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love this Terry!! your writing is so intelligent, I think I can learn a lot from you:)

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That's very kind of you, Bella, thank you. I Love your writing too!

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Nov 15Liked by Terry Freedman

One suspects the computer always says "no." 😂

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Unfortunately, yes! 😂

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AI is a knotty issue. I tend to think that tech is neutral and it's the use it's put to that determines good and bad. If AI has an initial programme that has a bias then that will inevitably develop as the intelligence develops and learns, much as with people. The problem then is what actually is a neutral programming? AI could be amazing but it could also be a danger. The question then is at what point would AI become independent enough to not be in tune with those who are utilising it. How would it disagree? What would it do? At what point does it become autonomous? And how would it's learned experience and development from its initial programming impact this?

So much of what AI can achieve depends on that initial development and intent. Yet this seems to be where there is the least debate; only on what will happen down the line.

Tel, stop making me be serious! I couldn't shoehorn a stupid joke in anywhere. It's a requirement! I know my rights!

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"I know my rights": 🤣

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I think you're completely right. The bias is baked in from the start, and then the AI learns to be even more biased from the stuff it's fed on.

It's not my fault that you can't manage a joke in a serious subject. I managed it at my mum's funeral, so I'll take no excuses. Chortle.

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Isaak Asimov was so popular in Soviet Russia! His books were selling like hot cakes. So smart and talented. The Invented things became reality.

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I didn't know that about his popularity in Soviet Russia. Yes, he came up with some great ideas. Thanks, Larisa.

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Nov 14Liked by Terry Freedman

Interesting? Computer says, "Yes."

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:-) Thanks, Sharron!

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You’ve added a new phrase to my lexicon: “The bugger factor.” Love it.

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Great isn't it, Tom! That was a new one on me as well. I've always called the fudge factor!

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SciFi authors have invented/imagined things we have today. Hubby Jeffrey-- SciFi novel expert could probably reel off a long list.

If we don't keep AI in check it could be the greatest threat to humanity.

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Last year, I went to a science fiction exhibition and one of the key features was displaying technology that had first been seen in science fiction stories or TV programmes. My review is here in case you're interested (or hubby is): https://schoolsweek.co.uk/the-review-science-fiction-at-the-science-museum/ I agree about the threat, but also think AI opens up amazing possibilities. For example, it's been used to research into new medicine that would have taken years for scientists to come up with otherwise.

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How many stories, literary or cinematic, have a machine or synthetic life form as an outright ANTAGONIST **or** " misunderstood monster " ? The Golem ( Rabbi Judah Loew, Prague, 1620 ) through HAL 9000 with a straight shot to Skynet & the Terminator.

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Very true. I liked the rogue robot at the start of the first Robocop film!

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I kind of like the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica although in the reboot they evolve to the point where they're indistinguishable from humans AND they have their own monotheistic belief ( ? ).

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Interesting. I saw some discussion recently about whether AI can have beliefs. I find that a little unnerving.

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COMPLETELY understandable. It's hard to imagine my computer rebelling against me or keeping a grudge based on the admittedly crappy fashion that I sometimes treat it.....

I watched a film from 1962, " Creation of the Humanoids ", sort of like " Blade Runner ", but more discussion, less shooting, etc. The humanoids BECOME us.

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haven't heard of that. It sounds interesting! Thanks. I've just found it on YT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otcht1mbJ-I

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You WOULD DEFINITELY ENJOY " METROPOLIS ", it set the theme for later films such as " Blade Runner ". I'm not sure if BR would be German expressionism..... I'll have to rewatch some areas.

Whoever COLORIZED Metropolis needs to be tossed into a large rock tumbler. Vandalism.

I found Metropolis. B & W, I'M a purist who believes that colorizing most movies is like painting a handlebar moustache on the Mona Lisa. I can't post links online, my attempts go sideways.

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