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Calling Bull#^*~ On The AI Hype
How egotistic is the human race that we think a fancy wrench will take on our image? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a tool … a really fancy wrench … and does not even possess the notion of identity … yet … much less ego, conviction and imagination. And unless we program self preservation it will not have that either.
And yet we see hype about how well AI paints, writes poetry and movie scripts, composes music and even counsels people. The fear that some jobs will be eliminated is not hype. It is more a matter of what kind of jobs. However, the idea that AI will take over and enslave is pure tripe. Perhaps we should build a wall to keep AI out :).
So can a robot be creative or empathetic, disenfranchise the work force or possibly take over? The short answer is none of the above. However, you should read the rest of this … just in case an AI wrote this article …
Will AI be creative or empathetic?
There are 660M people registered users talking to Microsoft’s XiaoIce chatbot AI.
“After a few weeks of talking to XiaoIce, at least one user preferred talking to the bot over any of their human friends. XiaoIce became the confidante they went to for romantic advice, the friend they chatted about movies and TV with, and a constant companion. “
