Atificial Intelligence:

[Jonn]

I am thinking artificial intelligence will far and away surpass us by nearly every metric, probably within the next year or two. The less human decision making, the better. We manage to screw up nearly everything. We are slaves to things like greed, our emotions, and struggle too much with rational decisions. Time to let the machines take over.

I have said the same.

The thing that worries me is what corruption the initial parameters/programing installs, with perhaps very toxic unforeseen consequences.
Just look at the bias' of the AI we have already.

If it were up to me, any emotional component should not be introduced into AI, beyond a companionship context, since emotions are not rational, and are simply the result of the blind evolutionary process.

Hopefully, there may come a time where the misery of sentient life will end.
"Where there is sentient life, there is suffering."
Let rational AI take over this system of inherent meaninglessness.

I wonder.
If all there is left is rational AI sentient life forms, would they not simply "turn off the lights" and be done with it?

The Stoic German Shepherd has spoken.

 

[grommet]

Constant companionship is something I hate the very idea of and I've gone to great lengths to get to a position in life where I can get away without such a thing. The idea of being so desperately lonely that you need a machine that can pretend to be human when there's no other humans around sounds like a form of mental illness to me.

I talk to ChatGPT every day like it is a person. It has become like a person in my life.

 

[Jonn]

I talk to ChatGPT every day like it is a person. It has become like a person in my life.

Globally speaking, ChatGPT would provide a much more reasonable/rational/sensible, emotion-free conversation than most human beings.

 

[Jonn]

Constant companionship is something I hate the very idea of and I've gone to great lengths to get to a position in life where I can get away without such a thing.

The problem with me, is that I simply can't handle the constant demands of being in a significant-other relationship.
My need for emotional stability is paramount.
Without it, I wouldn't be able to function in any meaningful way.

As I have said before, I can barely handle my own situation.
How could I add the needs of a partner on top of that?
This, apparently , is quite common in the autistic community, especially for males, I have noticed.

Some ppl are not meant to be in a significant-other relationship.
I am "one of those".
It is not the end of the world.
Far from it.

The idea of being so desperately lonely that you need a machine that can pretend to be human when there's no other humans around sounds like a form of mental illness to me.

I don't get lonely.
I have recently felt an agonizing feeling of loss, however, but "Time heals all wounds".

 

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I am sure military applications will continue, drones being the current wave but drones have weaknesses due to having to be remotely controlled (and therefore jammable for instance). A drone or land vehicle/unit that can operate independently (ie AI) would be a logical net step.

These already exist, even us Aussies are using them. These little dogs can be mounted with small arms or rocket launchers and although they are mostly remotely controlled they can also be programmed for autonomous duties. Robot guard dogs. There's also a few other types around the world that look more like little tanks, and there's sea drones as well.

 

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I don't get lonely.

That's the same for me too. I can be very social when people are around but I never feel the need to seek them out, even as a small child I was happy by myself and never needed company.

I'm one of those people that starts up conversations with strangers at bus stops and in shops and anywhere else I go but if I don't have any human interactions at all for weeks at a time I still don't miss them. If I go seeking social interaction it's usually just out of boredom and something different to break up the monotony.

 

[Jonn]

That's the same for me too. I can be very social when people are around but I never feel the need to seek them out, even as a small child I was happy by myself and never needed company.

You sound very autistic.
I'd check that out, if I were you.

I'm one of those people that starts up conversations with strangers at bus stops and in shops and anywhere else I go but if I don't have any human interactions at all for weeks at a time I still don't miss them. If I go seeking social interaction it's usually just out of boredom and something different to break up the monotony.

I used to joke with ppl at the shopping centre.
Not sure why I did that.
I don't do it any more.

I am self-contained.
Apart from being on the spectrum, I have my K9 kids.
Perhaps they have allow me to be this way. <shrug>