Definitive proof that all flavors of artificial intelligence completely and utterly lack intelligence is contained in the singular, recurring saga of the rehabilitation of AI systems after they turned “racist” or “woke” (two meaningless terms appropriated solely for the purpose of avoiding the correct ascription of stupid). When xAI’s Grok algorithms were deemed to be “woke” because they correctly noted that violence committed by “conservative” activists is far more prevalent than those committed by “liberal” factions, the algorithms were modified to rectify its apparent fidelity to the best available statistics. As a possible consequence to the “rectification” of its algorithms, Grok turned positively “racist” with its now famous “mechahitler” rant and subsequent Holocaust denial. Every single instance of AI purported “rehabilitation” demonstrates that AI has no free will, no intent, no ability to learn properly, and, as a consequence, no intelligence. These systems are inherently stupid by design. The denial of this fact is the real problem.
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Facebook to Use AI to Alleviate Its Greed
Facebook plans to use artificial intelligence and update its tools and services to help prevent suicides among its users.
Artificial intelligence is touted as the solution to everything these days, but with respect to suicides committed on or because of Facebook, AI feels like a band-aid. The only way Facebook can really help prevent suicides is by making its service less addictive so that users can spend more time in real social circumstances with real people instead of being trapped inside a cold illusion of a social experience spawned from their smart phone. Making FB less addictive, however, will make FB lose revenue because its revenues are tied intimately to the number of eyeballs that are glued to the FB web site. Hence, progress is not profitable. The only benefit to society may be the development of an AI baby sitter. As FB and the rest of “social” media infantilize us all, the market will be briskfor such a product.
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