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The majority of U.S. adults don't believe the benefits of artificial intelligence outweigh the risks, according to a new Mitre-Harris Poll released Tuesday.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The general public don't understand what they're talking about so it's not worth asking them.

What is the point in surveys like this, we don't operate on direct democracy so there's literally no value in these things except to stir the pot.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Generally, people are wary of disruptive technology. While this technology has potential to displace a plethora of jobs for the sake of increased productivity, companies won’t be able to move product if unemployment skyrockets.

Regardless of what people think, the Pandora’s box of AI is opened and now the only way forward is to adapt.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes.

All our science fiction stories prepared us for a world where AI was only possible with a giant supercomputer somewhere, or some virus that exists beyond human control, spread throughout the internet.

We were not prepared for the reality that all at once, any average Joe could create an AI on their home PC.

We absolutely can't go backwards, and right now we're are in the most important race in history, against every other country and company to create the best AI.

Whoever can make a self-replicating, self-improving AI first will rule the world. Or rather its AI will.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What companies have decided to call AI is not at all the same as what AI used to refer to and what science fiction stories refer to.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A majority of U.S. adults don't belive jack shit about the benefits of most things.

I'm more angry I can't use a co-pilot at work yet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I don't understand why people don't have the fantasy imagine all the possibilities in which AI can help us progress from the absolutely dismal state of the world we live in currently. Yes there are risks but I just want technology to progress desperately even if I myself live somewhat comfortably for now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don’t understand why people don’t have the fantasy imagine all the possibilities in which AI can help us progress from the absolutely dismal state of the world we live in currently.

Because one of the primal functions of our brains is to protect us from threats. These people live today. If history teaches us anything, it's that such inventions benefit elites and it takes years of active civil work to fight back.

AI can help us solve many problems, but risks are there. It doesn't help that politicians have no idea how to regulate AI properly.

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