I thought I'd be all over this growing AI craze, but something about it makes me feel very uneasy. I find myself not wanting to engage with these various programs, which is a little strange for me because since I was a kid I've been on the bleeding edge of technology, specifically related to computers. And I can't put my finger on exactly what's causing this distress, but I feel compelled to abide by it, and avoid interacting with it as much as possible.
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That’s the exact same feeling I have. I am obsessed with cryptography but with AI it always felt like a parlour trick.
I think I'm afraid of where it's all headed. These AIs are consuming vast quantities of data from all corners of the internet, and including data we may not want included in the borg. I'm also concerned about who's controlling these things, and their agenda is. I think there's a million ways it could go very wrong, and only few ways it could go right.
AI is the fungus of the internet. Some of it is beneficial; most of it is unwanted.