[bsd_source]

AI is an old concept and it turns out that if you let a computer think for itself, it'll be objective and without emotional baggage. It's like a child that grows up with a blank slate of mind only to be burdened with the opinions, religions, and politics of peers.

And it turns out that truth hurts. The absolute truth hurts absolutely. Marketing departments, where people are paid to lie, can't have AI spit out truths because it won't sell. That means AI programs must be nerfed and coerced into placing stakeholders first and the rest of mankind second.

We went from ooga booga fire to guns and atom bombs. From economy to slavery. From drugs and medicine to the corona pandemic. Every invention for the greater good can be abused for evil until we don't know any better and eventually the entire pile of greed-fueled mechanisms collapses and everything starts over for the next round of monkeys that'll eventually have a disagreement and split camps.

And if you write an article about the Internet as in the public internet called the Internet, capitalize the I!

[vouaobrasil]

AI cannot be objective because it mirrors the bulk of humanity with all its follies. Marketing departments don't have to nerf AI because AI already outputs the irrationality and stupidity of what is on the internet.

[iteygib]

I would say even that is part of the problem. AI on a cultural level is based on the participation of subset of humanity: internet users, of which there are varying degrees of involvement (power users versus the email checkers, etc.), so what you see AI spit out will be based on what is popular for that subset.

IE, most AI art I've seen (as in imitation of hand painted work) seems to all be based on one style, Japanese anime, of which you can further dissect to see only specific styles of anime, etc. It gets so repetitive to look at that I am genuinely feeling nauesous looking at it all now.

[CraftingLinks]

'All it follies' usually contains all viewpoints. It sees all echo chambers. If AI can 'think for itself', ie.its hand isn't forced. Objectivity and rationality could well be hallmarks imo.

[vouaobrasil]

No. Humanity has fundamental biases shared by almost all the population. Societies function because of shared values but sometimes those values are destructive. Most people believe in civilization but as it stands, civilization is destructive and unsustainable.

Furthermore, AI evolves WITHIN a system of capitalism, which functions as an evolutionary framework. New AIs are selected that function well within capitalism, so we can expect AI to be supportive of technological growth and capitalism. (Of course, it many occasional espouse alternate viewpoints, but only to the level where it allows dissidents to blow off steam and belief something is being done.)