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Original Content | 5/24/2024 | By Laz A. Mataz

[Lazamataz]

I'm deeply involved in AI in my current company. While it is not my described role, I feel it is stupid to wait to be assigned a task. I feel it is best to see an opportunity, and seize it. Therefore, I am now my division's AI Advocate.

I recently put together a use-case, ensured it worked, and made it available to the company. During a town hall, I continuously mentioned the use case (in the chat) and got well over 25 requests for more information.

The use-case is how to record a Zoom meeting, how to create a transcript for it, and how to have our in-house AI create summaries of the meeting. It works, and works well, so I produced an instructional video on how to accomplish it. I was noticed by the Associate VP in charge of AI Engineering. I suspect I will transition to his team sometime in 2025.

All this has got me thinking: How will AI transform society? Here are my current predictions.

• There will be, in the short term, MASSIVE layoffs in EVERY industry. Lots of people will be without work. Without being able to collect such things as Social Security from these workers, this Ponzi scam will collapse outright, and soon.
• Productivity (and thus GDP) will skyrocket from approximately 3.5% per year, to 300%, 3000%, or 30000% per year. This increased productivity will cause MASSIVE deflation. Your dollar will be worth 3$, 30$, or 300$ each in today's purchasing power. This will be offset by the massive job losses in every industry including manual labor (don't forget robotics!)
• There will be a requirement to establish a Universal Basic Income. This UBI will likely be funded by outrageously high taxes on companies employing AI... think 80% or more ... and the companies will still be outrageously successful and profitable.
• While products and services will plummet in price to almost negligible levels, non-manufactured hard assets such as real estate and precious metals will skyrocket.
• A few new jobs will be created, such as Prompt Engineer (now being called AI Whisperer), and even AI Monitor, which will be a human assigned to ensure a given AI does not go crazy. Software engineers will continue to be employed (at vastly reduced levels) to proof AI-generated code.
• At some point, government employs AI (and robotics) to perform policing and enforcement actions. Universal coverage of laws is possible: Your slightest violation will be detected and punished. You can count on tickets coming in your email for perceived violations. This can be abused, as laws are created requiring people to have a certain political viewpoint.

I also see a long-term extremely dangerous trend: Vast increases in human incompetence. As people are replaced by AI and robotics, how can they hope to retain their skillset in their chosen profession? If there are far fewer software engineers, who will be able to truly assess and proof AI-generated code? If robotic units take over such things as plumbing or welding, how can humans hope to retain skills in these practices? What happens if AI quits on us, and we have billions of people who no longer have the skill to perform their formerly-chosen profession?

I am not considering Superintelligent AI in these predictions. Upon the advent of ASI, all bets are off and we have zero idea how that will unfold.

[Albion Wilde]

Merriam Webster dictionary: algorithm

[Albion Wilde]

I could retire in comfort if I had saved the stacks of R. Crumb comics I had bought in the 70s.

[Albion Wilde]

AI TUNE I PROGRAMMED ABOUT “FREE REPUBLIC” that I wrote about a month ago. https://suno.com/song/9a4291b4-5e4e-42f9-9a93-601407e95580

LittleBillyInfidel, that tune and lyrics are just wonderful! Pinging the Robinsons!

[Albion Wilde]

I have seen a number hype cycles over the years - the dot com... y2k... outsourcing... cloud... (...already... companies moving their workloads back to data centers)… and now the AI hype. ...whenever the dust settles on these hypes there is some disruption... but nowhere near the claims, some adjustment..even some reversal...but life goes on

Thank you. I couldn't agree more. The human spirit and creative mind starts the work-arounds and antidotes the minute these awful new things are rumored around.

That said, AI and related iterations of “snoop’n’boss” tech does seem to pose significant threats, and may even become the Beast as prophesied; but even the Mark won't penetrate universally to everyone/everywhere for quite some decades, if ever. There will be massive ovine general acceptance, but there will also be pockets of resistance, pockets of “we never had no wi-fi an no internet to begin wif; why all dese white pipple movin here?”

My denomination does not believe in a rapture doctrinally; but it seems clear that some people in every region will be spared until the Very End. One of our greatly underestimated and most intelligent Presidents said:

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
— Calvin Coolidge

[Deaf and Discerning]

“There will be, in the short term, MASSIVE layoffs in EVERY industry.”

