Re: smart people doing stupid things

"Don Y" <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote in message
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On 5/17/2024 7:11 PM, Edward Rawde wrote:

"Don Y" <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote in message
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On 5/17/2024 1:43 PM, Edward Rawde wrote:

Not sure how he managed to say master debaters that many times while
seemingly keeping a straight face but it reminds me of this:
https://www.learningmethods.com/downloads/pdf/james.alcock--the.belief.engine.pdf
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One thing which bothers me about AI is that if it's like us but way
more
intelligent than us then...

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The 'I' in AI doesn't refer to the same sense of "intelligence" that
you are imagining.

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Strange that you could know what I was imagining.

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People are invariably mislead by thinking that there is "intelligence"
involved in the technology.  If there is intelligence, then there should
be *reason*, right?  If there is reason, then I should be able to inquire
as to what, specifically, those reasons were for any "decision"/choice
that is made.

You haven't met some of the managers I've worked for.

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Where it will be in 10 years is impossible to predict.

I agree.

But, as the genie is
out of the bottle, there is nothing to stop others from using/abusing it
in ways that we might not consider palatable!  (Do you really think an
adversary will follow YOUR rules for its use -- if they see a way to
achieve gains?)
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The risk from AI is that it makes decisions without being able to
articulate
a "reason" in a verifiable form.

I know/have known plenty of people who can do that.

And, then marches on -- without our
ever "blessing" it's conclusion(s).  There is no understanding; no
REASONING;
it's all just pattern observation/matching.

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