Its gross how these folks discuss AI in human terms. AI is not human, never has been, doesn't deserve the anthropomorphism.

AI is broken. AI is only here to replace people. AI is not the answer.

Unplug or die.

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I don’t want to really scare you, but it was alarming how many people I talked to who are highly placed people in AI who have retreats that are sort of ‘bug out’ houses, to which they could flee if it all hits the fan. - James Barrat

These guys have all of the answers. I think I'll stick to Sudafed.

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I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff. - Eberhard Weber

They'll sell the government information. Depending on your agency or "need", you get a package.

Highway Safety? We'll let you know the potholes.
Speeding? The Insurance companies are aching for this.
Location data? We got it.

No doubt the statement they made wasn't a lie, but they omitted a large chunk of the story.

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The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself. - Peter Drucker

This 'Superhighway' is going to end us all. No ones even guarding this airstream.

Shut it down!

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Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away. - Peter Tork

For this system its very useful. The NY Transit Authority would be 50% less behind with this data.
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You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data. - Daniel Keys Moran

Pretty sure the location issue can be fixed with a fairly cheap solution.

A bit of python and some Airtags and you've got a map of your trains. You could even spend $30 per train and know where the front and back were.

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When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer. - Corrie Ten Boom

It should be very suspect that a company tells anyone that they watch you for your benefit.

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If the computer-guided robots turn out to be our superiors in every respect, then will they not find that they can run the world better without the need of us at all? Humanity itself will then have become obsolete. - Roger Penrose

I feel almost righteous now that my beliefs have been confirmed.

Yes! Life came from micro-lightning! I'm positive, and I have proof too!

As I walk around, Its obvious that the majority of the people I meet and talk to each day were puddles of goo and zapped with some micro-lightning not less than 30 minutes before I interacted with them.

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Like all vain men, he had moments of unreasonable confidence. - Warren Eyster, The Goblins of Eros

This is great news! I've always wanted a banana that I could peel and leave on the counter for 12 hours, before eating.

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You have to dream before your dreams can come true. - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Nothing wrong with some lovin'.

I find it amazing that knowledge and being plugged in is what got societies to quit making babies.

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Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad. - Brian O'Driscoll

One would think you could easily get around this by going back to 1990's code and storing this locally on the machine.

Clearly, it has become impossible to guarantee Microsoft won't scrape the data on your local hard drive.

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And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free - John 8:32

Its almost inconceivable to me that a company like Microsoft, who just invested hundreds of billions of USD into AI would say anything like this from the corporate blowhole.

Shareholders and the board are counting on AI to rule every human being and extract as much money as possible from each of them.

Inside job?

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Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people. - Steve Jobs

Even cavemen had the urge to bang rocks together.

These physicists are no different, they just have bigger boom sticks.

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You know, I just do whatever feels right to me! - Bruno Mars

The AI answer you linked to is just plain wrong. Just read what it says, its total nonsense.
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According to most estimates, the dark web is significantly smaller than the entire internet, representing only a tiny fraction, with the "deep web" (which includes the dark web) holding around 7,500 terabytes of data compared to the surface web's 19 terabytes, meaning the dark web is likely less than 1% of the total internet size in terms of data storage

TL;DR: In the same sentence, the AI says the Dark Web is 7,500 Terabytes, but is less than 1% of 19 terabytes.

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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. - Robertson Davies

Here is one example from one of the largest companies in the world - Microsoft.

AI moderation is currently being used in many Activision games. Activision is owned by Microsoft. People are getting banned from communicating for days simply because the AI didn't like what they said. Sure, this isn't life changing, but when this same tech gets rolled out to every companies communications and every forum, it will be.

Activision came out and said, "Yea, its broken, we'll tune some dials" -> https://www.callofduty.com/blo...

This same software is being used to monitor calls to call centers, help desks, comment boards, etc....

I'm not a gamer, but one example of a totally broken system based on AI.

The problem though is exactly what you said. People are going to say exactly what you said. The evidence is sparse as we haven't pushed it everywhere yet and people will say, "Show me evidence or we'll push it and maybe fix it when people complain."

The problem is that by the time people realize what is going on, the damage will be done and it will take decades to undo, if its ever undone.

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Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal. - Albert Einstein