What Did You Expect from AI?

It reminds me of the political woman who was against abortions because one of the foetuses might grow up to cure cancer. [Uh, much likelier is that it would grow up to be a psychopathic killer].

Many have feared and verbalized about the dangers of a conscienceless machine with unknown limits being empowered–and urged–to facilitate unlimited goals, even unknown and/unknowable goals. Quick as a wink, it’s already happening. As reported in Nicholas Kristof’s N.Y. Times opinion column today,

One recent study found that 98 percent of deepfake videos online were pornographic and that 99 percent of those targeted were women or girls.

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LIFE METAPHOR

A.I. Oh my. I’ll cry!

We were gifted somehow

as caretakers of life

on Earth. Toss a penny.

Save or destroy was

the question–What would

we do with all our power:

make or shake or desecrate.

We lost control and as the

nasty pus of greed triumphs,