Tldr:
A.I. should held to the same ethical standard we hold humans, because humans will find ways to abuse A.I. use for potentially unethical means.
Mildly infuriated at the potential of A.I. manipulation by bad actors
Tldr end
I firstly want to say that I believe A.I. Development has a place to be worked on and has the potential for human growth but I also feel mildly infuriated at the potential money sink out-of-control corporations could develop.
I’ve seen arguments increase about A.I. and usually the heated arguments are very specific to a particular aspect. It does make me feel frustrated and I am trying to maybe express an aspect of A.I. use too I guess.
I am not trying to start any wars on the ethics of the use A.I. however I feel that there should be some form of ethics implemented. I guess that line of thought falls in with calls for regulation.
If I glance at how social media and games go when A.I. is used as means to figure out how to make the “factory must grow” it feels like things will only get worse as there will be an ever increasing drive for getting one more currency. The more the algorithm grows and refines the more lifeless things seem to get. All this with just “basic” A.I. models.
Efficiency increases, but what is the cost?
If I compare something like Reddit to Lemmy… Lemmy feels more “alive” because social interaction without the “corporate machine interface” trying to analyze you feels organic at the moment as you know there is a human and not a bot trying to make you engage.
My anger is not at the A.I., but more the way A.I. can provide unethical actors a means to push a questionable agenda. One can already see it with things like influencers and targeted advertising with human actors, and once said unethical actors figure out how to train and develop A.I. to successfully mimic a human I fear for the control said actors will push towards an unsustainable precipice towards a desired state of consciousness.
Maybe it is fear of a dystopian future, but I fear the reality of said future is more real if A.I. doesn’t have ethics either.
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Thank you for you time
The only problem with holding AI to the same standards as humans is that we don’t seem to hold humans to ethical standards.
True, It seems I was being overly optimistic
Putting too much value on ethical standards while not considering the current system leading up to this point.
I am not sure what standard when the definition of what is a standard can be swayed by those that hold influence.
Only thing I can hope for is some robust rules that can impede some of the more onerous elements of A.I. use to try keep in check but again you are right.
I can see why people mention A.I. development as the next revolution, best case I can hope for is that humanity can mature with it or at least enough people can that it doesn’t lead to a dystopian future or SkyNet.
Pandora’s box has been opened. AI will not go away and any attempt to enforce regulation to it will only harm the public and open source development while big corporations will just train their models off-shore in secrecy.
Society has to adapt to this new technology that is altering our every lives. We did this before, we will do it again. The only thing we must watch out for is for AI to become only available to big corporations; no company (and preferably no government) must be allowed to have sole reign over such a powerful technology. If everybody has access, then everybody will know what to watch out for when they see it.
Do not fear technology, fear those who do not want to share it.
I think the piece about corporate monopoly is probably my greatest fear and if everyone has knowledge about something so that a few can’t trademark and hold it hostage then that can be a viable alternative.
You are right about a pandora’s box every option has its pros and cons. Everything I think about with my limited knowledge reaches an impasse at what will humanity do with the technology.
And on both sides have their demons and angels
I just finished watching the show class of 09 and it really freaks me out. If you want to have a panic attack about a runaway AI ruling law enforcement enjoy!
That seems like a whole new line of worry when Morality is controlled AI defined laws and the possibilities of those laws being justified by special interests
I think just clearly stating that this article or creation was derived from AI would be a good start. #AI. It would allow the user/reader to make a better decision on the value of the information being presented.
I think that would be a good step to provide a good middle ground yes. Allow it to exist and develop its own identity instead of it being meld together and replacing things outright.
So there can be an A.I. genre and provide transparency to help keep it from going too far
Thank you for everyone for sharing, I am probably seeming all over the place, but yeah the comments do help add other aspects to think about and consider.
It helps conceptualize how much bigger the conundrum I thought to myself was. It adds some dimension to an issue I was not considering.
One thing I think I condense my frustration at is the monopoly on power and how A.I. can help in that concern. Whether regulated or not, bad actors will find a way to do what they want to and then manipulate context to allow them to do it.
I guess it is only humanity’s role to safeguard humanity, however or whatever that is
