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As 2024 begins, there is a lot of speculation about the future of artificial intelligence. AI was the world’s hottest industry last year, and will likely continue to be so throughout 2024 and possibly the rest of his godforsaken life. However, many of the concerns about this amazing new technology remain unresolved and unmitigated. While AI promises bold new capabilities for businesses and web users, there are plenty of potential harms it could do to us over the next 12 months. On this topic, here are some ways AI could go completely bad this year.
- More people could lose their jobs due to AI.Last year unprecedented layoffs And it’s hard not to draw the line between that and the fact that it was also a year in which companies pivoted to new kinds of automation. This year probably won’t be much different.a recent research According to a survey of business leaders, approximately 40 percent say they are likely to implement additional layoffs in 2024. Similarly, 40 percent of those surveyed said they plan to replace laid-off employees with AI. I have argued that the main “benefit” of AI, at least as far as companies are concerned, is that it is a cost-saving mechanism that allows certain workers to be activated and replaced with software.
- AI will continue to be a major disinformation generator. We all know the internet is full of misinformation and disinformation, but experts say the problem is about to get even worse thanks to AI.Indeed, there was There is no shortage of caveat From the engineer how bad is it The ability of web users to generate large amounts of visual, textual, and video content can exacerbate the problem of disinformation. click the buttonn. As America gears up for the all-important presidential election, the internet appears to be bracing for a perfect storm of AI-generated bullshit. God, please help us.
- AI will continue to make the entertainment industry even more of a nuisance. Over the last year, AI has entered the entertainment industry in droves. AI-generated music to AI influencers, actors, and porn stars (some of whom have been the subject of lawsuits); A lot of that will continue this year, but I’m not personally excited about it. Even before the advent of AI, American pop culture was already in trouble. Nowadays, people are working hard to „destroy“ things like music. movieand comedy AI avatars and auto-generated songs and jokes seem destined to create a pop culture wasteland somewhere between the glamorous of a car crash and the patently unbearable.
- Get ready for more creepy enthusiasm from the worst parts of the tech industry. 2023 was the year when a new techno-utopian ideology sprouted to support the nascent AI industry.of techno optimistAs they call themselves, they have launched what is nothing more than a PR campaign for their own greed, uncritically extolling the dual principles of „innovation“ and „capitalism“ and creating a threat. He flaunts a crazy pseudo-philosophy that attacks everything that is fair and reasonable. be critical of them. We expect to see many more of these in the coming year, and a large portion of them will be distributed to circumvent government regulations and attempts to establish ethical guidelines for AI development.
- Police technology is about to get even creepier. The abominable industry that produces police surveillance and enforcement equipment is already creepy AF, but some experts argue that AI is poised to become so. Supercharge that creepiness Exponentially. When combined with existing biometric and digital surveillance technologies, AI could make government surveillance systems more powerful and comprehensive, potentially leading to violations of civil liberties.
In the interest of fairness, over the next few weeks we’ll be doing a roundup of all the ways AI could actually be very good this year. Even if the benefits of that technology are slightly less obvious to me than those on the worst list, I’m still going to do my best to play devil’s advocate.
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Today’s question: What is a „botshit“?
AI has spawned some head-scratching terms over the years, and this week the all-timer has arrived. It’s „botshit“. I would like to thank the team of academic researchers who invented this word. recent papers About AI content generation. Essentially, botshit is a play on bullshit and refers to the use of generative AI to create content filled with inaccurate or misleading information. In other words, this is basically a rebranding of „hallucination“, a well-known term that refers to an LLM’s tendency to spew out false or completely fabricated „facts“. The researchers highlighted the need to use risk management approaches to counter the prevalence of online „botshit“, especially since the upcoming 2024 presidential election provides ample opportunity for such content to circulate. is emphasized. interfere directly and the American political process.
More headlines this week
- The King is back with the help of AI. Elvis Presley died in a toilet 40 years ago, but he remains as popular as ever. In addition to two new focuses, Features movie And now, thanks to a swell of documentaries and books, it looks like the King is coming back from the dead. Well, not literally. Rather, his AI-powered hologram will be used to perform a „concert“ in London this November. „evolution of elvis” promises to bring rock stars back to the stage with a combination of augmented reality and on-stage special effects. This unholy resurgence is being brought to you by tech startup Layered Reality. partnered They worked with Elvis Presley’s estate owner Authentic Brands Group to make the show a reality. In addition to „performing“ in London, AI Elvis will also make tour stops in Berlin, Tokyo, and, of course, Las Vegas.
- OpenAI turns out to be a completely cheap way to pay news publishers. Companies like OpenAI used large-scale algorithms to train their algorithms. A treasure trove of articles From major newspaper companies such as the New York Times and the Washington Post, leading to the accusation that Companies are stealing copyrighted content from retailers and repackaging it. AI companies are trying to block these types of lawsuits. Intermediation of transactions Work with news organizations to license content. But it’s hard to imagine newspaper companies making much money from these deals.this week we learned OpenAI only pays $1 million to $5 million For cooperative news organizations, it’s a pretty pathetic handout compared to the potential value of the content.
- Jeff Bezos is coming to Google with a new AI startup. Everyone’s favorite bald billionaire is getting into his AI game by backing a new startup.Yes, that man killed your local bookstore Founded the largest e-commerce company He invested in Perplexity, a small California company reported in the Wall Street Journal. report „It’s aiming for Google’s dominant position in web search.“ Perplexity promises to transform the way people surf the web by offering something called a „response engine.“ The engine is similar to other recently launched AI-assisted search products, using an interface that directly answers web users‘ questions rather than referencing numerous indexed links. Bezos and other wealthy investors recently poured $74 million into Perplexity, hoping it will become the next big thing.