The Increasing Pace of AI - What Concerns Me

[Tiki]

Right now I am comparison shopping for Home and Contents insurance, trying to avoid the loyalty tax. After getting quotes and narrowing down the field, I am loving ChatGPT's ability to analyze the PDS's as to how each company would respond to a worst case scenario I presented. As a result, I found one company is more suited to my situation than a couple others.

 

[elanshin]

The digital warfare of AI is most certainly coming. It's going to be a question of what is the target.

I don't believe the "hacks" that's happened recently are really rogue ai's - if they were we're probably in a more dire position in what it could potentially do and take over.

 

[drron]

Last night I attempted BPAY on the Netbank app. It is now the Ai version and it is hopeless. One of the bills was for my taxes type ATO into the search and it comes up as can’t be found. Well I have done this several times before. So I go to add a new payer and it comes up this payer is already on your list So scroll down and select it
ATO comes up but with no way to change the reference number. After 3 attempts it comes up with edit button. So finally get to pay. But not over yet. I get 2 pages telling me how to identify a scam before it gets to pay.
But one last thing I have to tick the box saying I have been warned about scammers. This is the ATO. Unfortunately they are a scammer who has to be paid.
For the next couple of payments I used my own computer and it was as before and so much easier to use.

 

[kookaburra75]

I don't believe the "hacks" that's happened recently are really rogue ai's - if they were we're probably in a more dire position in what it could potentially do and take over.

You don't mean that two companies who are planning to float on the stock exchange, have had something go 'wrong' and showed how they are really good guys, to boost their profile and potential share price? Who would think that?

 

[elanshin]

You don't mean that two companies who are planning to float on the stock exchange, have had something go 'wrong' and showed how they are really good guys, to boost their profile and potential share price? Who would think that?

The ipo stuff is only a distraction, depending on your world view, this could basically be viewed as the equivalent of modern day Manhattan project.

 

[SeatBackForward]

I worry that we aren't going to train people on doing and understanding the basics, and then we're all handcuffed to the "techbros" who took all that knowledge from us and will sell it back for a hefty fee.

In my industry, we keep hearing how AI will be a great tool for the capable and experienced as it'll save them time doing grunt work. But..it was doing that grunt work that got me the experience and knowledge I now have...

 

[dajop]

The one thing I haven't got my head around yet, is the logic of it all:
1) AI is going to no doubt further enrich the "tech bros". It will continue the major shift in economic (and therefore political) power away from banks and other participants in the traditional power structure to the tech bros.
2) If it is going to replace a whole stack of low level jobs, what are these people going to do now, how will they survive, particularly in countries without much of a social safety net?
3) If the lower level jobs aren't there and people are relying on handouts, what's going to fuel consumption?
4) If nobody is fueling consumption, there'll be less consumption, so therefore less companies, and less need for AI to help companies because there won't be as many companies.

Does the whole thing fall in a heap eventually?

That's the pessimistic view, I'm sure we'll solve the problems before it comes to that - or if we don't AI will

 

[lovestotravel]

I worry that we aren't going to train people on doing and understanding the basics, and then we're all handcuffed to the "techbros" who took all that knowledge from us and will sell it back for a hefty fee.

In my industry, we keep hearing how AI will be a great tool for the capable and experienced as it'll save them time doing grunt work. But..it was doing that grunt work that got me the experience and knowledge I now have...

That's the same rubbish I keep hearing.

We are a few months away from culling a few hundred people as well at the lower end, and some of the middle management as well