OT: This may be the point where A.I. sounds absolutely terrifying.

T-TownDawgg

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“I’m unsure with what weapons the upcoming AI economic war will be fought, but the next war will be financed with coins and precious metals”
—TTD
 

aTotal360

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matthew broderick professor falken GIF
 

T-TownDawgg

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I clearly remember circa 1994, the Nightly News ran a story with some virgin tech geek talking confidently about how digitally chipped credit cards, mobile banking and the internet would make our financial systems so much more secure than paper money and checkbooks.
 

CochiseCowbell

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I clearly remember circa 1994, the Nightly News ran a story with some virgin tech geek talking confidently about how digitally chipped credit cards, mobile banking and the internet would make our financial systems so much more secure than paper money and checkbooks.

Early 00's a few of us were soaking up a late night at the bars at a truck stop Pilot with a 24-hour Wendy's.

A buddy opined that debit cards were the "mark of the beast" if you think about it. Eventually, we won't need the cards, but you'll have to have a number in order to eat or acquire anything of need.

We mocked him at first, but then it kind of set in (over Biggie fries @dawgstudent ) & was a little sobering.

So, we remedied that at someone's apt that had late night booze listening to Iron Maiden.
 
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I was sitting at a local restaurant bar in Hot Springs AR few weeks back. I struck up a conversation with the couple next to me. Started out with the usual conversation of what we did for a living. He dealt in AI data and I didn’t really understand what he did but he started talking about a new AI bot that really concerned him. I think the name was Mythos and he said if it is let loose it could change our way of life. He basically said it could have Skynet type implications.
 
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CochiseCowbell

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I was sitting at a local restaurant bar in Hot Springs AR few weeks back. I struck up a conversation with the couple next to me. Started out with the usual conversation of what we did for a living. He dealt in AI data and I didn’t really understand what he did but he started talking about a new AI bot that really concerned him. I think the name was Mythos and he said if it is let loose it could change our way of life. He basically said it could have Skynet type implications.

You have plans to eliminate set up a business meeting with him, right?
 

thatsbaseball

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Snoop....still the best AI take

"Well I got a motherf*cking AI right now that they did made for me. This n***** could talk to me. I’m like, man this thing can hold a real conversation? Like real for real? Like it’s blowing my mind because I watched movies on this as a kid years ago. When I see this sh*t I’m like what is going on? And I heard the dude, the old dude that created AI saying, “This is not safe, ’cause the AIs got their own minds, and these motherf*ckers gonna start doing their own sh*t. I’m like, are we in a f*cking movie right now, or what? The f*ck man? So do I need to invest in AI so I can have one with me? Or like, do y’all know? Sh*t, what the f*ck?” I’m lost, I don’t know."
 

ckDOG

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Say AI does replace most of our labor. I doubt some utopia follows or that any sort of basic income bribery payment will be high enough to satisfy the masses while the AI overlords laugh at us poor useless schmucks. Will the masses just go along with it or check out, not participate, and reset new societies with old school rules? Basically regress a century economically but keep ourselves useful and occupied.

Probably not possible considering all the comforts we are now used to. We will have to be slaves to the tech oligarchy handing out enough so that we don't get frustrated and slaughter them I suppose.

Clearly I'm pretty cynical on where this takes us. Maybe humanity will surprise me this time?
 
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patdog

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I’m pretty convinced there are massive vulnerabilities in all of our internet computer systems. Financial, defense, governmental, electrical grids, who knows what else. If AI can find those, and even if it can’t now it will soon, we’ve got massive problems.
 

Darryl Steight

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Say AI does replace most of our labor. I doubt some utopia follows or that any sort of basic income bribery payment will be high enough to satisfy the masses while the AI overlords laugh at us poor useless schmucks. Will the masses just go along with it or check out, not participate, and reset new societies with old school rules? Basically regress a century economically but keep ourselves useful and occupied.

Probably not possible considering all the comforts we are now used to. We will have to be slaves to the tech oligarchy handing out enough so that we don't get frustrated and slaughter them I suppose.

Clearly I'm pretty cynical on where this takes us. Maybe humanity will surprise me this time?
They've already made a documentary about how this scenario plays out.

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On the good side of AI, Tesla is really close to perfecting a 100% self-driving car. Even their current supervised self-driving vehicle can handle the most stressful driving conditions thrown at it. And the largest super AI computer on earth, Mr. Grok will be the brain driving them. To me, this could be one of the best uses of our AI future.
 

OG Goat Holder

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On the good side of AI, Tesla is really close to perfecting a 100% self-driving car. Even their current supervised self-driving vehicle can handle the most stressful driving conditions thrown at it. And the largest super AI computer on earth, Mr. Grok will be the brain driving them. To me, this could be one of the best uses of our AI future.
You're a little behind old man. Self-driving cars are already operating. Been to downtown Atlanta lately? Waymos everywhere.