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AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive. Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could out think neural networks. (www.wired.com)
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[–] 25 points 3 months ago (8 children)

What's the point with this artifial intelligence race anyways? Why is there a sudden need for that after all?

I understand that AI as a tool can be useful for some tasks, but do we really need to go further than that?

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    What's the point with this artifial intelligence race anyways?

    Free labor. Humans are expensive, but robot slaves are comparatively cheap (hypothetically).

    Ultracapitalists have a harder time getting a slave labor force, so robots that can think like people are the next best thing for that purpose.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    And if there is a "free" labor force competing with humans for jobs then humans will be forced to accept lower pay, longer hours, and less benifits for more work.

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  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago*

    I think it's a combination of things. One, they are good at synthesizing huge amounts of data and detecting trends, which is useful for surveillance if you're not that hung up on being exactly right all the time. Two, they are very energy-costly, so their use drives up the price of energy, which drives up the price of fossil fuels.

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