“Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth? Should we automate away all the jobs, including the fulfilling ones? Should we develop nonhuman minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart, obsolete, and replace us? Should we risk loss of control of our civilization? Such decisions must not be delegated to unelected tech leaders.”
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Wow, thats great. I hope this has a greater impact on AI development than the “Great Barrington Declaration” did on Pfizer and Moderna.
More technological innovation:
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Graduate students at the University of Tokyo created a group of drone prototypes that can change their structural shape midair.
The drones were built with multi-axis gimbal systems and have individual segments. A multi-axis gimbal system is a device that uses motors and sensors to stabilize and control the movement of a camera or other mounted object along multiple axes. It typically consists of a base, which houses the motors and controls, and a platform that holds the camera or other equipment. Also, in this case, each segment has its multi-copter propulsion unit, which powers it and allows it to thrust in any direction. It can handle tasks such as pushing and pulling and grabbing onto objects.
The fact that the drones have the ability to change structural shape while in motion makes the possibilities for their use endless.
One negative could be the potential for these drones to be used for malicious purposes, such as espionage or terrorism. Their ability to change shape and maneuver through tight spaces could be tough to detect and track. Another downside is the impact on jobs, particularly in agriculture, where these types of drones could replace human labor in tasks such as picking crops. I also have concerns about privacy and surveillance if they were to be used for unauthorized surveillance, infringing on your privacy rights.
This “pause” would have been well timed in the early 2000s, but it is way too late for it now. And…it would only put us farther behind and/or less ahead of China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and any other nation that is seeking global power with the aid of AIs.
It is too late and the future is already here, within the next decade, or most likely sooner, AIs will be great influencers on the world and our place in it. “Our” meaning the USA and humans.
Yes, that’s the problem. We can’t let our enemies outpace us.