I like AI, altho I don't like the part where it can mimic voices or photos... but Wally sounds great. We previously had this discussion before - someone else is a scifi reader/lover, got her start w/ Heinlein as I did... the month I hosted my book club I introduced scifi to the non-scifi readers w/ "I, Robot" (do NOT watch the movie), by Asimov (fantastic writer!!!). It's a series of short stories, many dealing w/ the fear or distrust of robots...
My biggest concern with AI is the massive power consumption required to operate the huge data centers. Most people don't realize how much energy these systems require.
(From Statista: "Newly constructed hyperscale data centers require power capacities of at least 100 megawatts, which amounts to an annual electricity consumption equivalent to that of more than 400,000 electric vehicles.")
I just the other day renegotiated my Sirius subscription price with an AI bot. It was a seamless process that makes me wonder what the fellow I spoke with last year is now doing for a living.
Moore’s Law stated in 1965 that microprocessor speed would double every two years when the number of microprocessors doubled on each chip. That law has now been broken and AI will be behind the development of exponentially faster “thinking” speeds. This is a never ending process with an outcome no one can predict. Perhaps AI will one day become self-aware; who knows? In the meantime, you can count on AI to be used to replace more and more human interaction. These are people that will need to learn other jobs.
Is it bad for optics that we can see exactly how much tariffs are costing at Amazon? Not for me; only for trump, I guess. UPS wouldn’t be cutting staff at a growing distribution operation without the projected impact of tariffs. And who knows what constitutional amendments congress might attempt to push through between now and 2028? Why wouldn’t they spend time on this if the house in TX is wasting tie renaming a steak rather than governing? Just like AI and “the cloud,” it’s all a mystery.
When I saw the Texas story, maybe for Texas that renaming is appropriate; the Texas strip. They are pretty good about stripping rights from people there. Think that steak will make everyone feel better?
I guess if I don't know about it, it would be okay. Most AI I have encountered, both voice and visual, have sounded/looked fakey, so I know it isn't real. As far as using it personally, we have it all backwards. I can do writing and artwork just fine, I need AI to do my laundry, dishes and vacuuming!
Walmart's Wally...another method of marketing and control. Remember back about some 40 years ago when they said that the computer age would make paperwork obsolete? What happened? It significantly increased and the shredder business has been booming.
They said the Internet would change the world. It did such that it is a supremely fertile ground for every kind of criminal and grifter you can imagine. It is probably over 80% propaganda and misinformation and has been another tool to market us to death.
The search engines are still in the stone age and so easily manipulated (again for marketing and agenda purposes). The retail (site) search engines are total garbage. Yuck.
So no, I do not use A/i and do not plan to. I have argued with Perplexity a few times and if this is the state of A/i, you can have it. Count me out. I don't want A/i busting into everything I do in my life because it will never end and have NO turn-off switch (other than to have a power outage). A/i can shove it.
I'm on the fence of more harm or good. Like everything, from a user perspective it seems promising in the hands of those with a conscience, less so among those who will use it nefariously. And the energy infrastructure required to keep it alive is already eating up land in Virginia like a 100-ton herbivore.
You're not too young to remember Wall-E are you? 🥲
As a small business owner, I was encouraged by my younger staff to use AI, (ChatGPT) and I was pleasantly surprised. So I took the next step and incorporated an AI program that reduces data entry required for invoice processing, (again my younger staff’s idea). It is a success and I did worry about how it would affect my team. Good news is we are using this AI program to reduce data entry and it is very efficient and we are plenty busy enough for everyone. I guess the downside is that we will not have the need to add staff because in effect, we do reduce a position by using AI.
If AI does its job, increase efficiency, check back with Walmart in 12 months to learn how many of the 1000 employees have been laid off. I am not opposed to AI, but technology is a double edged sword. AI will replace jobs. The worldwide population is increasing. With an inevitable scarcity of jobs, how will people sustain themselves?
