It Was Just A Matter Of Time!!

[Nidan Melbourne]

On 8/22/2025 at 10:50 AM, KarateKen said:

The robot apocalypse is coming.  Strap in! 

Would have said we needed a new plague to get rid of people; but then i remembered that we already had that.  lol

[KarateKen]

When I was in LA last week I saw self driving cars on the street for the first time up close.  I didn't ride in one but the few people I talked to who did told me that they are great.  I don't know enough about it to have an option, but I have concerns of self driving vehicles being hacked and replacing jobs.  There will be no Uber drivers in ten years, it will all be self driving pick up.  Same with truck drivers and bus drivers.  AI is going to take jobs from people who are already struggling to get by and I have concerns that this will lead to more homelessness, more theft, and more social unrest.  

[sensei8]

Us humans are our worse enemy. Our great advances in technology will be our downfall fall!! Our lives are not a movie!!

Las Vegas has an army of taxi’s that have no drivers mainly near the proximity of key venues like the Vegas Strip, Allegiant Stadium, Convention Center, and the airport. Blows my mind when I first saw and read about them. There’s no way I’d ever ride in one…not me. I’ve seen with my own eyes Pizza Hut driverless cars delivering pizza.

AI is just that to me, ARTIFICIAL, but the reality of it all is not from any movie. My wife loves the tv series, After Humans, that’s no longer funny to me.

Us humans are our worse enemy!!

Imho.

 

[Zaine]

I share your worries, Bob. The negative impact of AI use aside, as a writer and scholar I hate what it's doing to academia and creative writing. AI should be a tool to assist us, not take over. I don't want to see AI videos, I don't want to read AI stories, I want human interaction. In this, I saw someone post either last year or early this year that "AI accidentally made me believe in the concept of a human soul by showing me what art looks like without it."

There was an AI model that, despite not being initially designed to do so, learned how to detect cancer far earlier than we could. That's what AI needs to be used for. 

[KarateKen]

4 hours ago, Zaine said:

I share your worries, Bob. The negative impact of AI use aside, as a writer and scholar I hate what it's doing to academia and creative writing. AI should be a tool to assist us, not take over. I don't want to see AI videos, I don't want to read AI stories, I want human interaction. In this, I saw someone post either last year or early this year that "AI accidentally made me believe in the concept of a human soul by showing me what art looks like without it."

There was an AI model that, despite not being initially designed to do so, learned how to detect cancer far earlier than we could. That's what AI needs to be used for. 

Sadly, that much like many other good ideas, there will be people who abuse it.  It seems like every time technology solves one problem; it also creates another. 

[KarateKen]

Has anyone noticed that when you do a Google search now the first thing at the top is Google AI?  Not sure what to make of that but I don't think it is good.  The AI is not reliable. I will give you an example.  I did a Google search about actor Harland Williams, a popular comedy actor from the 90s, asking a question about him.  Google AI stated something that he said as sarcastic but put it into the AI search as factual.  The computer can't tell the difference between jokes and truth, and if people read that and take it at face value they will be misinformed.  Can we get a fact check for AI? 

[Patrick]

Yes, I have definitely noticed. I can see the value in summaries, though I do share your concern for accuracy because most people won't vet it. We also can't escape the fact that it is pulling from sources that are likely authoritative, but will see no benefit in the form of web traffic, ad views, or even the opportunity to have someone know the name of the website it came from. This will disincentive the further creation of that authoritative content.

I tried to block ChatGPT from this community, just out of respect for members and their contributions, but that protection was accidentally removed when I upgraded the software. Come to find, it might not even matter: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/07/23/chatgpt-ignores-robots-txt-rehashes-my-column/

[KarateKen]

You might have seen this AI story in the news recently.  A woman living in Tennessee was arrested for robbing a bank in North Dakota because her face matched the AI profile of the suspect.  She spent months in jail claiming that she had never been to North Dakota and was at home watching her grandkids during the time the crime took place, and had Uber eat receipts to prove it. She was later released on Christmas Eve in Fargo, ND, after it was discovered, she could not have done it.  While in jail she lost her job, her house, and her dog.  She is now planning to sue for a lot of money.  

What also makes this so troubling is the trust the police put into AI. Nobody bothered to do a proper investigation until months later.  They just assumed the AI was correct and ignored everything else.  Now an innocent person has suffered great loss because of an AI failure and failed trust put into AI by authorities.  Then, once she was released from jail, the Fargo, North Dakota Police Department never apologized or gave her money to get back to Tennessee.  Unacceptable job by the police. 

It is very concerning that something like this has happened.  Hopefully people will be smarter about how they use AI in the future and it will teach people to not trust it so blindly.  I have my doubts though.  

Many of the social problems we have such as addiction (especially gambling), lack of social awareness, and the loneliness epidemic, to name some, are highly connected to technology.  All of these problems are getting worse, and technology is definitely part of it.  You can gamble on your phone now.  That did not exist fifteen years ago. 

[sensei8]

That’s one sad story Ken!! I know one thing, a robot better not ever do any of my surgeries and better not be flying a plane I’m stuffed in.

Maybe some things shouldn’t be inevitable.