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1 In 5 Boys Know Someone Their Age Who's In A Relationship With An AI Chatbot (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
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[–] 53 points 7 months ago (13 children)

Heard a god tier analogy from a friend:

"Electricity is very dangerous, but when it is controlled, in the form of a wall outlet, the risk of harm is greatly reduced to consumers. AI, in it's current state with minimal or easily bypassed protections, is like handing the consumer a live wire."

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    I get that we should protect people from obvious danger but part of me struggles with the ridiculous levels of stupidity some of us fall prey to. I don't know if it's due to a misplaced sense of justice, cause and effect, or just me being a dick, but I want to let people deal with the consequences of their stupidity on their own. If a computer can convince you not to use your brain then I don't think you were using it much to begin with.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    some of us fall prey to.

    new technology presents new issues.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    It's basically the same as gambling, some people are way more susceptible to it than others. You can say: "fuck those people they're weak and deserve to go broke" or you can say we as a society owe them some sort of safeguard.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I want to let people deal with the consequences of their stupidity on their own.

    Those consequences affect a much much wider range of people, not just those who are stupid about it so it's not about protecting them, it is about protecting everyone including the ones who can't protect themselves.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Electricity is useful tho

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    There are good uses for AI in science and medicine, primarily for number crunching and pattern recognition.

    Not for making theories or decisions that require an understanding of those fields though.

    Chat bots are just a cancer to humanity.

    Here are some ways that AI has been helpful: https://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/news/10-wonderful-examples-using-artificial-intelligence-ai-good

    ^ I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE ENTIRE LIST ON THIS ARTICLE. ONLY SOME OF THESE DO I CONSIDER TO BE 'USEFUL'.

    Edit: Fuck AI "art"

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  • [–] -3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    There are good uses for AI in science and medicine,

    like puncturing patients' skulls because the machine god misidentifies organs?

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    The Machine God makes no such mistakes, to think as much is merely the weakness of the flesh.

    +++ THERE IS NO TRUTH IN FLESH, ONLY BETRAYAL +++

    +++ THERE IS NO STRENGTH IN FLESH, ONLY WEAKNESS +++

    +++ THERE IS NO CONSTANCY IN FLESH, ONLY DECAY +++

    +++ THERE IS NO CERTAINTY IN FLESH BUT DEATH +++

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    like handing the consumer a live wire.

    Honestly, that's practically all of computerized information technology right now. Hackers, spammers, bots, foreign-state actors, trolls, viruses, government spying, manufacturer spying, information brokers, intrusive advertising, it's all just just teeming with bad stuff that requires education to navigate successfully.

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