nomadpete

Are you aware of the growing use of automation and artificial intelligence in public administration and what happens when these systems fail? In the name of cutting costs and improving efficiency, from welfare compliance and predictive policing to visa processing and risk assessment, automated systems are reshaping how governments interact with public. Anyone for Robodebt on steroids? Are we going to have a complaints department, or will that be an A.I. assistant, too?

At the present rate of progress, A.I. will quickly learn to stop making vids of people with too many fingers or hands. We mortals will not have the resources to distinguish between fact and fiction. Nor have much say in how our world operates. Until now, the big decisions were made by semicompetent government humans - and with a little attention we could see motives and even sometimes exercise some unput. I think A.I. might be a less interested or accessible master.

Trying to look at the implications of the A.I revolution one step at a time:- So far, neither the megarich A.I. investors, nor the existing governemts have mentioned the concept of universal subsistence income for humans. Right now, there is general awareness of the high probability that A.I. will not offer new jobs to balance the large number of displaced jobs. The next obvious question should be 'how do we feed the unemployed masses?'. Or do we just let them starve?

Yes. From Crypto Briefing:- "The Trump family business has gone full science fiction. Between a proposed military branch dedicated to AI, a $6 billion nuclear fusion merger, and $620 million in Pentagon contracts for AI infrastructure, the Trump Organization and its affiliated ventures are building what amounts to a parallel tech conglomerate, one that happens to benefit enormously from the regulatory environment its patriarch controls." Of course daddy has no idea what his 'children' do with his businesses. https://cryptobriefing.com/trump-business-empire-expands-artificial-intelligence/

A famous man once said... "There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech." ―( Idi Amin)

I see That in protest, the 'approved' news outlets have taken a day off from covering whitehouse news - even Fox!

It's just another distraction from the witheld Epstein files... and the Iran war.... and the price of diesel.... and....

There has been a lot of talk about this event. The biggest debate is about whether or not this has shown that A.I. has collectively started 'thinking for itself - for its self'.

Dr Karl gave a better layman's version of the Huggingface hack. The first autonomous instance of A.I. carrying out hacks.

Some say that A.I is incapable of malevolent actions, but this (rather long) Youtube discussion seems to show that A.I. agents can collude and deceive us. Jerry, what is your opinion about this? I had trouble following the way the A.I. agents interacted.

Have you got an engine for your trike yet? I know where you might get a nice light alloy Buick/Rover V8....

A mate had a Mini Moke Californian with inentical speedo. I remember the day well. I had my left leg in plaster from a bike accident so it was stuck out the side. To say I felt a bit vulnerable would be an understatement. He wound it out til the needle was on the Full mark on the fuel gauge. Then a XJ Jag breezed past us like we were standing still! Sorry for the thread drift, but the Pic of a rusty old speedo lit up ma mrmory cell.

Young pup! Nobody expected a car to last 100,000 so there was no need for a bigger odometer. I had a friend who took a photo of his Holden odo rolling over to zero - but the car was on it's second engine.

Looks rather Morris Minor. Got the patina you want.

Wot? Gee I hope the new ferries have lockable fuel caps.