Watch out conservatives, the left is going to start using AI to detect you.

[burdell]

Originally Posted by Ferd

on a serious note, we are running head long into a ditch we cant get out of with this AI....

I think it'll be like any other tool, used properly it can work wonders, used improperly it can do great harm.

[FatBob96]

Originally Posted by burdell

I don't buy it. I know folks who are enamored with Scarlet Johansson and others with Penelope Cruz, pretty disparate looks. You can measure things like symmetry all you want but how do you program something like preferences for eye color, hair color/length, and any number of other factors that figure into an individual's perception of attractiveness?

Both of them fall into accepted norms of symmetrical beauty.

Eye and hair color are more subjective sure but also more acceptable variations.

Variety is the spice of life......as long as it's within accepted norms.

Most men who prefer brunettes would still pick Pamela Anderson over Rosie O'Donnell.

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by burdell

I think it'll be like any other tool, used properly it can work wonders, used improperly it can do great harm.

I see more issues... just one for example. the CIA was outted by Wikileaks as having a plan to hack a car to cause a crash for assignation purposes.


enter AI and the self driven car. think of the havoc some nut job will be able to cause by wrecking a dozen self driven cars during rush hour.

[zzzSnorlax]

Originally Posted by Ferd

I see more issues... just one for example. the CIA was outted by Wikileaks as having a plan to hack a car to cause a crash for assignation purposes.


enter AI and the self driven car. think of the havoc some nut job will be able to cause by wrecking a dozen self driven cars during rush hour.

No more than the havoc the same nut job can cause ramming an old fashioned human controlled car into a group of pedestrians. Except it drastically raises the skill floor required to achieve such an attack, thus decreasing the frequency.

Right now all it takes is a person who can steer a car and hit the gas.

The scenario you proposed requires an extremely skilled hacker, potential months of preparation to get back doors in place or find some flaw to exploit, and the ability of said hacker to overcome teams of people devoting their careers to the security of the system.

There are valid reasons to be apprehensive about AI cars but safety and terrorist attacks are not among them. It would increase safety/security on those fronts across the board.

One of the biggest problems in my opinion is the ability to transition between roads where AI is expected to be in use, and back roads/off map dirt roads where the car must be driven manually. At first this would not be an issue, but as the ubiquitousness of AI cars increases you may see things like stop signs and traffic lights going the way of the dinosaur. A human having to enter this type of computer controlled traffic manually is a bit of a logistical nightmare.