Artificial Intelligence

[Rjk]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

They'll be driving the trains in the not-too-distant future, that's the real reason for the rail strikes, they want to slow down the advancement of technology in the industry, starting machinery with testing tracks instead of paid employees.

I don't think AI is the technology you need for automating train driving - the amount of thinking you need to do is pretty small - I guess the challenge lies in having accurate and reliable sensoring with system redundancy

[lardy]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

They'll be driving the trains in the not-too-distant future, that's the real reason for the rail strikes, they want to slow down the advancement of technology in the industry, starting machinery with testing tracks instead of paid employees.

Driverless trains already exist.

[Rjk]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

Driverless trains already exist.

Yes they'll all be driverless during the strikes

[Canton Kev]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

They'll be driving the trains in the not-too-distant future, that's the real reason for the rail strikes, they want to slow down the advancement of technology in the industry, starting machinery with testing tracks instead of paid employees.

London's DLR is about 40 years old and is driverless.

If you want an example from a much bigger and more complicated network, several of Paris' Metro lines are automated and have been since 2012.

[Wash DC Blue]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

I have listened to a few podcasts with Mo Gawdat (Former Chief of Google X)
He’s a massively inspirational character.

I highly recommend watching or listening to him.

https://youtu.be/oxRZqzth9r4

If you can’t stomach watching Piers Morgan interview him check out some of his other interviews.

[MOZZER2]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

Robot receptionists to make NHS fit for the future under a 15 year strategy.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/26/ai-admin-nhs-robots-rishi-sunak-staff-overhaul/

the shape of things to come

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

Robot receptionists to make NHS fit for the future under a 15 year strategy.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/26/ai-admin-nhs-robots-rishi-sunak-staff-overhaul/

the shape of things to come

They will be using telephones and computer systems next, you know.

[Wales-Bales]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

Like living in a box?

https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1991714955339657384

[Wash DC Blue]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

I had a read through this.

It seems as though we are in an exponential curve with AI growth and if this guy is correct, we will start seeing real world outcomes very soon.

He could be wrong, he could be right.
Are we likely to see a roll out of Universal Basic Income?

https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2021258961429655992

[JamesWales]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

Absolutely terrifying

[Wash DC Blue]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

Absolutely terrifying

There is currently a doubling function of every six months and predictions are that we see AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) next year and ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence) within two years. ASI is essentially a computer model that is smarter than all of humanity throughout history, combined.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/02/09/anthropic-ai-safety-researcher-warns-of-world-in-peril-in-resignation/

[JamesWales]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

There is currently a doubling function of every six months and predictions are that we see AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) next year and ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence) within two years. ASI is essentially a computer model that is smarter than all of humanity throughout history, combined.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormu...n-resignation/

Yeah, as I say I find it terrifying. And I know big technological changes always are; industrial revolution, media, phones, electricity, internet, whatever it may be, they do profoundly change society. It does feel like they were "of us and for us" though. I don't get that feeling at the moment, it feels really uncertain and I can't say I'm positive about it

[Wash DC Blue]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

There is a great podcast that Stephen Fry presented a couple of years before Covid called Great Leap Years.
He went into detail about pivotal inventions and the impact they had on society, like the printing press etc.

The last episode was about exponential computing and it sounded quite ominous then.

It’s a great podcast and I couldn’t recommend it highly enough.

[Wash DC Blue]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

Anyone familiar with Moltbook?
Meta just purchased it.

It’s an AI-Only Social Network Where Humans Aren’t Allowed.

https://youtu.be/2PWFj50DcZU?si=errowAGYFHIgo5YO

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Artificial Intelligence

Anyone familiar with Moltbook?
Meta just purchased it.

It’s an AI-Only Social Network Where Humans Aren’t Allowed.

https://youtu.be/2PWFj50DcZU?si=errowAGYFHIgo5YO

An Anti-Social Network perhaps.