How could Artificial Intelligence become dangerous?

[California]

My employer had about 350 or so 286 PCs and a system that would have stopped functioning at Y2K. So I purchase little clock cards that supported 4 digit year

I wish the techs where I worked had that much influence. 'Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM' was the top down attitude in this Large Government Organization.

McKinsey Consulting * was engaged to advise Y2K remediation. We (at grunt level) were given printed forms to fill out describing literally everything. I protested that battery operated wall clocks didn't need to be tallied, I was over ruled. Ok whatever. But then I got a call from a friend. He was hair-on-fire angry that several Mac monitors that were retired and stacked in a hallway had to be evaluated in detail for Y2K sensitivity. There's no clock in a monitor! Total nonsense. Your Tax Dollars At Work.



* McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm that advises both private and public sector organizations on a wide range of issues. They focus on helping clients achieve substantial and lasting improvements in their performance. McKinsey is known for its prestige, influence, and its ability to attract top talent.

 

[Eagle1]

Even pregnancy can soon be farmed out
‘Pregnancy robots’ could give birth to human children in revolutionary breakthrough — and a game-changer for infertile couples

 

[ruffdog]

Even pregnancy can soon be farmed out
‘Pregnancy robots’ could give birth to human children in revolutionary breakthrough — and a game-changer for infertile couples

Interesting.....the rich could then manufacture their own peasants to work for them.

 

[California]

Interesting.....the rich could then manufacture their own peasants to work for them.

The Jeffersons again! Who would have thought ....

 

[Eagle1]

Interesting.....the rich could then manufacture their own peasants to work for them.

Back to the days of lots o kids to work the land....

 

[California]

Back to the days of lots o kids to work the land....

This time with chips in their heads?

 

[Hay Dude]

Can you say... never ending high inflation?

You’re being disingenuous as you flail around to uphold illegal immigration. High wages are the perfect cure for inflation.
Besides, inflation is very low. If it goes up a little and wages go up, it won’t be felt.

Let’s put it this way:
Would you rather have 20 million illegal immigrants pick your alvacodos and make your Brie so it can cost less? Or would you rather have Americans working the jobs illegal immigrants work making more money, and get paid a little more?

You know using illegal immigrants for labor is wrong from all angles. Morally, ethically and legally. Quit your losing argument while you’re ahead.

Met SAM

That can’t be used in every place brick is laid. Bricks still have to be cut, struck, and joints have to be cleaned. Mortar still has to be mixed. Still lots of humans needed to build that wall.
Besides, thats robotics, not AI.
The brick laying robot has been around before AI.

While we’re on robotics: I’d be more worried about robotics eliminating trade jobs than AI eliminating trade jobs.

 

[Hay Dude]

Interesting.....the rich could then manufacture their own peasants to work for them.

You should look into that.

 

[California]

would you rather have Americans working the jobs illegal immigrants work making more money, and pay a little more?

You know using illegal immigrants for labor is wrong from all angles. Morally, ethically and legally.

Seems to me the moral solution is to make immigrant labor legal. Then enforce minimum wage laws. And arrest non-compliant employers. That's the gaping hole in the situation presently.

You don't seem to realize that employers can't find American citizens to do farm labor. They get hired in good faith then quit from exhaustion mid day - that's the common result. Not tough enough to keep up with the Mexicans.

Long ago, HS age, I picked fruit one summer. I saw this happen for real, and doing piecework I doubt I had 1/4 the production of the folks I worked alongside.

 

[Hay Dude]

Seems to me the moral solution is to make immigrant labor legal.

That already exists

Then enforce minimum wage laws. And arrest non-compliant employers. That's the gaping hole in the situation presently.

Nah, if the borders were closely monitored, that is all unecessary. It also gets rids of another block of gubmit enforcement and keeps taxes lower.

You don't seem to realize that employers can't find American citizens to do farm labor. They get hired in good faith then quit from exhaustion mid day - that's the common result. Not tough enough to keep up with the Mexicans.

No, no, no. I know plenty of legal American men who work their asses off all day. I am one of them. I don’t take lunch breaks, either. My son will do same, so do my helpers.

Long ago, HS age, I picked fruit one summer. I saw this happen for real, and doing piecework I doubt I had 1/4 the production of the folks I worked alongside.

That statement is ridiculous. How could anyone who’s new at a job keep up with a seasoned professional? You were a boy. They were men.
Maybe you’re just not man enough….sure seems like it? You drive a Subaru by any chance? Wear masks outside? Just askin’…