There are few things more astonishing to me than the fact that the public, which can avail itself of all of history, including recent history, via the devices they all carry every day, still nods thoughtfully when someone stands up and says "what we need is government to be more involved!" People who stand up and say that today should be reflexively, overwhelmingly and passionately tarred and feathered within seconds of them opening their mouths by a public that has spent the last 20 years watching a huge bloated government systematically destroy the tech industry (once the purest of meritocracies, utterly color and sex-blind), healthcare, transportation, the list is endless.
Furthermore, even the "experts" at the AI companies, the ones actually creating these tools, are prone to falling head-first into their toolset and declaring it alive, conscious, etc. In other words, even the "experts" don't know what they're talking about, another thing the public should have noticed as a generality after the whole COVID debacle.
Once one finds out how AI actually works, all should be terrified. It is NOT an exaggeration to explain how AI works as follows:
When given a command like locate the most resilient pile of shit, the Ai will randomly throw piles of shit of various combinations of stuff until one sticks and then it records the metrics on it and that is its solution.
AI is absolutely NOT thinking but simply trying to fine the shortest the path between the problem and the solution regardless of everything else. This can work in some scenarios bit not ALL!
Now Tell me how that's not alarming, that the way AI solves a problem is a complete random action regardless of its impacts oh the rest of the worked because its sole goal is solving the problem.
Tell AI to solve the problem of Cancer and what you get isn't a cure for cancer but something that eliminates all life so cancer is no lamer a threat!
It will be the greedy fools who can't think past the next 2-3 quarterly earrings who will destroy society via AI so BE READY!
These people have no clue how anything works. How do they propose to figure out "experts" to rely on ($$$)? There are security threats with AI. And there will always be security threats no matter what we do. There is literally nothing we can do to prevent them. Even if we pretend we can lock down our "own" AI, you think enemy state actors will rely on our AI technology? They are all working on their own. These people want to neuter us and make us weaker while allowing our enemies to get stronger. Probably just for the money too. The worse thing we could possibly do with this technology is centralize it and regulate it. We all need to push back on this with maximum prejudice.
My trust factor where the woke AI companies are concerned is about nil. FWIW I think now they are fully integrated into our government institutions they will simply lay in wait until the Dems are back in power to spring the surveillance trap on the public in order to weed out those who will oppose them. Heck, they may already be doing this today.
I appreciate the care taken here. Pulling the ladder up behind is simply an impulse of success. It doesn’t make Anthropic evil, just corporate. You captured that well. And I also agree with your larger premise. We shouldn’t fall for these ovations to “please regulate us.” You describe the game excellently. Hopefully this message can reach the ears who need to hear it. It would be a shame to lock down such an innovative field in such a short time. Imagine if we were locked in to using the AI from only three years ago today. Those are the stakes going forward.
^Bibliography includes your work plus a very useful glossary. Grace and peace to you Amigo, onward! To live in extremely high velocity 🏁♨️🚦 interesting times…..
Good article…IMO A.I. is the most powerful tool developed yet. It will transform our society. The data and technology MUST be regulated and guarded by good people by honest people that’s the conundrum ….tHats the issue. Good versus evil.
Ai will be used and exploited by all, both good and evil. It cannot be contained or regulated because there will be 1000 versions of AI to choose from.
As usual, man will lead himself into his own eventual self destruction.
There are few things more astonishing to me than the fact that the public, which can avail itself of all of history, including recent history, via the devices they all carry every day, still nods thoughtfully when someone stands up and says "what we need is government to be more involved!" People who stand up and say that today should be reflexively, overwhelmingly and passionately tarred and feathered within seconds of them opening their mouths by a public that has spent the last 20 years watching a huge bloated government systematically destroy the tech industry (once the purest of meritocracies, utterly color and sex-blind), healthcare, transportation, the list is endless.
Furthermore, even the "experts" at the AI companies, the ones actually creating these tools, are prone to falling head-first into their toolset and declaring it alive, conscious, etc. In other words, even the "experts" don't know what they're talking about, another thing the public should have noticed as a generality after the whole COVID debacle.
Once one finds out how AI actually works, all should be terrified. It is NOT an exaggeration to explain how AI works as follows:
When given a command like locate the most resilient pile of shit, the Ai will randomly throw piles of shit of various combinations of stuff until one sticks and then it records the metrics on it and that is its solution.
AI is absolutely NOT thinking but simply trying to fine the shortest the path between the problem and the solution regardless of everything else. This can work in some scenarios bit not ALL!
Now Tell me how that's not alarming, that the way AI solves a problem is a complete random action regardless of its impacts oh the rest of the worked because its sole goal is solving the problem.
Tell AI to solve the problem of Cancer and what you get isn't a cure for cancer but something that eliminates all life so cancer is no lamer a threat!
It will be the greedy fools who can't think past the next 2-3 quarterly earrings who will destroy society via AI so BE READY!
These people have no clue how anything works. How do they propose to figure out "experts" to rely on ($$$)? There are security threats with AI. And there will always be security threats no matter what we do. There is literally nothing we can do to prevent them. Even if we pretend we can lock down our "own" AI, you think enemy state actors will rely on our AI technology? They are all working on their own. These people want to neuter us and make us weaker while allowing our enemies to get stronger. Probably just for the money too. The worse thing we could possibly do with this technology is centralize it and regulate it. We all need to push back on this with maximum prejudice.
Thanks for this information.
My trust factor where the woke AI companies are concerned is about nil. FWIW I think now they are fully integrated into our government institutions they will simply lay in wait until the Dems are back in power to spring the surveillance trap on the public in order to weed out those who will oppose them. Heck, they may already be doing this today.
I appreciate the care taken here. Pulling the ladder up behind is simply an impulse of success. It doesn’t make Anthropic evil, just corporate. You captured that well. And I also agree with your larger premise. We shouldn’t fall for these ovations to “please regulate us.” You describe the game excellently. Hopefully this message can reach the ears who need to hear it. It would be a shame to lock down such an innovative field in such a short time. Imagine if we were locked in to using the AI from only three years ago today. Those are the stakes going forward.
You don’t have to a cynic, but healthy skepticism is an asset. I’ve got a lot of respect for Dean Ball, but . . . follow the money.
KYC / V=IR (⚡5/6/2026AD) 🌐🐲🏦🪙🐳🤖
The Token Transfer Market & Price Discovery:
https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/d90a87f3-a286-4a88-830c-437a9e193e7a
^Bibliography includes your work plus a very useful glossary. Grace and peace to you Amigo, onward! To live in extremely high velocity 🏁♨️🚦 interesting times…..
You don’t see any threat in AI?
Good article…IMO A.I. is the most powerful tool developed yet. It will transform our society. The data and technology MUST be regulated and guarded by good people by honest people that’s the conundrum ….tHats the issue. Good versus evil.
Not gonna be an easy task.
Ai will be used and exploited by all, both good and evil. It cannot be contained or regulated because there will be 1000 versions of AI to choose from.
As usual, man will lead himself into his own eventual self destruction.
Destruction or enlightenment…..choices for all