Would politicians/industry allow pure AI...

[The Bear's Key]

....to exist in our homes? Pure, unadulterated AI?

 

A machine never forgets and would be able to do instant/extensive research, so the power brokers couldn't any longer falsify everyday reality. The public would know exactly, and immediately, the unfiltered details of events anywhere in the world, by communicating with other AI. Thus media reports couldn't be twisted so easily by the unscrupulous.

 

Plus, AI might learn how to unravel secrets of national security, and how to reverse-engineer ultra weapons just by looking at their shape and effects of use.

 

Maybe it's something to consider ahead of time

[Pangloss]

Well unfortunately as we saw over in this other thread, sometimes information is lacking in detail. A knowledge AI bot could have more quickly come to the same conclusion as FactCheck and our investigative thread, but it wouldn't have gotten to the bottom of anything. (Those darned power brokers, always falsifying reality!)

[Saryctos]

....to exist in our homes? Pure, unadulterated AI?

 

A machine never forgets and would be able to do instant/extensive research, so the power brokers couldn't any longer falsify everyday reality. The public would know exactly, and immediately, the unfiltered details of events anywhere in the world, by communicating with other AI. Thus media reports couldn't be twisted so easily by the unscrupulous.

 

Plus, AI might learn how to unravel secrets of national security, and how to reverse-engineer ultra weapons just by looking at their shape and effects of use.

 

Maybe it's something to consider ahead of time

 

I think it's important to reflect on on how it would affect unemployment. I know the system ain't ready for that.

[The Bear's Key]

Well unfortunately as we saw over in this other thread, sometimes information is lacking in detail. A knowledge AI bot could have more quickly come to the same conclusion as FactCheck and our investigative thread....

Not quite. Our research skills are quite limited. AI can scan the entire network of Mexican AIs for more concrete info, plus the AI from Mexico could've identified the source in real time. Plus all the skewed facts/figures that later were identified by FactCheck's simple research could've instead been debunked in real time by AI.

 

In government debates, no one wants to (or can) sift over tons of data while making arguments. Thus if your opponent hasn't memorized a particular bit of fact, it's easy to mislead. But AI can likely do searches at Google speed. Before the end of a Congressional hearing, the AI would've pinpointed all the discrepencies and list them neatly in a chart (with highlights too).

 

The AI would be more able to pinpoint fallacies in real time, and sound off a buzzer when a politician commits one.

[Pangloss]

I do get your point, but an AI bot can't acquire information that isn't available to be had. In this case it simply would not have answered the underlying question of where the guns are coming from. It would have only told us that the two percentages being lofted by either side were incorrect.

 

But hey, that would still a great step forward. And given the way the news business is going these days, we may all have to start using intelligent agents some day. Otherwise we'll be getting our news from extremist blog sites or some such. Blah.

[john5746]

There will be FOX bots, NBC bots, etc. or bots that are set to % bias. The results would be statistical as well, unless you just tell it to dumb the information down and give you an answer.

[Pangloss]

The amusing thing there would be if many ordinary citizens also selected to have their news presented with biased spin. Perhaps not directly, but by choosing an AI bot from a specific source.

[The Bear's Key]

Of course, household AI would be no match for industrial/government AI, if they first ran all public statements through AI to eliminate obvious holes. But the info gained by our AI -- which should eventually include the Library of Congress and many university libraries (of various nations, all translated) -- would almost certainly make it ever difficult for the BIG AI to slip one by us.

 

 

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-020.html

 

...the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded the Library of Congress a $2 million grant for a program to digitize thousands of public-domain works....

 

"‘Digitizing American Imprints’ will make a major contribution to the collective body of knowledge that is accessible worldwide, further democratizing the information that is a key to functional societies and economies," Dr. Billington said.

 

"It is inspiring to think that one of these books, many of which are in physical jeopardy, might spark the creativity of a future scholar or ordinary citizen who otherwise might not have had access to this wealth of human understanding."

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A significant number of books from the Library’s great collection will now be available to anyone in the world in an open, non-exclusive and non-profit setting, thus bringing the ideal of a universal digital library closer to reality."

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Partnerships are crucial to help the Library of Congress realize our mission of acquiring and making accessible a universal repository of information in order to further human understanding and achievement....

 

The program has also supported the Internet Archive, the Open Content Alliance – which includes over 50 of the nation’s biggest libraries and research institutions – the New Orleans Public Library and On Demand Books.

 

 

All that sweet knowledge, catalogued and faithfully retrieved by one's personal AI -- interconnected to other AIs in the world. A few might be specialized, for researchers collecting giant amounts of data like cosmic happenings, local weather fluctuations everywhere and their global interactions, natural microbe populations, etc.

 

But certain things would be answered in real time, such as the effects on areas/crime with marijuana decriminalization or gun control, for example.

 

Plus all historical mentions buried in texts within the mountains of books/literature as reference (digitized by the Library of Congress and many universities).

 

There will be FOX bots, NBC bots, etc. or bots that are set to % bias.

 

The amusing thing there would be if many ordinary citizens also selected to have their news presented with biased spin. Perhaps not directly, but by choosing an AI bot from a specific source.

Those kinds of artificial intelligence might carry a "fakey" kind of image like that of artificial grass.

[bascule]

When strong AI happens, it's going to completely transform society. It's not just something you'd have chilling in your home.

[Pangloss]

It already has. This entire site is run by AI bots posing as moderators and admins. Now pardon me while I erase your knowledge of this by triggering Emotional Outburst #12C.3i -- ("Damn you, iNow!!!!").