I'll tell you how I feel about AI- I HATE IT. I work in art and I had to witness the rudest behavior I've ever encountered in the past three years- from telling me that this is not "a real job" to the constant proof that what I do it's not automated. I am frustrated every time I had to experience lack of proper behavior as well to other artists that these machines literally STEAL and people are ok with it, because "if its free online, it's fair game." Funny how Disney is able to protect their artwork, but god forbid a person dedicated their whole lives to art don't. So no, I'm not a fan.
I need to write that I’m a bit biased, because one of my sons graduated from high school before AI was a "known" and attended UC Berkeley from out of state, which was extremely hard to get into as an out of state student and he graduated with a double major of cogsci which focused on five areas: psychology, linguistics, computer science, philosophy, and biology. His double major was in microcell biology. He went on and is now employed in an AI field.
About those tariffs, I just saw a short on You Tube where the person on the short said that the port of Seattle was like a dead zone. Here’s the link I just found. Covid on steroids.
I'm very involved with learning about AI right now. My company, and most others, are also utilizing it. I don't see it as a threat to my job, I see it as an aid to create more efficiency when creating and writing. One will still need to make sure the information provided is accurate before using it. The prompts can be a bit tricky, but the more concise you are with asking AI to do something the better output you will get.
I believe those who are scared about the use don't truly have all the information and should investigate it further. AI is already present in our Google searches and many apps utilized AI and we don't even realize it.
I think "how do you feel about AI" isn't the right question. I believe a more significant question is "how do you think AI should be used". It's like any other tool; it can be beneficial and it can be used for nefarious purposes. How should it be controlled? Should everyone have access? What constitutes proper use? It's a whole new world and those who would use these new tools to take advantage of the innocent and gullible will pounce.
I like AI, altho I don't like the part where it can mimic voices or photos... but Wally sounds great. We previously had this discussion before - someone else is a scifi reader/lover, got her start w/ Heinlein as I did... the month I hosted my book club I introduced scifi to the non-scifi readers w/ "I, Robot" (do NOT watch the movie), by Asimov (fantastic writer!!!). It's a series of short stories, many dealing w/ the fear or distrust of robots...
AI will replace some jobs...
My biggest concern with AI is the massive power consumption required to operate the huge data centers. Most people don't realize how much energy these systems require.
(From Statista: "Newly constructed hyperscale data centers require power capacities of at least 100 megawatts, which amounts to an annual electricity consumption equivalent to that of more than 400,000 electric vehicles.")
Some companies are even purchasing old nuclear power facilities to generate their own power.
That ought to turn out just hunky dory.
I just the other day renegotiated my Sirius subscription price with an AI bot. It was a seamless process that makes me wonder what the fellow I spoke with last year is now doing for a living.
Moore’s Law stated in 1965 that microprocessor speed would double every two years when the number of microprocessors doubled on each chip. That law has now been broken and AI will be behind the development of exponentially faster “thinking” speeds. This is a never ending process with an outcome no one can predict. Perhaps AI will one day become self-aware; who knows? In the meantime, you can count on AI to be used to replace more and more human interaction. These are people that will need to learn other jobs.
Is it bad for optics that we can see exactly how much tariffs are costing at Amazon? Not for me; only for trump, I guess. UPS wouldn’t be cutting staff at a growing distribution operation without the projected impact of tariffs. And who knows what constitutional amendments congress might attempt to push through between now and 2028? Why wouldn’t they spend time on this if the house in TX is wasting tie renaming a steak rather than governing? Just like AI and “the cloud,” it’s all a mystery.
When I saw the Texas story, maybe for Texas that renaming is appropriate; the Texas strip. They are pretty good about stripping rights from people there. Think that steak will make everyone feel better?
Oh, snap! That was god!!! And ask the Education Secretary for some A1…
I guess if I don't know about it, it would be okay. Most AI I have encountered, both voice and visual, have sounded/looked fakey, so I know it isn't real. As far as using it personally, we have it all backwards. I can do writing and artwork just fine, I need AI to do my laundry, dishes and vacuuming!
