Just read this the other day.
The Republicans are getting set to release their general language AI model - Trump Bulletins & Stories (otherwise known as Trump BS).
Never have to think again! Why get an education? With just a few touches of the keyboard, (and $19.95 per month plus taxes and tariffs) you'll be able to ask questions of an AI that has been trained with the thoughts of the President of the United States, unfettered by the facts touted by Liberals.
Who needs the Department of Education when you have Trump BS? Or those pesky newspapers, who won't follow Trump edicts such as changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Or even late talk show hosts?
Order today!
Postscript: Obviously, this is satire. But it rings awfully close to the truth.
Before I go any further, I have to knock down all the hype surrounding so-called AI. While it may be artificial, it certainly isn't intelligence. There's no thought involved, no understanding, no creativity. It's really large data set manipulation, controlled by plain, ordinary computer algorithms that have been around for years. In other words, a trick, a hoax, hype (in an industry known for hype). I refuse to call this AI - I call it LDSM, period.
And like most things, what you get all depends on the data (garbage in equals garbage out), and how this data is selected, and presented.
This is why Trump, and Musk, and others, are so interested in LDSM. Control the data, control how it comes out, and you can totally manipulate those who are using it. Particularly those who are being brought up in the digital, social media, age.
The process is very similar to how social media sites algorithmically manipulate its users through advertising and other, carefully selected, posts. And it"s how conspiracy theories work.
It's why Trump created Truth Social. And it's why, at some point, we will have something like Trump (or Musk) BS.
LDSM is the ultimate conspiracy theory, brought to reality. 1984 40 years later.
The world needs more education, not less. It needs more, and better choices, to obtain information, not centralized, so-called 'AI'.
I'll exit by repeating the quote from Voltaire I recently posted:
- "Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
In response to Artisans post, and this is not a political forum and I am moderator of all things but I can't moderate the acting admins post. If Artisan is still admin I don't know. But I can add this to what artisan said...
What is it going to take for the American people to "wake up" before it's too late!
But this is a hobby forum and I think we should "try" to stay on track.
I know it's hard and I am in Canada and I am scared. And we have to be aware of the danger of this administration but we have to try to keep Part 15.org about what it's supposed to be.
As for AI, it is programmed by people who can make it "think" like someone wants you to think. It "thinks" the way they want. The divine leader's way. The North Korean leader Kim(what's his name) is a great example of that. Make the people think as he wants.
Without addressing any of the politics or people, it strikes me as highly unlikely AI will be sentient. Computers of all types require power, or the back up power requires energy to run. Turn it off or let it run out of fuel. Or turn off the grid. Can't see it hurting living like the Amish for a few months.
AI like all computers is garbage in, garbage out.