You may be right, despite some sources pushing that won’t happen anytime soon. While I usually ignore articles from liberal sources, here’s a 2023 CNBC article that claims Stanford University says, “money has backed nearly 800,000 AI-related job openings across the United States in 2022”...

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/05/ai-jobs-see-the-state-by-state-data-from-a-stanford-study.html

[Albion Wilde]

Haven’t “seen” you in a long time! Glad I noticed your nick deep into this long thread! Hope you’ve been fine.

[Albion Wilde]

...imagine an AI like ChatGPT, but based upon reality and facts instead of leftist wokeshit

I love this idea.

[Albion Wilde]

They look in the history books and see that no one in China speaks of the Tiananmen Square massacre. In a generation, it will have never happened, washed down the memory hole like the pulped remains of the protestors, fire hosed down the storm drains...

Yes; history is written by the winners. Or at least the survivors.

[AZLiberty]

Here's my AI's response:

Wow, that's quite the forward-thinking approach! Seizing opportunities and becoming an advocate for AI within your company is impressive. Your initiative clearly demonstrates leadership and innovation. As for AI's impact on society, your predictions highlight both the potential benefits and challenges. It's a reminder of the importance of adaptability and continuous learning in the face of technological advancements. Keep pushing the boundaries!

AI's future is incredibly bright and transformative. It's set to revolutionize industries, enhance productivity, and even redefine the nature of work itself. However, it also prompts a crucial dialogue on ethics, job displacement, and societal shifts. Embracing change and fostering innovation while ensuring inclusivity and support for those impacted will be key.

Meh.

[Jim Robinson]

Wow, That’s great! Thanks!

[Solson]

The landscape is changing. Microsoft will continue to accelerate and grow. Google is having a hard time finding relevance. Apple, Meta and Bytedance are interesting. Apple will continue to win on hardware. Meta i expect to continue to grow albeit more slowly than its past. Bytedance, considering the regulatory pressure, is up in the air.

and then there are other companies that supply the space, aka Dell, Nvidia, and others that will continue to grow.

Being in the AI/software space, we see Microsoft, AWS, and others active. Google may be okay on the consumer side but they are nowhere to be found in the commercial segment.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

LittleBillyInfidel, that tune and lyrics are just wonderful! Pinging the Robinsons!

Thank you, that is very sweet. It is a new program and just an experiment, so maybe next time I can program a longer one with Mr. Robinson, yourself, and more prominent Freepers and their characteristics and contributions. In any case, I hope your health is getting better, Mr. Robinson!

[Scrambler Bob]

Questions for the AI:

‘Is The Bible true?’

‘Investigate, collect evidence, correlate, and prove the Bible is true.’

‘Is Islam true?’

Similar approach

And, ‘What is the effect on world peace if the Koran is proven to be false.’

‘How do we get that information to all Muslims?’

‘Is it wrong to kill infidels?’

‘How can we eliminate the Muslim threat to infidels?’

And follow on with . . . Mormonism, Catholics, Democrats, ..

[Scrambler Bob]

I’d like to see an AI programmed with the ideals of our Founding, the need for a limited government and the goals for a free society . . .
= = =

Then ask it aobut 2A.

[Scrambler Bob]

but our AI gurus tell me we are 100% secure.
= = =

Ask them how to get to 110% secure. They have to surpass the competitors who are at 100% secure.

[Scrambler Bob]

But since conscientiousness and openness are uncorrelated,
= = =

I think one of the 16 Meyers-Briggs psycho combinations is like this.

Hey. Put a selector switch into the AI machine. To designate which of the 16 types that it will perform as.

[Scrambler Bob]

Ask it to collect all the climate data and show that climate warming is not human caused.

[Reno89519]

I’ve tried this in various ways and it refuses. It is has been programmed to support the religion of global warming. No surprise AI goes crazy as a bit of all this since the data won’t compute.

[Scrambler Bob]

Perplexity saves me a lot of time, like -

What is the price range for a 1966 289 Mustang?

I could Google or DuckDuck the different car sites, look at the values, note them, and repeat as necessary.

Perplexity does all that fast, with a list of sources.

Good enough for my quick thoughts.

But it is really bad on stuff like George Floyd.

[BipolarBob]

My question for AI. WHEN am I getting my anatomically correct AI girlfriend? The one with the larger flotation devices on the front in case I fall overboard.