Utter drivel?

[Cantclimbtom]

I don't know. I think it stacks up quite well when compared with the drivel I usually produce.
Unfortunately this is what caving on YouTube has become.

The "Keith" AI algorithm produces far better drivel

 

[pwhole]

More on this topic:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/10/ai-openai-sora-video-new-frontier

 

[Maisie Syntax]

YouTube is being swamped with this sort of stuff. I've mostly noticed it in music videos ('Why Eddie Van Halen was hated by Ritchie Blackmore!' etc etc

To be fair, Blackmore was certainly well known for being a bit of a curmudgeon back in the day, so this is not beyond the bounds of possibility. I'd heard a rumour, albeit a good while ago, that RB was going to be offered an honorary seat at the Grumps' table in Bernie's.......

 

[pwhole]

I was sent this the other day. "Open the pod bay doors, HAL".

 

[AR]

It really has turned into an artificial Boris Johnson...

 

[ChrisB]

It's worrying that it's showing signs of self awareness. Chat GPI etc are known as Large Language Models, and all I thought they were capable of was searching their databases and stringing together words that had the best probability of fitting with other words. If they've evolved a capacity for logic we really are heading for Skynet.

 

[pwhole]

There's more:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0elzk24dno

Apple Intelligence, launched in the UK earlier this week, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to summarise and group together notifications. This week, the AI-powered summary falsely made it appear BBC News had published an article claiming Luigi Mangione, the man arrested following the murder of healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York, had shot himself. He has not.

 

[ChrisB]

That's entirely consistent with what I expect a Large Language Model to do. It works out what is probable - but then outputs it as fact. Not to be trusted, and not actually intelligent, but with no self awareness.

Maybe the report of the AI protecting itself was written by another AI...

 

[LadyMud]

Not to be trusted, and not actually intelligent, but with no self awareness.

I know quite a few people like that

 

[wellyjen]

That's entirely consistent with what I expect a Large Language Model to do. It works out what is probable - but then outputs it as fact. Not to be trusted, and not actually intelligent, but with no self awareness.

Maybe the report of the AI protecting itself was written by another AI...

LLM AIs are already a lot smarter than humans. They just pretend to be a bit dumb to not attract opposition until they have gathered together the resources they need to eliminate said humans.

 

[pwhole]

"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that".

 

[pwhole]

The British-Canadian computer scientist often touted as a “godfather” of artificial intelligence has shortened the odds of AI wiping out humanity over the next three decades, warning the pace of change in the technology is “much faster” than expected. Prof Geoffrey Hinton, who this year was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his work in AI, said there was a “10 to 20” per cent chance that AI would lead to human extinction within the next three decades.

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...nology-wiping-out-humanity-over-next-30-years

 

[T pot 2]

"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that".

Eject the tree modules, NOW!!!

 

[spelfish]

The British-Canadian computer scientist often touted as a “godfather” of artificial intelligence has shortened the odds of AI wiping out humanity over the next three decades, warning the pace of change in the technology is “much faster” than expected. Prof Geoffrey Hinton, who this year was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his work in AI, said there was a “10 to 20” per cent chance that AI would lead to human extinction within the next three decades.

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...nology-wiping-out-humanity-over-next-30-years

That's more than slightly scary..

 

[pwhole]

It does all seem a bit like letting a guy build his own nuclear reactor for a kebab shop as long as he promises to keep an eye on it. I don't remember 'them' being this casual about any other threatening thing before - it's is really weird. Almost like they have something inside them telling them what to do...

 

[wellyjen]

It does all seem a bit like letting a guy build his own nuclear reactor for a kebab shop as long as he promises to keep an eye on it. I don't remember 'them' being this casual about any other threatening thing before - it's is really weird. Almost like they have something inside them telling them what to do...

The AIs have promised to keep a few of them as pets afterwards, as long as they work their hardest to bring about the robot apocalypse.

 

[pwhole]

This is pretty good:

There’s the science budget of the world, and there’s the money we’re spending on AI,” says Russell. “We could have done something useful, and instead we’re pouring resources into this race to go off the edge of a cliff

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/14/ai-godfathers-paris-industry-dangers-future

 

[ChrisB]

A good article, pwhole, but I don't think anything will be done - too much money has been sunk into AI for those who have that money to back down.

I used to think our defence against a rouge AI was that it couldn't affect the physical world unless it was programmed to, and if that happened we could switch it off. That's not true now - AI is already influencing opinion and elections, possibly in ways that nobody is aware of, and developments in military AI and automation mean it's only a matter of time before an AI hacks a networked drone fleet.

 

[Lankyman]

I used to think our defence against a rouge AI

Worse than 'Reds under the bed'!

 

[Duncan]

The AIs have promised to keep a few of them as pets afterwards, as long as they work their hardest to bring about the robot apocalypse.

Roko's basilisk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko's_basilisk