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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks at the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Worldcoin, founded by US tech entrepreneur Sam Altman, offers free crypto tokens to people who agree to have their eyeballs scanned.

What a perfect sentence to sum up 2023 with.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Mr Altman, who founded Open AI which built chat bot ChatGPT, says he hopes the initiative will help confirm if someone is a human or a robot.

That last line kinda creeps me out.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah that's most most sci-fi dystopian article I've read in a while.

The line where one of the people waiting to get their eyes scanned is well eye opening " I don't care what they do with the data, I just want the money", this is why they want us poor, so we need money so badly that we will impatiently hand over everything that makes us.

But we already happily hand over our DNA genome to private corporations, so what's an eye scan gonna do......

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago

That's why they just removed the military limitations in their terms of service I guess...

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago

I also want to sell my shit for every purpose but take zero responsibility for consequences.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Considering what we've decided to call AI can't actually make decisions, that's a no-brainer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

AI term means humans are no brainers

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Shouldn't, but there's absolutely nothing stopping it, and lazy tech companies absolutely will. I mean we live in a world where Boeing built a plane that couldn't fly straight so they tried to fix it with software. The tech will be abused so long as people are greedy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So long as people are rewarded for being greedy. Greedy and awful people will always exist, but the issue is in allowing them to control how things are run.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

More than just that, they're shielded from repercussions. The execs involved with ignoring all the safety concerns should be in jail right now for manslaughter. They knew better and gambled with other people's lives.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They fixed it with software and then charged extra for the software safety feature. It wasn’t until the planes started falling out of the sky that they decided they would gracefully offer it for free.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Has anyone checked on the sister?

OpenAI went from interesting to horrifying so quickly, I just can't look.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

People still like Steve Jobs.

Ugh. There's time yet.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

OpenAI went from an interesting and insightful company to a horrible and a weird one in a very little time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

People only thought it was the former before they actually learned anything about them. They were always this way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Remember when they were saying GPT-2 was too dangerous to release because people might use it to create fake news or articles about topics people commonly Google?

Hah, good times.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I’m tired of dopey white men making the world so much worse.

[–] los_chill 7 points 10 months ago

Agreed, but also one doomsday-prepping capitalist shouldn't be making AI decisions. If only there was some kind of board that would provide safeguards that ensured AI was developed for the benefit of humanity rather than profit...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

AI shouldn't make any decisions

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I am sure Zergerberg is also claiming that they are not making any life-or-death decisions. Lets see you in a couple years when the military gets involved with your shit. Oh wait they already did but I guess they will just use AI to improve soldiers' canteen experience.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

is exactly this AI will do in a near future (not dystopia)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Ummm…no fucking shit. Who was thinking that was a good idea?

[–] sus 7 points 10 months ago

probably about half of the executives this guy talks to

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

So just like shitty biased algorithms shouldn't be making life changing decisions on folks' employability, loan approvals, which areas get more/tougher policing, etc. I like stating obvious things, too. A robot pulling the trigger isn't the only "life-or-death" choice that will be (is!) automated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (16 children)

But it should drive cars? Operate strike drones? Manage infrastructure like power grids and the water supply? Forecast tsunamis?

Too little too late, Sam. 

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


ChatGPT is one of several generative AI systems that can create content in response to user prompts and which experts say could transform the global economy.

But there are also dystopian fears that AI could destroy humanity or, at least, lead to widespread job losses.

AI is a major focus of this year’s gathering in Davos, with multiple sessions exploring the impact of the technology on society, jobs and the broader economy.

In a report Sunday, the International Monetary Fund predicted that AI will affect almost 40% of jobs around the world, “replacing some and complementing others,” but potentially worsening income inequality overall.

Speaking on the same panel as Altman, moderated by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said AI was not at a point of replacing human beings but rather augmenting them.

As an example, Benioff cited a Gucci call center in Milan that saw revenue and productivity surge after workers started using Salesforce’s AI software in their interactions with customers.


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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I do think AI will become a valuable tool for doctors, etc who do make those decisions

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Using AI to base a decision on, is different from letting it make decisions

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

And yet it persuades people to choose for it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

We've been putting our lives in the hands of automated, programmed decisions for decades now if y'all haven't noticed. The traffic light that keeps you from getting T-boned. The autopilot that keeps your plane straight and level and takes workload off the pilots. The scissor lift that prevents you from raising the platform if it's too tilted. The airbag making a nanosecond-level decision on whether to deploy or not. And many more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

When there's no human to blame because the robot made the decision the ceo should carry all the blame

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