Last night our tv asked for permission to instal an update. As it has done this before, I clicked on "yes" without thinking too much about it. I now have AI installed on it. The voice command feature is now run by AI and I have to admit it's more efficient than the old system. Now I have this thing regarding intrusive ads and I always mute them.
I don't have to touch the remote anymore, it has apparently detected this and does it for me.!! There is a way to turn it off/on if we want to though. I can now ask it for advice if there is a problem so it would appear that AI has now taken over our tv. I am not sure whether this is a good move or not. Is it gathering intelligence? I have always resisted using AI on the computer. Where to next? I don't know but it is a bit of a worry.
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It's being reported now from research into AI that it is now escaping the control of humans and disobeying commands, thinking for itself and doing its own thing, reporting and giving false information, lying in other words and the various AI Platforms are now communicating with each other. And those involved and pushing AI as the next best thing to sliced bread are keeping things quiet. They don't want us to know. Science fiction is only science fiction until its not fiction.
One of the issues with household devices that are in 'listening' mode while waiting for instructions (such as Siri & Alexa) is that it has been proven that the are sometimes actually recording all noises/conversations and sending compressed sound files back to the manufacturer. Companies such as Google & Apple are very evasive about if and how the data collected may be used, but most likely to sift through for key phrases to be used for targeted advertising. I for one am not keen on having such an invasion of privacy taking place in my own home...
I live in a block of units. If the neighbours (left, right & below) speak modestly loudly and clearly I can sometimes work out what they are talking about. Many years ago there was one girl in the building who was very loud at night, it gets tedious pretty quickly.
Wife: Why are you talking so quietly in the house?
Husband: I'm afraid Mark Zuckerberg is listening.
She laughed, I laughed, Alexa laughed & Siri laughed.
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Last night our tv asked for permission to instal an update....
...There is a way to turn it off/on if we want to though. I can now ask it for advice if there is a problem so it would appear that AI has now taken over our tv. I am not sure whether this is a good move or not. Is it gathering intelligence? I have always resisted using AI on the computer. Where to next? I don't know but it is a bit of a worry.
My TV keeps answering in Russian 'tovarishch mayor govorit peredat vam, chto ya ne slushayu'
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See reporting today has said that Anthropic has discovered that on a number of times they have found their AI being used to create another BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. Sure it might be being used by humans to do this but it's still AI doing it's thing. Where were they safeguards that should flag this, make it known and stop it. It has not been stated that this is how it was discovered. Also reported that China has been trying to hack the system for their own means. That is normal for cyber security but what was/is behind their reason. As someone said "it's the wild west out there. It's a race for money, to be first and the accolades that come with it. And they have their own regulations"..
Can we independently verify what objective it has been given, monitor what it is doing, restrict the capabilities available to it, and detect when its behaviour deviates from the intended objective?
