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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. Happy Halloween, everyone!)
there is now a video on SciShow about it too.
This perception of AI as a competent agent that is inching ever so closer to godhood is honestly gaining way too much traction for my tastes. Thereās a guy in the comments of Hankās first video, I checked his channel and he has a video āWe Are Not Ready for Superintelligenceā and it got whopping 8 million views! Thereās another channel I follow for sneers and their video on Scottās AI 2027 paper has 3.7 and million views and a video about AI āattempted murderā has 8.5 million. Damn.
I wonder when the market finally realises that AI is not actually smart and is not bringing any profits, and subsequently the bubble bursts, will it change this perception and in what direction? I would wager that crashing the US economy will give a big incentive to change it but will it be enough?
I could also see the response to the bubble bursting being something like āAt least the economy crashing delayed the murderous superintelligence.ā
Iām betting on a new version of the āstabbed in the backā myth. Fash love that one.
@o7___o7 @ShakingMyHead itās a cult: it can never fail, it can only *be* failed
āWe would have been immortal God-Kings if not for you meddling (woke) kids!ā
Once the bubble bursts, I expect artificial intelligence as a concept will suffer a swift death, with the many harms and failures of this bubble (hallucinations, plagiarism, the slop-nami, etcetera) coming to be viewed as the ultimate proof that computers are incapable of humanlike intelligence (let alone Superintelligenceā¢). There will likely be a contingent of true believers even after the bubbleās burst, but the vast majority of people will respond to the question of āCan machines think?ā with a resounding ānoā.
AIās usefulness to fascists (for propaganda, accountability sinks, misinformation, etcetera) and the actions of CEOs and AI supporters involved in the bubble (defending open theft, mocking their victims, cultural vandalism, denigrating human work, etcetera) will also pound a good few nails into AIās coffin, by giving the public plenty of reason to treat any use of AI as a major red flag.