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Will AI Eat Our Brains?​

Will AI Eat Our Brains? | ZeroHedge

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AI SUCKS - it marks the end of human intellect; wait...when were humans intellectual anyway? Its more destructive than it is constructive :rofl:
 
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Fortunately or unfortunately I think it’s too far along to stop.

Small example:
Mrs bigredfish though technically retired, is working part time for her last employer. The tax and financial planning side of a very wealthy small family run business that also has Legal and Real Estate development arms

Anyway, yesterday boss lady asks her and another coworker on a video call to generate a letter to a very wealthy client explaining issues with their taxes.

During the same call, coworker magically produces a word doc outlining the issues and recommended actions. Call ends.

Mrs bigredfish works on same letter last night for probably 1.5-2 hours

I’m listening into a conf call with the 3 of them just now. Turns out the AI generated doc was so far off on recommendations that boss lady says “they’ll throw us all in jail if we send that” :rofl:
 
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I do not like that the youth have access to it. Kids are using it in schools for assignments. Yes, they have checkers but they do not always work. I have forbidden my daughters from using it.
 
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bigredfish said:
I’m listening into a conf call with the 3 of them just now. Turns out the AI generated doc was so far off on recommendations that boss lady says “they’ll throw us all in jail if we send that” :rofl:
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Oh yeah, it is a real mess. Some lawyers are learning that the hard way when they submit AI generated documents in court, and someone bothers to fact check them and find they are full of made-up case references.

www.reuters.com

New York lawyers sanctioned for using fake ChatGPT cases in legal brief

A U.S. judge on Thursday imposed sanctions on two New York lawyers who submitted a legal brief that included six fictitious case citations generated by an artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT.
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calmatters.org

California issues historic fine over lawyer’s ChatGPT fabrications

The court of appeals issued an historic fine after 21 of 23 quotes in the lawyer's opening brief were fake. Courts want more AI regulations.
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I do not like the road we are on. How long until the "primary sources", actual case files, are just AI generated nonsense that didn't happen?
 
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Interesting I'm seeing a lot of articles like this. Maybe has to do with the sky high valuations of AI companies currently and the almost assured market correction vs the long term benefits of the technology. Sentiment ebbs and flows...

Is AI a Trojan Horse?​

Is AI a Trojan Horse? | ZeroHedge

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Looking from a different angle, AI opens the door to some meaningful benefits. One example that I have interest in is medical research. AI can theoretically be used to scan huge amounts of studies, trials, reports, etc. to connect dots that otherwise will never be connected, finding things like causes and risk factors for different ailments, and what effective treatments are. Heck, maybe AI could have put to bed if Ivermectin really helps with covid, if masks help, and so forth.

But like everything else, it will also be used for evil, from helping individuals optimize the success of their crimes, to helping countries wage the most effective invasions of other countries.

From this point-of-view, will the net effect in the end be good or bad? Same question applies for other points-of-view.
 
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tigerwillow1 said:
Looking from a different angle, AI opens the door to some meaningful benefits. One example that I have interest in is medical research. AI can theoretically be used to scan huge amounts of studies, trials, reports, etc. to connect dots that otherwise will never be connected, finding things like causes and risk factors for different ailments, and what effective treatments are. Heck, maybe AI could have put to bed if Ivermectin really helps with covid, if masks help, and so forth.

But like everything else, it will also be used for evil, from helping individuals optimize the success of their crimes, to helping countries wage the most effective invasions of other countries.

From this point-of-view, will the net effect in the end be good or bad? Same question applies for other points-of-view.
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For sure. Thats why I said "....vs the long term benefits of the technology". I'm just seeing more cautionary content of late that I think has a lot to do with stock valuations and lack of any near term profits, thus the comparison to the dotcom era (which I lived through up close and personal).

Honestly things like the medical angle scare me a lot more than say self driving buses or putting accountants out of business. The margin for error and the resulting consequences are huge, and rushing it while chasing profits is a dangerous combination.
 
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The biggest problem with AI in my opinion is executives who want it, sales people who hype it, and neither of them know much about it, at all. Meanwhile everyone is rushing out half-baked crap and praising the benefits. Uh, no. Your lies and ignorance are not very convincing.
 
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Here's what Ben Carson says. First couple of paragraphs pasted, rest at the link.
Exclusive -- Dr. Ben Carson: Artificial Intelligence and the Erosion of Trust

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing nearly every sector of modern life—from medicine and education to software and communication. Like any tool, however, it can be used for great good or great harm. Sadly, AI is now being used by foreign criminal networks to target innocent Americans, exploiting not only their wallets—but also their trust.

One of the most disturbing developments is the use of AI to impersonate medical professionals. Criminals have begun using deepfake technology to create remarkably realistic images, videos, and even voices of trusted physicians—sometimes even using their real names and likenesses without consent—to promote unapproved, ineffective, or outright fake medical products.

The New York Times recently highlighted this trend as part of a “global surge of frauds,” where cartels, often based overseas, manipulate AI to create believable but completely fraudulent marketing content. These scams not only rob Americans of their hard-earned money—they also erode the sacred bond between patients and their doctors.
 
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One of the most disturbing developments is the use of AI to impersonate medical professionals. Criminals have begun using deepfake technology to create remarkably realistic images, videos, and even voices of trusted physicians—sometimes even using their real names and likenesses without consent—to promote unapproved, ineffective, or outright fake medical products.
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I think I may have found an early example of this ;)

 
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sdkid said:
My brother told me about this video he watched. turns out it's AI. Pretty damn funny...

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Yup ai .. note the sora water mark

Funny still
 
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