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Tenpoundbass
2023 Apr 18, 6:38am
Tenpoundbass
2023 Apr 18, 6:38am
ohomen171 says
When Alexa first came out, I had a friend who would train Alexa for various acts. He trained Alexa to fart on command.
SO if you say "Hey Alexa! Let 'er RIp" it will cut one of ten different fart sound bytes, ranging from dry sounding to very wet.
There's your artificial intelligence and the self aware thinking that it does.
We also have another device in the house that Elena hates. It is Alexa from Amazon. A black ball sits by the television in the living room.
When Alexa first came out, I had a friend who would train Alexa for various acts. He trained Alexa to fart on command.
SO if you say "Hey Alexa! Let 'er RIp" it will cut one of ten different fart sound bytes, ranging from dry sounding to very wet.
There's your artificial intelligence and the self aware thinking that it does.
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Tenpoundbass
2023 Apr 18, 6:54am
Tenpoundbass
2023 Apr 18, 6:54am
Funny how 5 years ago we needed a Quantum Computer to realize AI.. They were working feverishly on it until they came to the realization that there was clear there wasn't any real engineering behind the lofty pie in the sky hopes of making it a reality. What we had was a million people with the idea that Quantum Computers could be a reality, and no real science to make that a reality. It would be like if the world went mad and started throwing billions trying to make a time travel machine. I bet 10,000 years later they would be no further to reach that goal.
So what happened? We sort of gave up on the notion that it would take a Qbit processor to reach that goal, and decided our best computer filters and search algorithms will have to do.
What we're doing right now, is no different than had the world considered that 1995 Packard Bell Pentium 90 computer AI from the future.
Sure we came a long way, and that Pentium 90 has advanced way beyond it's original capabilities and limitations. But imagine how it would have disrupted and hindered those advances, had we considered the Windows 95 PC all of the heaps and praises we're giving the current "Thing".
Remember all of this big dookey talk about Quantum computers, (Before AI took "The Current Thing" top billing). Was just a concept processor. No quantum computer has software or completing tasks as of 2023.
"In 2023, IBM plans to begin prototyping quantum software applications. By 2025, the company expects to introduce such applications in machine learning, optimization problems, the natural sciences, and beyond."
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ibm-condor
See that!?!? All of this big talk has nothing to do with Quantum computers, those things aren't even ready for prime time. All of this fancy talk is purely over sold technology on the classic transistor processor.
What's software by any other name?
It sure the fuck isn't Artificial Intelligence!
So what happened? We sort of gave up on the notion that it would take a Qbit processor to reach that goal, and decided our best computer filters and search algorithms will have to do.
What we're doing right now, is no different than had the world considered that 1995 Packard Bell Pentium 90 computer AI from the future.
Sure we came a long way, and that Pentium 90 has advanced way beyond it's original capabilities and limitations. But imagine how it would have disrupted and hindered those advances, had we considered the Windows 95 PC all of the heaps and praises we're giving the current "Thing".
Remember all of this big dookey talk about Quantum computers, (Before AI took "The Current Thing" top billing). Was just a concept processor. No quantum computer has software or completing tasks as of 2023.
"In 2023, IBM plans to begin prototyping quantum software applications. By 2025, the company expects to introduce such applications in machine learning, optimization problems, the natural sciences, and beyond."
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ibm-condor
See that!?!? All of this big talk has nothing to do with Quantum computers, those things aren't even ready for prime time. All of this fancy talk is purely over sold technology on the classic transistor processor.
What's software by any other name?
It sure the fuck isn't Artificial Intelligence!
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richwicks
2023 Apr 18, 4:21pm
richwicks
2023 Apr 18, 4:21pm
Tenpoundbass says
Alexa is a spy device.
https://www.engadget.com/2019-11-02-florida-police-obtain-alexa-recordings-in-murder-case.html
People who have one are the same sort of people that would buy the telescreen from 1984. It doesn't just listen after you wake it up, it constantly listens. People are incredibly stupid to have one.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-ne-amazon-alexa-murder-investigation-20191031-qccpvdl6kng5hcx3z6eusxa264-story.html
What kind of pet would you NEVER own? Start talking about the new "cat" or "dog" you're about to get, and see where you start to see advertisements for cat and dog related goods. I was talking to a friend and he wife, and they didn't believe me that it's a listening device, this was the method I came up with to shut them up. They're the sort of people that no matter HOW many times I prove myself to be correct, they can't accept what I say at face value. They are both arrogant and incredibly ignorant - so they can't be taught anything.
ohomen171 says
We also have another device in the house that Elena hates. It is Alexa from Amazon. A black ball sits by the television in the living room.
When Alexa first came out, I had a friend who would train Alexa for various acts. He trained Alexa to fart on command.
SO if you say "Hey Alexa! Let 'er RIp" it will cut one of ten different fart sound bytes, ranging from dry sounding to very wet.
There's your artificial intelligence and the self aware thinking that it does.
