The main, sort of over arching problem with AI is the humans who use it, in the sense that 1 person might see the worth of an AI program while also being aware of the potential dangers or issues, then they work to figure those problems out before putting it out into the world. While too many others will just put the AI into the world & either not care about possible consequences or are happy to wait & see what might happen, even with the intention of resolving any negative issues later.
I talk about this in other businesses, often using Uber as an example. The core idea was to change or create a new, modern version of taxis, but they focused on only parts of that & of course were mainly focused on profit. But it seems like they never looked at the former taxi business, to look for either current problems, or ongoing problems, or even solved problems, to PREVENT problems. Letting women work for Uber with no consideration for the data of how dangerous life can be for women, seems like an obvious failing to me, & worse, even when the first reports of assaults started coming in, they still didn't sit down to work on the problem until the public outcry was loud enough.
I really wish we had an agency or organization that just looked at new businesses or ideas like AI art programs, to look for dangers & problems so we can avoid this wild west shit every time someone has a new idea or spin on an idea, because our entire culture is so geared towards make profit, make a lot, make it fast & hey, when you're successful enough, you can just factor in the cost of being penalized by the court, or sued by victims & it doesn't even matter cuz the profits are so big.
I think your thoughts would be well shared with the Copyright Office at that link above -- I've already shared mine. You are not wrong that Late Stage Capitalism will get a Mario Star to its destructiveness with A.I. that can be protected by copyright law.
I keep hearing from the pro-AI crowd that naysayers are like people who fought against the car in favour of horses.
But if we extend that, look at how much that changed the way we exist in the world entirely.
We didn't just say "now that you have a car, you can drive over whomever or through wherever you want." We build roads and rules for them (even though it took too many people flying through the windshield to figure out we should probably strap in.)
The main, sort of over arching problem with AI is the humans who use it, in the sense that 1 person might see the worth of an AI program while also being aware of the potential dangers or issues, then they work to figure those problems out before putting it out into the world. While too many others will just put the AI into the world & either not care about possible consequences or are happy to wait & see what might happen, even with the intention of resolving any negative issues later.
I talk about this in other businesses, often using Uber as an example. The core idea was to change or create a new, modern version of taxis, but they focused on only parts of that & of course were mainly focused on profit. But it seems like they never looked at the former taxi business, to look for either current problems, or ongoing problems, or even solved problems, to PREVENT problems. Letting women work for Uber with no consideration for the data of how dangerous life can be for women, seems like an obvious failing to me, & worse, even when the first reports of assaults started coming in, they still didn't sit down to work on the problem until the public outcry was loud enough.
I really wish we had an agency or organization that just looked at new businesses or ideas like AI art programs, to look for dangers & problems so we can avoid this wild west shit every time someone has a new idea or spin on an idea, because our entire culture is so geared towards make profit, make a lot, make it fast & hey, when you're successful enough, you can just factor in the cost of being penalized by the court, or sued by victims & it doesn't even matter cuz the profits are so big.
I think your thoughts would be well shared with the Copyright Office at that link above -- I've already shared mine. You are not wrong that Late Stage Capitalism will get a Mario Star to its destructiveness with A.I. that can be protected by copyright law.
I keep hearing from the pro-AI crowd that naysayers are like people who fought against the car in favour of horses.
But if we extend that, look at how much that changed the way we exist in the world entirely.
We didn't just say "now that you have a car, you can drive over whomever or through wherever you want." We build roads and rules for them (even though it took too many people flying through the windshield to figure out we should probably strap in.)
Thank you for this info, Gerry. I have many creator friends on Facebook, and I will pass on to them that important line of text.