I have my concerns about how AI will affect humanity, but there's something else on the other end of that spectrum that's been on my mind.
Effectively, we've implemented the ship's computer from Star Trek TNG. While there's enough enthusiasm that average people are playing with ChatGPT, it seems that the "glass half empty" attitude is far outweighing the perspective that we've achieved something that was once complete fantasy in our lifetimes. Nobody I know, including those with greater ML/AI knowledge than mine, is in as much awe as I am. Current generation LLMs are something we're already taking for granted as a cool toy, or we're concluding it's crap because it doesn't have a God-like grasp on facts, or we're waiting for it to become Skynet.
Given the overall response we're having to this technology, I can't help but conclude that society is overdue for being put in its place, and perhaps it even needs to be knocked down a peg. The real problem with AI may not be so much the technology itself but that we're not deserving or truly ready for it.
Effectively, we've implemented the ship's computer from Star Trek TNG. While there's enough enthusiasm that average people are playing with ChatGPT, it seems that the "glass half empty" attitude is far outweighing the perspective that we've achieved something that was once complete fantasy in our lifetimes. Nobody I know, including those with greater ML/AI knowledge than mine, is in as much awe as I am. Current generation LLMs are something we're already taking for granted as a cool toy, or we're concluding it's crap because it doesn't have a God-like grasp on facts, or we're waiting for it to become Skynet.
Given the overall response we're having to this technology, I can't help but conclude that society is overdue for being put in its place, and perhaps it even needs to be knocked down a peg. The real problem with AI may not be so much the technology itself but that we're not deserving or truly ready for it.