Alexa is a spy device.
https://www.engadget.com/2019-11-02-florida-police-obtain-alexa-recordings-in-murder-case.html
People who have one are the same sort of people that would buy the telescreen from 1984. It doesn't just listen after you wake it up, it constantly listens. People are incredibly stupid to have one.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-ne-amazon-alexa-murder-investigation-20191031-qccpvdl6kng5hcx3z6eusxa264-story.html
What kind of pet would you NEVER own? Start talking about the new "cat" or "dog" you're about to get, and see where you start to see advertisements for cat and dog related goods. I was talking to a friend and he wife, and they didn't believe me that it's a listening device, this was the method I came up with to shut them up. They're the sort of people that no matter HOW many times I prove myself to be correct, they can't accept what I say at face value. They are both arrogant and incredibly ignorant - so they can't be taught anything.
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Tenpoundbass
2023 Apr 18, 5:17pm
Tenpoundbass
2023 Apr 18, 5:17pm
I don't have Alexa, my friend used to program Alexa responses. All of the stuff Alexa does, someone has to tell it what to say, when prompted with questions.
There was a while when it was popular for non programming people to to dabble in doing that. Like people that are dabbling in the ChatGPT now.
There was a while when it was popular for non programming people to to dabble in doing that. Like people that are dabbling in the ChatGPT now.
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richwicks
2023 Apr 18, 5:20pm
richwicks
2023 Apr 18, 5:20pm
Tenpoundbass says
I'm just pointing out nobody should have one of those fucking things in their house. People who own one have voluntarily given up all their privacy.
I don't have Alexa, my friend used to program Alexa responses. All of the stuff Alexa does, someone has to tell it what to say, when prompted with questions.
There was a while when it was popular for non programming people to to dabble in doing that. Like people that are dabbling in the ChatGPT now.
I'm just pointing out nobody should have one of those fucking things in their house. People who own one have voluntarily given up all their privacy.
Let us now go back 53 years to 1970. A movie premiered titled "Colossus: The Forban Project." For those of you curious, here is a link to the movie on IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/?ref=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_Colossus
This is one of my most beloved movies of all time. It is just as relevant today as it was 53 years ago. The people who created and produced this film were true visionaries. The film depicts a situation where the US creates a supercomputer with human intelligence to manage its nuclear deterrent. The machine learns quickly and starts to assert itself. As the story goes on, it develops that the Soviet Union has also developed a supercomputer to manage its nuclear deterrent. This machine has the same attributes as its US counterpart. These two supercomputers come together to take over the world. When you have some downtime, I strongly recommend that you watch this film.
Now let us fast forward to this morning. Elena and I have in our household two mainframe computers, two laptops, two smartphones, an Apple table, several internet televisions, and two electric cars including a Tesla Model X. Sometimes Elena is in awe of these machines and even a little intimidated by them. I give her these encouraging words:
"Don't worry dear, they are just dumb machines that do as they are told to do."
We also have another device in the house that Elena hates. It is Alexa from Amazon. A black ball sits by the television in the living room. It looks ominous. One speaks to the black ball. It can give you information on almost any subject that you can imagine in the world except the current temperature at the McMurdo research base in Antarctica. It can play almost any music for you. It has the capability to manage your entire home including turning lights on and off, setting the house temperature, turning televisions on and off, finding TV programs and movies for you, opening, and closing garage doors, etc. (We do not use this capability because we fear a hacker taking over our house and hold us to ransom.) Alexa also has the capacity to learn. She gets to know us well and even anticipates our next moves. Like a human female, she has moods and even forgets things from time to time. (Ladies I am not picking on you. We, males, have the same problems and worse. It is just that Alexa was designed as a female.) It is rumored that Alexa records all conversations within the house. Allegedly Amazon got numerous protests about this feature and turned it off. It still could be used by law enforcement agencies. In countries with authoritarian governments, Alexa could be used to spy on political opponents and dissidents.
Alexa is a big step forward in A.I. Elena despises it. When I am no longer here, I am sure that she will dispose of "the ominous black ball" rapidly.
Sunday night the news program 60 Minutes devoted almost 50% of the show to Google and its efforts in Artificial Intelligence. The program talked about their Bard A.I. system and a London-based company called New Mind. What they have developed is stunning. For example, a machine can now write better poems and prose than most human writers can. A machine can create three-dimensional models of protein molecules that often take scientists months or years to develop manually. These machines have developed robotic soccer players who play as well as human players. Here is a link to the program:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=880TBXMuzmk
Please use some downtime to watch it. The CEO of Google and the Vice-President in charge of A.I. swear that these advances will revolutionize society. Human jobs will not go away, they will be changed and revolutionized.
There is a good aspect to this. All the Star Trek television series and movies envisage a world where economic scarcity and inequality no longer exist. These machines could create such a world. Perhaps a lot of humans would be able to enjoy life with more leisure time and fulfillment.
In the alternative, we could see a world where machines take over as was the case in the movie "Colossus: The Forbin Project." We should not stop innovation. On the other hand, we must always be aware of a scenario where "We let the genie out of the bottle and cannot put it back in." Some incredible challenges and potential social unrest lay ahead for the world.