AI – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:00:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 AI – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 Why we are afraid of AI https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/23/why-we-are-afraid-of-ai/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/23/why-we-are-afraid-of-ai/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:44:10 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=34620 Continue reading Why we are afraid of AI →]]> In Western culture, at least, we have a healthy fear, or an unhealthy fear, I can’t decide, of Artificial Intelligent. That fear may be justified, but any such justification is a product of our culture, not rational discourse. I say that with certainty because that’s how everything is, as I’m sure you already know. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t be afraid (or that we should). I’m saying that like almost everything else we claim to believe, we didn’t work it out in a Baconian framework, but rather, came to that belief using the same process of mind we come to most of our beliefs by.

So, where does the cultural trait of fear of AI in Western society come from? The same place all cultural traits come from. Movies. (And other conduits of received knowledge.)

I’m teaching a class on a related topic, and in so doing put together a series of video clips that I thought I’d share. Have a watch, and feel free to discuss. You’ve seen most of these already.

They are in a sort of order.


(Hat Tip Parker)

Comic relief. How hackers meet and fall in love:

Modern consequences. One tipping point among many:

The most annoying man in the world almost certainly being wrong:

What have I missed?

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