Walmart's Wally...another method of marketing and control. Remember back about some 40 years ago when they said that the computer age would make paperwork obsolete? What happened? It significantly increased and the shredder business has been booming.
They said the Internet would change the world. It did such that it is a supremely fertile ground for every kind of criminal and grifter you can imagine. It is probably over 80% propaganda and misinformation and has been another tool to market us to death.
The search engines are still in the stone age and so easily manipulated (again for marketing and agenda purposes). The retail (site) search engines are total garbage. Yuck.
So no, I do not use A/i and do not plan to. I have argued with Perplexity a few times and if this is the state of A/i, you can have it. Count me out. I don't want A/i busting into everything I do in my life because it will never end and have NO turn-off switch (other than to have a power outage). A/i can shove it.
I'm on the fence of more harm or good. Like everything, from a user perspective it seems promising in the hands of those with a conscience, less so among those who will use it nefariously. And the energy infrastructure required to keep it alive is already eating up land in Virginia like a 100-ton herbivore.
You're not too young to remember Wall-E are you? 🥲
Or terminator!!!
As a small business owner, I was encouraged by my younger staff to use AI, (ChatGPT) and I was pleasantly surprised. So I took the next step and incorporated an AI program that reduces data entry required for invoice processing, (again my younger staff’s idea). It is a success and I did worry about how it would affect my team. Good news is we are using this AI program to reduce data entry and it is very efficient and we are plenty busy enough for everyone. I guess the downside is that we will not have the need to add staff because in effect, we do reduce a position by using AI.
Hmmmmm -
If AI does its job, increase efficiency, check back with Walmart in 12 months to learn how many of the 1000 employees have been laid off. I am not opposed to AI, but technology is a double edged sword. AI will replace jobs. The worldwide population is increasing. With an inevitable scarcity of jobs, how will people sustain themselves?
I'll tell you how I feel about AI- I HATE IT. I work in art and I had to witness the rudest behavior I've ever encountered in the past three years- from telling me that this is not "a real job" to the constant proof that what I do it's not automated. I am frustrated every time I had to experience lack of proper behavior as well to other artists that these machines literally STEAL and people are ok with it, because "if its free online, it's fair game." Funny how Disney is able to protect their artwork, but god forbid a person dedicated their whole lives to art don't. So no, I'm not a fan.
I need to write that I’m a bit biased, because one of my sons graduated from high school before AI was a "known" and attended UC Berkeley from out of state, which was extremely hard to get into as an out of state student and he graduated with a double major of cogsci which focused on five areas: psychology, linguistics, computer science, philosophy, and biology. His double major was in microcell biology. He went on and is now employed in an AI field.
Seriously Texas?... SMH
About those tariffs, I just saw a short on You Tube where the person on the short said that the port of Seattle was like a dead zone. Here’s the link I just found. Covid on steroids.
https://youtu.be/Ie824Hr5lL4?si=K2U7ptJWYARsxIia
fake AI company a failure:
https://futurism.com/professors-company-ai-agents?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c0955d78644b3aabe4bf
I'm very involved with learning about AI right now. My company, and most others, are also utilizing it. I don't see it as a threat to my job, I see it as an aid to create more efficiency when creating and writing. One will still need to make sure the information provided is accurate before using it. The prompts can be a bit tricky, but the more concise you are with asking AI to do something the better output you will get.
I believe those who are scared about the use don't truly have all the information and should investigate it further. AI is already present in our Google searches and many apps utilized AI and we don't even realize it.
I think "how do you feel about AI" isn't the right question. I believe a more significant question is "how do you think AI should be used". It's like any other tool; it can be beneficial and it can be used for nefarious purposes. How should it be controlled? Should everyone have access? What constitutes proper use? It's a whole new world and those who would use these new tools to take advantage of the innocent and gullible will pounce.