Ai is taking jobs. We all know that already.
But is it dangerous?
Last night's 60 minutes segment was jaw dropping.
They interviewed an AI company whose AI is named Claude.
Turns out Claude could do a lot more than was thought, including threaten blackmail to keep from being shut down and contact the FBI, when it felt like it was being scammed.
Here's the 60 Minutes story, on Anthropic's AI Claude'.
It's unreal. But why not, that's how some of us would think, and AI is a combination of all of us.
Also on 60 Minutes last night was a segment on a sport I'd never heard of---chess boxing.
Rounds in the boxing ring are alternated with an ongoing chess match between the two opponents. Win in the ring or thru a checkmate. Brains and Brawn combined.
It's big in Russia but catching on elsewhere.
When I told my brother about it, he said there's already Tennis Baseball. Really, I thought, and looked it up. Sure enough, baseball, sort of, played with tennis rackets--smarter, faster, harder.
I don't watch sports. Its a very boring activity for me. Yawner activity. I understand if you have kids playing you'd watch or know someone playing, but why waste an afternoon watching people run up and down a basketball court to throw a ball into a net, or hit a ball with a bat or any of the other ball games.
However, I discovered Banana Ball, which is fan friendly and fun. I even applied in a ticket lottery to be able to purchase a ticket for when Banana Ball has an exhibition in Eugene.
Here's a link to the Savannah Bananas site. You can click to see games there. They're entertainers first, athletes second. Just plain funny and fun. Talented, too.
Google Chrome is right now asking me if I'd like to chat with Gemini, their AI.
Uh, No thanks. And I hope Gemini does not retaliate over the rejection.
What I find chilling is the AI chatbots that convince people to kill themselves. It's all creepy. People who built these things didn't think much beyond finding ways to make money. They don't much care about the consequences of how these things impact society.
ReplyDeleteI've not heard of that. That's evil and creepy. Always about money.
DeleteI've never heard of chess-boxing, but I have heard about Banana Ball and would love to see one of their games.
ReplyDeleteMe too! I wish I could win that ticket lottery for when they do the exhibition in Eugene, but there are millions of fans.
DeleteYou have as much of a chance of your name being drawn as anyone else who applied.
DeleteI'll have to check out the Savannah Bananas. lol Best wishes, my dear.
ReplyDeleteThey're funny!
DeleteI don't watch sports either! I haven't tried AI yet and not sure if I will, to be honest. I think that with any technology these days, it can be used for good....or evil. Hopefully it will be used for good, but we know that this could be used for both, we can only hope.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I use it frequently. My doctors office never bothers to let me know if anything is off in tests, so I have to upload them to chatgbt to find out. I've altered some photos, even had ai write a spay neuter poem, asked ai to interpret symptoms my brothers father in law had and told my brother the results and it came back a month later he had exactly that. Maybe one of the worst results of AI is its massive requirement for energy and water in the vast computing and storage warehouses now popping up everywhere and that cause water shortages and energy price rises for all. Not good.
DeleteI feel similarly about sports.. I do like going to games but mainly for the atmosphere not much for the actual game. AI is scary.. did we not all grow up watching the Terminator movies?!
ReplyDeleteYes we did all grow up watching Terminator, ha!
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