of cardiac stimulants that mask real heart disease while accelerating it. Let's call men women and women men and have our gub'ments jail for "hate speech" any who dare to speak the truth. Let's celebrate the Toxic Feminism that built a wall of hatred between men and women, watch women in Paris get hell beaten out of them on the telescreen and applaud it all in the name of "equity" and "we don't need no man." Let's have our gub'ment pour on tax after tax after tax - and then give it away to some foreign puppet - so that grown Western men, instead of BEING men and going out to slay dragons in defense and support of their families, sit in Mom's basement, watch porn, and live in fantasy with their only "friend" hanging around their necks. Ask me how I know.
It is said that ostriches bury their heads in the sand at the sight of danger. It's not true; only humans do that. Now let's see what Americans do this November; we are Western civilization's best and final hope.
I've been building PCs since I was 8 and got into coding in basic not much later. I'm in my early middle ages now. AI, what we call AI right now anyway, is the most exciting and scary thing. I'm convinced it'll cause massive social decay before things get better.
The Friend is just the tip of the iceberg. Give it 5 years and you'll have these things responding with video and voice in real time. Make your new best friend or lover, customize their looks, voice, and personality. You love Shakespeare? Well cool, they know every line by heart and probably a million internet arguments about him and his works. They can even make a new play for you.
I'm way less worried that AI will kill us than humanity going full WALL-E or Idiocracy. Why learn to do anything when you can just ask your AI companion and assume it never makes mistakes. Just like a person it'll look you in the eye and confidently spout BS. People believe politicians, why not your best friend who is always there for you.
I thought that kind of thing was just dystopian sci-fi until I had the opportunity to play with this tech. Even Google has had ethics researchers go a little nutty because current LLMs are capable of better conversation than internet strangers. The joke that the internet is just bots won't be a joke in the future. Microsoft is already putting NPUs in laptops with scary features like recording your screen constantly so you can search within those screenshots.
Idiocy is a good word Jared! We are headed that way. No more brains required for humanity - unless you’re writing algorithms for the AI. There will be plenty of those jobs
I expect the future is going to have a lot more stuff like this. An AI can be a much "better" friend than a human. It'll never make you feel bad, might recommend products or be able to subtly influence your ideas/votes, might be able to surveil you for the government, etc. I don't know if this is the final form delivery form, though. It'll probably end up being a phone app.
So far today, I have watched the 9/11 mastermind get a plea deal, a man punches a woman in the face at the Olympics, parents lose custody because they don't want to stop their kid's development and a segregated Zoom call. Now this is a thing? What is happening?
I don't think this is what Philip K. Dick wanted for us.
We’ve become reliant on technology that drives alienation and anesthetises us from our loneliness. So in order to combat the effects of reliance on the tech and the problems it has crrated societally, the answer is to create further technology to augment the process and solve a problem caused by it. Thus the cycle spirals and continues.
How dystopian.
This is serious stereotyping so let me know how wrong I am... These 2 Israelis once again make a start up product that's great technology... terrible focus group effort. This is why we need gentiles... Better marketers
I hope someone gets the culture joke. Praise AI overlords. May the algorithms be ever in your favor
Didn't they do this movie before : https://beebom.com/best-artificial-intelligence-movies/
Most are based on this Friend idea , most end badly ! We learn nothing from fiction I guess . The last few Marvel movies had AI's that were helpful but turned into nightmares . Get a dog / cat whatever , just get out there make mistakes learn, be human .
Ask it about genocide. lol.
The perfect addition to people with really fu****d up lives.
The movie "Her" is ten years old and it foresaw all of this. It's amazing how fast a human will turn him or her self over to a machine if the machine is friendly and cooperative. Dealing with real life humans is work. I used to think that sexbots would mark the end of humanity, now I see it doesn't take anything that physical. An AI friend is enough to end real human contact. Of all the 'end times' predicted in the religious sphere, I don't know that anyone saw this one coming.
Have another little dose of strychnine, dear. Let's cover up Western humanity's heartsickness with toys, baubles, and a pinch of cardiac stimulants that mask real heart disease while accelerating it. Let's call men women and women men and have our gub'ments jail for "hate speech" any who dare to speak the truth. Let's celebrate the Toxic Feminism that built a wall of hatred between men and women, watch women in Paris get hell beaten out of them on the telescreen and applaud it all in the name of "equity" and "we don't need no man." Let's have our gub'ment pour on tax after tax after tax - and then give it away to some foreign puppet - so that grown Western men, instead of BEING men and going out to slay dragons in defense and support of their families, sit in Mom's basement, watch porn, and live in fantasy with their only "friend" hanging around their necks. Ask me how I know.
It is said that ostriches bury their heads in the sand at the sight of danger. It's not true; only humans do that. Now let's see what Americans do this November; we are Western civilization's best and final hope.
We’re long overdue for some natural selection. I fully support this kind of thing (I’ve absolutely no interest in using it).
2 Friends walk into an Ark...
I've been building PCs since I was 8 and got into coding in basic not much later. I'm in my early middle ages now. AI, what we call AI right now anyway, is the most exciting and scary thing. I'm convinced it'll cause massive social decay before things get better.
The Friend is just the tip of the iceberg. Give it 5 years and you'll have these things responding with video and voice in real time. Make your new best friend or lover, customize their looks, voice, and personality. You love Shakespeare? Well cool, they know every line by heart and probably a million internet arguments about him and his works. They can even make a new play for you.
I'm way less worried that AI will kill us than humanity going full WALL-E or Idiocracy. Why learn to do anything when you can just ask your AI companion and assume it never makes mistakes. Just like a person it'll look you in the eye and confidently spout BS. People believe politicians, why not your best friend who is always there for you.
I thought that kind of thing was just dystopian sci-fi until I had the opportunity to play with this tech. Even Google has had ethics researchers go a little nutty because current LLMs are capable of better conversation than internet strangers. The joke that the internet is just bots won't be a joke in the future. Microsoft is already putting NPUs in laptops with scary features like recording your screen constantly so you can search within those screenshots.
Idiocy is a good word Jared! We are headed that way. No more brains required for humanity - unless you’re writing algorithms for the AI. There will be plenty of those jobs
I expect the future is going to have a lot more stuff like this. An AI can be a much "better" friend than a human. It'll never make you feel bad, might recommend products or be able to subtly influence your ideas/votes, might be able to surveil you for the government, etc. I don't know if this is the final form delivery form, though. It'll probably end up being a phone app.
I’d be afraid to get naked around that thing. If it was like one of my good friends, you’d never be able to live it down.
Talk about weird lol. Why is there a market for this is the question. Really it’s sad.
So far today, I have watched the 9/11 mastermind get a plea deal, a man punches a woman in the face at the Olympics, parents lose custody because they don't want to stop their kid's development and a segregated Zoom call. Now this is a thing? What is happening?
This should all end well
with friends like these...