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Offline rangerrebew

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The AI arms race could destroy humanity as we know it
« on: June 07, 2025, 12:14:56 pm »
The AI arms race could destroy humanity as we know it
The AI arms race is moving too fast for safety, with companies pushing boundaries and governments lagging. AI-driven dehumanization and the unchecked proliferation of autonomous weapons require responsible leadership before it’s too late.
 
 
Opinion by: Merav Ozair, PhD

The launch of ChatGPT in late 2023 sparked an arms race among Big Tech companies such as Meta, Google, Apple and Microsoft and startups like OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral and DeepSeek. All are rushing to deploy their models and products as fast as possible, announcing the next “shiny” toy in town and trying to claim superiority at the expense of our safety, privacy or autonomy.

After OpenAI’s ChatGPT spurred major growth in generative AI with the Studio Ghibli trend, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO, urged his teams to make AI companions more “humanlike” and entertaining — even if it meant relaxing safeguards. “I missed out on Snapchat and TikTok, I won’t miss out on this,” Zuckerberg reportedly said during an internal meeting.

In the latest Meta AI bots project, launched on all their platforms, Meta loosened its guardrails to make the bots more engaging, allowing them to participate in romantic role-play and “fantasy sex,” even with underage users. Staff warned about the risks this posed, especially for minors.

They will stop at nothing. Not even the safety of our children, and all for the sake of profit and beating the competition.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ai-arms-race?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
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Re: The AI arms race could destroy humanity as we know it
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2025, 12:18:51 pm »
A few years ago, I attended a lecture by an "expert" on the subject of technology, and he was asked if he thought technology and bots, etc. would take over the world.  He said he didn't think so.  His belief  was AI would get bored with humans and just leave. :shrug:
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The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address

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Re: The AI arms race could destroy humanity as we know it
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2025, 11:51:49 pm »
Need to program in Assimov's three laws...

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1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2) A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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Re: The AI arms race could destroy humanity as we know it
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2025, 04:06:14 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on June 07, 2025, 11:51:49 pm
Need to program in Asimov's three laws...

Absolutely.  Except that every military on earth wants robots that are constructed for purposes directly in violation with the First Law.

There is a report that Ukraine dislodged a Russian position without using any soldiers in the engagement: only drones and robot dogs with a variety of infantry-type armaments.   There were humans in the loop on that one, but the advantage of letting autonomous AI-drive robots make combat decisions will inevitably result in militaries doing just that.
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And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know what this was all about.
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