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0 pointskshacker1mo ago0 comments

We built Windows and DOS and got Viruses.

We built phone lines and got Spam and "Do Not Call" registries.

We built the Internet and got Ads, Scams, and Spoofing.

We built Google Search and got SEO gaming.

We built Facebook and it was Hijacked to influence elections.

We built AirTags to track our keys, and people used them for Stalking.

We built High-Frequency Trading and got Flash Crashes.

We built Encryption to protect data and got Ransomware.

We built Engagement Algorithms and got a Mental Health Crisis.

We built Planes, and people flew them into buildings. We only stay in the air today because of Rigorous Debugging: maintenance, reinforced doors, and intense security.

We got Globalization and got Offshore Scammers calling to "unblock" our Social Security numbers

Are we going to speed run the age of AI without someone trying to hijack it especially with the move fast and break things mentality?

I am sure teams are working on it. State actors and non state actors. Let's check the headlines in 2028.

AI will need "analyze plan" and "analyze query" levels of detail as safeguards—similar to voter-verified paper ballots—but with millions of queries running every minute, how do we keep up?

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entech1mo ago

Well said. I feel that every technology has a benefit to harm ratio and we as society put guardrails around use of the technology to reduce and mitigate the harm outcomes.

Unfortunately a lot of the guardrails are developed in response to the bad outcomes occurring (or rather the guardrails refined).

I feel that we are much better at dealing with obvious physical harms like planes being hijacked and viruses causing damages to your data than with higher level impacts that are not clearly felt and where you cannot hold someone accountable.

The fact that there are not even basic regulations around AI is truly mind boggling. Like how we just acknowledge a phenomenon of AI psychosis and suicidal ideation. We ban drugs and install barriers on bridges, but somehow if AI causes it - it’s seemingly ok. Let’s just hope Sam and Dario care enough to fix it.

kshackerOP1mo ago

And when I see the never ending discussions on Tesla/FSD crashes, there is always a defender saying "don't look at this, compare the rates of AI/FSD vs humans, humans are worse". As in my potential death is ok just because it would be a statistical anomaly !!

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