Future of Artificial Intelligence

[7Wannabe5]

And likewise, will e.g. "average IQ AI" do anything beyond replacing office workers with half an associate degree with an "IT system" or replace $40,000/year taxi and bus drivers with $40,000/year robo-drivers? Of course if I was a bus driver or investing in AI-bus systems, it would make a difference for me. As a passenger, I don't see much difference.

I think the consensus is that AI is already at the level of a bright college graduate who intermittently takes LSD while on the job. I think you are actually indirectly making the point through your argument, because the upheaval will be based on no longer being able to hold your roles as worker, consumer, investor, etc. as independent from each other, because in each/every role you will be in competition with AI.

[Henry]

What's the market for self-driving vehicles for affluent old Americans vs. the market for solar-powered fat tire scooters for young African kids? Why keep building or innovating on top of an out-of-date, too expensive infrastructure?

Well, TSLA is a trillion dollar company specializing in autonomous transportation and to my knowledge it hasn't announced a solar powered fat tire scooter product so I think whatever the market is for self-driving driving vehicles for affluent old Americans it's greater than the solar powered fat tired scooter market whether its in Africa or any other place.

And it just seems to me that if you can decrease the cost, danger and energy consumption of the millions of vehicles that travel our out of date and too expensive infrastructure it's better than maintaining the status quo.

[7Wannabe5]

@Henry:

Sure, but that's small potatoes in the possibility window. "It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism." -Fredric Jameson, "The Seeds of Time."

[Scott 2]

I am finding with novelty gone, most of my AI use is lazy information searches. My life doesn't demand critical thought very often, I guess?

I did try tasking it with finding my next credit card churn. Chat GPT did an abysmal job at that. Same with getting me the best price on cat litter. Or identifying the best coupon for my latest online purchase. The special purpose tools were better in all cases.

I didn't trust the AI search on Instacart. I dug around until I could find the category menus instead, because I didn't want to miss any options. I also tend to favor individual reddit threads over Google AI summaries. By the time I've left chat gpt, I've abandoned interest in an AI answer.

[7Wannabe5]

I did try tasking it with finding my next credit card churn. Chat GPT did an abysmal job at that. Same with getting me the best price on cat litter. Or identifying the best coupon for my latest online purchase. The special purpose tools were better in all cases.

Well, I think most humans with bright college graduate level IQ would also slack off if given such boring assignments. Pretty much like the episode of Seinfeld when Mr. Pitt makes Elaine go sock shopping for him.

[Henry]

@Henry:

Sure, but that's small potatoes in the possibility window. "It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism." -Fredric Jameson, "The Seeds of Time."

The end of the world, I know where I'm going. The end of capitalism, not sure, but at least I won't have to drive myself.