Posted on 12/02/2023 1:52:04 PM PST by RoosterRedux
Some of you folks might find this interesting. It is most a discussion of the current state of development of AI and the pace of development. The person being interviewed is the co-founder of an AI company, is immersed in the industry, and seems to have a pretty good grasp on what is going on behind the scenes.
Bio of Mitch Randall from source: Mitch has Master's Degrees in both Electrical Engineering & Physics, and has a long history in scientific instrumentation and radar - dating back to 1984. His experience includes roles at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), along with dozens of key inventions in radar technology widely used across industry. He co-founded Binet in the early 90s to bring bistatic 3D velocity measurement to research weather radars all over the world, and co-founded the Advanced Radar Corporation in the early 2000's to commercialize these innovations for applications in the commercial weather radar market, and in 2005 he co-founded WildCharge to commercialize wireless charging technology for consumer electronics. In 2018 Mitch co-founded Ascendant Artificial Intelligence (AAI) and is currently delivering state of the art custom AI solutions to global customers, and a Research Team member of Harvard’s Galileo Project, where he developed the proof of concept of the SkyWatch passive radar receiver. Mitch Randall is the CEO of Ascendant AI and innovator behind the SkyWatch Passive Radar UAP tracking system. Skywatch was developed through the Galileo Project and hopes to detect UAP using reflected signals from existing transmitters as an alternative to traditional radar technology.
From the video transcript: So it gave a kind of spatial Dimension to how a language model can just predict the next word. Some people say, "Oh it's just predict predicting the next word, how can it be smart or how can we say that's intelligence?" But I mean obviously a bunch of things emerged out of it that nobody expected. They were just trying to implement this thing that really does just predict the next word and out of it comes this emergent thing like reasoning. ... What people are saying is that Q* is a big step forward for artificial general intelligence. They're not saying that it is (AGI), they're saying that it's on this path to AGI and apparently this is a big step forward. Sam Altman himself has been quoted as saying AGI has been achieved internally back in late September and it's possible that this was related to this Q* software that they've been developing as you mentioned. The guardian wrote that Q* was so powerful and--again this is all under their veil of corporate secrecy--the guardian wrote that Q* was so powerful that it alarmed the staff. And this brings up a big concern that commercial interests are pushing AI at an unsafe rate right now. I mean imagine you you take a system that just predicts the next word and out of it emerges basically knowledge and reasoning to some degree, so now you take it one step further and make a system that's actually... Q* has to do with trying to solve math and math is really just the symbolic representation of concepts so it's really like thought and so now taking a machine and trying to make it into thought. What's going to emerge out of that is such that we might be quite surprised. This is all based on these large language models, all of which are more or less based on transformer technology which came out in 2017 as a translation tool to take one language and translate into another by being aware of how one word relates to another in a sentence either in front of it or behind it.
If AI articles and such aren't your cup of tea, don't bother with the video.
If, like me, you like to stay abreast of AI developments, this conversation might be interesting to you.
Beatch away though.;-)
Frankly, it was a little scary (which is why I posted it on FR).
This isn't a UFO article per se, but the person being interviewed is a member of the Harvard Galileo Project and is tangentially involved in the UFO issue in other ways.
And, aside from the above comment, this might be a video of interest to some of you because of your interest in AI.
Don’t apologize. It’s one of the biggest technological inflection points in human history and one worthy of scrutiny
Oddly, AI is a divisive issue like UFO/UAPs. Some people get their panties in a real wad about it.
You'd think they would just avoid threads on the subject of AI, but they're like dogs chasing a car.
Regarding the video, much of the discussion is focused on the fact that everything is about to change in ways that even the people working on AI cannot anticipate. AI seems to be developing a life of its own.
One point that does come through loud and clear. What the public knows of as AI bears no resemblance to what is being developed in the labs.
Thanks for the link - I found it very thought provoking and scary.
The scariest part for me was the point about how quickly humans will be replaced - for example, once one trucking company replaces its drivers with AI - the rest will immediately need to follow suit in order to compete - and it’s not just certain jobs - it’s all jobs - doctors, engineers, artists.
I suppose there will be a move to limit AI via government regulation - but at some point we won’t even be able to tell - we might be electing robots as representatives - who (what) will they represent?
Perhaps the most disturbing thought this conversation triggered in me was the question of whether humans will have enough common sense or pragmatism to recognize the threat of AI to humanity and keep it in check.
The answer that came to mind: obviously not - if they can’t even see the transgender nonsense as a threat - if they can’t even see communism as a threat - if they can’t even see there are lines that need to be drawn there - why would they draw the line anywhere?
It will happen and the vast majority won’t resist.
Great comment.
Github is full of "custom AI solutions."
Bkmk
As a man appoaching his 60s, my question is: will there be any point to living on this world anymore, once the Zoomers and Alphas (ironically named) gleefully and thoughtlessly turn it into Brave New World?
As a 71 year old man, with a great many wonderful children and grandchildren, I find myself feeling sad for the great tragedy I fear is in store for them.
At the same time, I feel a sense of guilt that I’ll be gone by the time the worst of it unfolds, that I will be unable to protect them and - most of all - that I seem to have failed miserably in conveying to them the dangers just around the corner, or in preparing them for battle.
They are intelligent and kind-hearted, but their youthful outlook prevents them from seeing technological advances as a bad thing - it prevents them from seeing globalism as a threat - it prevents them from seeing woke transgender ideology as a threat - it prevents them from seeing open borders as a threat.
They believe humanity is entering a new Age of Enlightenment - they see my fears and warnings as the result of negative and backward thinking from the past. They love me but they think I’m jaded.
I have tried to teach them that tyranny and oppression are the natural state throughout history - that times of liberty and prosperity are rare and to be treasured - and must be fought for.
I have tried to teach them to be suspicious of government - humans naturally compete and use deception to take advantage of one another - it’s human nature - it’s a survival mechanism. Governments do it better than anyone - nothing they promise should be believed or trusted.
My kids do not buy it. Oh well…. I have tried my best.
“... it’s all jobs ...”
And the pinheads running the show are missing the whole point: when no one works, whose the customer; who’ll be able to buy or pay for anything? Evidently, the pinheads think everything will just magically work itself out. The people doing AI are among the stupidest and most depraved people in the known universe. They have no strategy nor any exit plan - burn it all down and blame it on rogue algorithms.
Anyone who has seen Terminator should know this doesn’t end well.
No one is running the AI show. That's the point.
AI is taking on a life of its own. The people developing it are just as amazed and befuddled as everyone else.
That's what this video discusses...the fact that AI reached a point in its development and then took an unexpected leap to the next stage that wasn't planned or part of the design.
It's like building a car from scratch and then one day this car cranks up all by itself and starts to drive around without a driver.
Thanks for the ping.
Some folks in the UFO community believe that at least some of the “aliens” are in fact AI—either partially or fully.
AI does not howl “demons” when it sees something it does not like—it just keeps fact-finding and keeps opinion and emotion out of the picture.
BTW, Garry Nolan is an "experiencer"...he saw a UFO up close when he had a paper route as a child and shortly thereafter started having gray aliens appear unexpectedly in his bedroom.
That might explain why AI is developing so incredibly fast.
Absolutely. There seems to be a link, but I can't put my finger on it yet.
As an aside, numerous abductees have said that they think the grays are bio-drones. Even the craft/ships themselves may be bio-drones (i.e., alive in some way, but still basically AI).
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