[mistrial9]

> Every advance in AI is "how can we replace people and save money?"

this is not true now, and also does not have to be true. Instead of a "look at the incentives" talk to someone having a bad comment moment.. instead we can be reminded of Doug Englebart, who said "computer systems can augment human intelligence and team interaction" and specifically NOT "replace humans" .. As I understand it, in Palo Alto, Doug found great interest among the DoD crowd .. a good portion of whom would have a second meeting after his demos, and then discuss how they can get back to the important work of replacing people.

Consider the incentives, consider who has an interest in this hype cycle, and sales profits. When you see a US visit to Vietnam this week, with MSFT pitching "social trust" AI services to "ordinary people" .. does this really sound like trust in the making? Is AI drones in combat really what we need now ? Replacing striking Hollywood writers and getting name-brand actors for pennies on the dollar, is that what "we" need?

I do not agree that AI can only replace people.. however, there is a lot of short term profit and control ready for those that do.. maybe something needs to be done about that?