The Bigger Threat

I read this in the online version of The New York Times and felt the need to comment.

Powerful tech leaders — including [Sam] Altman, Elon Musk and the Google co-founder Larry Page — were developing A.I. systems for years before the technology went mainstream. The men bickered over whether it would end up harming the world; some, including Musk, feared that A.I. would turn dystopian science fiction into reality, with computers becoming smart enough to escape human control.

The New York Times The Morning, December 8, 2023

I have two responses to this. First, how human is it to work to develop something that can actually kill people on a mass scale? This seems to be a trait that keeps surfacing. See: guns, atomic bombs, chemical and biological weapons.

Secondly, I love how Musk is worried about AI, but then buys Twitter/X and single-handedly makes social media more dangerous without the use of AI. Maybe some intelligence, artifical or otherwise, is needed to bring an end to the current insanity that is public discourse today.

End of editorial comment.

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