Monday, May 20, 2024

Not in my wheelhouse - for now ....


'A post Christian era will not be a secular liberal utopia, an atheist paradise, it will NOT be secular humanism but neo-pagan'.

My familiarity with state of the art warfare and intelligence systems peaked in the '80s.  Both of my sons are involved in 'cloud' and AI (one intensely) and I struggle to get my head around AI and quantum.  

'Not zero risk, not zero cost.'

Disturbing discussion of the 'dark' (VERY dark) side of AI in a podcast I listened to today.  (listen to in entirety, discussion beginning at 1:09 is the heart of it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5lhYT7pb_k

(Source wrt the NYT story (paywalled) - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html )

The accuracy of CS Lewis' forecast for today in "That Hideous Strength" is both amazing and frightening. Not reading that and discussing the topic of AI is akin to not reading "Unrestricted Warfare" and discussing China's foreign policy goals.

I've mentioned my suspicion of AI earlier.   Back in 2020 (1) I included with concern this quote from a new age military strategy expert ....

( https://nexttobagend.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-war-we-are-in.html 

snip

//Nuclear war // escalatory pathways in this new era of strategic competition will be less predictable. Indeed, increasingly sophisticated sub-conventional tactics such as disinformation and weaponized social media, the blurring of nuclear-conventional firebreaks, and the continuing diffusion of global power to regional nuclear states are adding new challenges and additional complexity to crisis management

Moving forward, emerging technologies will exacerbate these challenges and risks. Technologically advanced influence operations can use AI to precisely and efficiently target vulnerable individuals and communities with tailored messages and influence strategies, while also enhancing the speed and responsiveness of messages focused on the broader public. 

snip

Let's put "L0ab" into our DOD systems.  What could go wrong?


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