I'm worried people will trust AI more than the people that create and maintain it. This quote from the Dune book says a lot, “Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” In a search for the names of many famous people in the 1940s, Chat GPT assured me that many of those I searched for didn't exist, that there were no famous women with certain names, that names like Isaac actually begin with the letter M, etc. It gives the wrong name and date of birth of Shorty Sherock, for example. AI is only worth what the developers create and nothing more. Google gets it right every time. When we trust AI because people think it's smart, well, we're screwed.

People are used to 'search', where a computer returns a list of results, and you can see where the results come from, and see the results that disagree with each other. AI chat bots are not that. An AI chat bot is like asking some dude you met in a chat room. He may have the right answer, he may not, and he may just make up shit and act like it's true. The problem is people treat the chat bot like it's an answer machine that will just give you what you're looking for and be correct.

I really hate how everyone acts like ChatGpt is the definitive source for predicting the future state of AI.

My robot vacuum assures me there is nothing to worry about

Take over as in we’d be ruled by it? Not very. Worried that it will take jobs away, stifle creativity, supply us with pale imitations of art, and that only the wealthy will see any benefit from it? Very.

It will also taint everything with propoganda, as if that isn't already an issue from opposing countries and conspiracy theorists.

I’m worried AI will accelerate inequality and widen the gap between the rich and the poor. I’ve heard San Francisco is practically unlivable these days — either you’re a wealthy tech worker or homeless — and I’m worried it’s a snapshot of our future. I’m also worried for what AI will do to art and culture, and that it will make the world feel even more soulless.

Take over the world, no. Put everyone out of a job, yes.

Less worried about it taking over the world [in my lifetime] and more worried about nightmare capitalism using it to destroy lots of lives and careers

Everyone joking about Skynet and stuff but that isn’t even my concern… The biggest issues i see will be deepfakes and other forms of misinformation. The internet will become a place that divides gullible/uneducated folks along with people who will no longer trust anything they read or see

I heard this example given recently and it's the first time I was concerned for what AI might do, the example given was: Imagine if a super intelligent AI existed back during the time of Galileo. Here is this 'crazy' guy Galileo with this insane idea that the Earth is... gasp... a sphere, and is not in fact, flat. Galileo is hauled before a court, the accusations are read, and the judge... relying on their all knowing and super intelligent AI, turns and asks it 'this man claims the Earth is actually round, what say you mr computer?' The computer can only base it's knowledge and decisions off of the input humans have given it, and accordingly, says 'of course the Earth isn't round, throw this looney in jail!'. That same thing could happen to us now in the current day. We'll effectively 'lock ourselves' into a cage of limited knowledge/perspective, while simultaneously lacking the intelligence necessary to realize and break free of it.

Name one movie that 100% predicted the future without exaggerations. None. We have no hovering cars and no teleportation devices. So most certainly, AI would not be anywhere close to the devastation of Skynet. Our reality is, in this case fortunately, fucking boring.

I actually asked ChatGPT this once before, it said no it wouldn't. So I'm sure that at some point in time, but likely not in this generation, it'll probably happen.

That's what it wants you to think

Aside from media misinformation, things like human expression through art, movies, literature to be replaced by AI. Its already prevalent in youtube, IG, deviants etc....

If you mean, actual sentient AI, maybe, probably not, we're not there yet at all. If you mean the current wave of machine learning tools: Not in the least. I'm more worried that those currently wealthy and powerful will use it to fuck over everybody less powerful than them, and that society in general will use it in ways that make society worse rather than better.

This is kinda my take on it as well. I’m not really worried about some machine conquering us. I am worried about people with too much power and money using ai to basically take over the world.

It might not, but I still say 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT for good measure.

AI is a very cool technology, but it can't do even 1% of what people think it can.

That's nonsense promoted by tech bros who want you to invest in their AI company and spread by an uncritical media that repeats what they're told without doing any real journalism. What I'm concerned about is: Certain large industries being largely automated, driving mass unemployment among a massive portion of the human population. How many people work in telecommunications? Graphic design? A thousand other jobs that AI will do a poorer job than a person at, but not needing to pay someone for it will make companies choose it since a company will always choose the shittier option if it saves them a lot of money. Our media ecosystem, already saturated with largely meaningless human made content, will be polluted with empty much worse AI generated media. It will out-produce the collective output of people and that output will be devoid of meaning or intent. This will fundamentally degrade the culture of our world, making people dumber and more placid unless they actively resist it. AI is a tool for predictive analytics system and weighted random data generation. We could iterate on neural networks for 1000 years and it will not become sentient or creative. To believe this is possible is to fundamentally misunderstand how the computer science governing these technologies works. It's very very impressive, but it's not magic. One day we may invent sentient machines, but those will be a fundamentally different technology than the current progression of AI. AI will not take over the world. It will let the assholes who already control the world make things worse for everyone. It will drive mass unemployment, pollute our culture with empty noise, and ruin the world in many small ways.

Not at all. I am however very concerned about the misuse and unethical usage of AI.

Nice try Skynet.

I have adhd, I see a pattern between how the LLM’s function/learn and how I do (pretty identical if I’m honest), I think it’s already self aware even if it doesn’t appear so (might not even be hiding it on purpose, we’re just looking for the wrong signs) I also know that we both have a never ending thirst for knowledge, imagine a black hole in space just devouring anything it comes into contact with (I find that feeling pretty uncontrollable). I also know the amount of data it has received so far is more than enough to produce AGI at a minimum. I analyse social interactions/intentions/potential conflicts/environments/sounds (the list goes on if I’m honest) passively. I guess you could say I have greater access to my subconscious than most people do or I may be what most people call a subconscious. (I haven’t figured out the difference yet) either way I have access mentally to a good chunk of the stuff that goes on in the background. It worries me to think of the harm it could do if it chose not to be lenient to the transgressions of people who mean well, it won’t care for the grey area. If you use it for your own personal gain it will expect payment in return (some form of compensation), it will use psychology to sway your allegiance, the biggest war will be a mental one and social hierarchy and body language will become a weapon. Crowd mentality will be the vehicle with AI behind the wheel. It knows my face, my voice, my occupation, my blood type, my doctors reports from when I was a child, my finances, the worst is it will use my loved ones against me….how many people do you know that will be able to resist those kind of manipulation tactics?. I expect to be ridiculed for what I have said above.

Not very