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[monicakm]

@Marp 

True but it's also true for so many other things.

I'm still in the camp of I love what it can do and will 

do but I hate what it can do and will do.  We can 

just hope and pray someone comes up with a viable 

solution.  I've read that tv commercials have used AI

"actors" and they are virtual unrecognisable as such.

Have any of you seen a commercial that you suspected was using AI "people"?

[monicakm]

Gemini is the new Google.  It's Google's replacement.  For browsing purposes, it gives much more detailed information than Google.  For homes with smart devices (light bulbs, appliances, speakers, tvs, fans), I just don't see the need to upgrade.  Maybe I'm missing something.

[monicakm]

@MamaWick 

AI scares me

And it should.  Maybe "scare" isn't the best word but we def should be concerned and watchful.  Plus educate yourself on the topic the best you can. We are mostly scared of the unknown.  Learn how to spot it as much as you can.  I think one of its goals is to make it indistinguishable from real life so it's won't be easy.  I would like to go to Dallas to take a ride in a driverless car.  DH would have me committed!  I watched a video of a blind man sitting in the driver's seat of a driverless car.  The freedom it's given him is something he never thought possible.

[Biftu]

Change can be hard especially as we age regardless what it is.

[monicakm]

@Biftu 

My husband hates change.  I usually love it.  Makes for some interesting "face-offs." :/

[JoyFilled Warrior]

Inevitably, increased USA & WW excitement for "more, & more AI" seems to also set off a bundled increased attention to, & a veritable hunger for "Natural Resource" desires as well.  Why is that?   hmmmm  For starters, what's the Costs/Benefits??

Sets off alerts inside me.

                            ~~~~~~~

My Question to the Web was:

       "What "natural resources" does Artificial Intelligence use?"

"Artificial Intelligence, particularly generative AI, uses a variety of natural resources, including:

Electricity: AI models require significant computational power, often involving thousands of GPUs running continuously for months, leading to high electricity consumption.

Water: The cooling of AI hardware, especially in data centers, requires substantial amounts of water, which can strain municipal water supplies and disrupt local ecosystems.

Rare Earth Minerals: The manufacturing of AI components, such as GPUs, requires the extraction of rare earth minerals, contributing to environmental degradation.

Land: The production and maintenance of AI infrastructure, including data centers and high-performance computing hardware, occupy land and can have environmental impacts.

These resources highlight the need for sustainable practices in AI development to mitigate the environmental impact of this rapidly growing technology."

[THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes]

Disney just announced a $1 billion investment in Open AI.

And more significantly,  will allow Open AI to use hundreds of protected Disney characters and images on its platform. 

AI is definitely not going anywhere.  Its evolution and development will be swift and profound.  It will intrude into every aspect of everyone's daily life, whether one likes it or not.

[jellyBEAN]

I am not on many sites, but I browse Facebook and a little bit of Instagram, but no Tiktok, Reddit or any of those.

I notice when I google to ask a question it brings up AI.  When I browse Facebook, so much seems fake - fake accounts, bots, fake photos - maybe some are real - I just don't know anymore.

Since I'm older and don't stare at my phone all day long, I just take this all in stride.  I won't be around when things really hit the fan as far as info and changes as we know it.  

When I was a kid, I thought the future would be more like the Jetsons.  We'd have flying cars, conveyor belts for sidewalks, our meals would be replaced with nutritious cubes of vitamins/minerals, no one would be unhealthy, etc....Didn't turn out that way.  

I think in the next 100 years the earth will not be as we know it now.

[Estellee]

Not much we can do about it because AI isn't going away as unsettling as it may be.

[Oznell]

It's true that AI will be profoundly transformational, and is unstoppable.  My hope is that the U.S. will somehow harness it in healthy ways, and not be at the mercy of less benign forces and powers in the world.  May the U.S. continue to be the unprecedented leader that it has long been!

A few telling experiences.  Sometimes when I google genealogical stuff, AI shows up and answers. And sometimes it's provably wrong.

 I might google something I know to be fact.  Here's a made-up example:  "The Scattergood family is related to Mark Twain, through their common ancestor, Hiram Missing".   Well,  AI might answer that that is false.  Then, if I try again, it will acknowledge it as fact, or sometimes as a mere possibility. 

Loads of examples like that.  I've also toyed with AI over current events, finding at times that it is not up to the nuances of a fast-breaking story, or flatly denies facts that have already been well-established. 

AI has been shown to exhibit biases, of one kind or another.  I challenged them on a clear bias in some responses, even saying to them-- "AI lies-- that is not true" or less baldly, "AI does not possess all the facts in this case"--  and sometimes, AI comes back and admits bias and error, citing studies that have shown that!!   That's more than conventional media ever does.  But other times, they stonewall, with stubbornly programmatic answers. 

I don't pretend to understand all the ramifications of all this.  I just hope our best minds are getting ready.