OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it | John Naughton
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The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan

OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it::The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan

  • RememberTheApollo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    253·
    5 months ago

    What benefits to “AI supremacy” are there? Going to hand the keys to defense and the internet to it? What could go wrong…

    • deadcream@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      54·
      5 months ago

      There are many uses for AI that governments are interested in. Deepfakes, cheaper and more subtle ways to influence public opinions on the internet (by being able to instantly deploy thousands or millions of fully automated bots that are able to express their “opinions” in a way that is indistinguishable from humans), accurate and automated analysis of public discourse on the large scale, etc. And if you have an edge over other countries then you are able to influence their public opinions and detect (and possible counteract) when they try to influence you.

      AI is very good at analysing human-generated data, as well as generating data that looks human-created. Any entity that deals with (and desires to control) a large number of people (of which governments are prime examples) will find many uses for it.

      • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
        8·
        5 months ago

        by being able to instantly deploy thousands or millions of fully automated bots that are able to express their “opinions” in a way that is indistinguishable from humans

        “… all I see is blonde, brunette, redhead …”

        Deepfakes, cheaper and more subtle ways to influence public opinions on the internet

        I think these are already widely used.

        accurate and automated analysis of public discourse on the large scale, etc.

        It’s already there, the way the Web seems.

        AI

        It’s not an AI.

        • deadcream@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          31·
          5 months ago

          Yes it’s possible to do this now. However with further advancement of AI or whatever you call it this can be made even more effective and efficient. And any edge over the “enemy” is useful.

    • RonSijm@programming.devEnglish
      54·
      5 months ago

      What benefits to “AI supremacy” are there?

      I wasn’t saying there was any, I was saying there are benefits to the race towards it.

      In the sense of - If you could pick any subject that world governments would be in a war about - “the first to the moon”, “the first nuclear” or “first hydrogen bomb”, or “the best tank” - or “the fastest stealth air-bomber”

      I think if you picked a “tech war” (AI in this case) - Practically a race of who could build the lowest nm fabs, fastest hardware, and best algorithms - at least you end up with innovations that are useful