Artificial Intelligence

[SGR]

I took a look through and didn't see any threads about AI - I thought we had one, but maybe I'm thinking of MB.

How do you feel about the current state of artificial intelligence? Have you done anything neat or interesting with AI yet? What are your fears or concerns with AI moving forward? What laws or regulations should be passed concerning AI?

Here's a recent video I saw - pretty crazy that I could see myself owning one of these and talking to it just for the conversation - almost like...a friend? I fully believe we'll get to the point where our brains won't be able to distinguish the difference between talking to AI and talking to another human. The physical expressiveness of this robot is a wonderful feature, and adds another layer beyond talking to 'dumb' AI's like Alexa.

For those who haven't ever seen it, check out this site, which will, with AI, generate the face of a person who doesn't exist every time you reload the page:

https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/

When isolated to just the face, you legitimately can't tell it's not a picture of a real person.

[jimmy jazz]

I can't believe how realistic it's getting.



My friend made this for me when I was feeling down. It's my cat watching the Villa match on his phone.

[Psy-Fi]

Behind the scenes at a sex robot factory

[jimmy jazz]

Behind the scenes at a sex robot factory

Yeh tbh sex robots also entered my mind.

 

[Lisnaholic]

^ "...shelves with books: a taste for knowledge or just for show....a desk, a chair, the usual trappings of human productivity - or procrastination. Can't tell from here..."

That is just wonderful use of language, imo - and your cat is really cute too, jimmy jazz !
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Not as tittilating as sex robots, I'm afraid, but this is my experience with AI as a teacher:-
The slow-moving school doesn't have a firm policy on its use as a writing tool for students, so teachers just make up their own rules about grading AI generated work.....yeah, I'm sure we talked about this in another thread, didn't we? I remember Guybrush talking about how he uses it at work...

[FETCHER.]

Behind the scenes at a sex robot factory

That's the weirdest thing I have ever seen but I couldn't look away or stop reading 😂

[innerspaceboy]

I spent 2023 researching AI, compiling AI articles, studies, news, and media, reading literature on AI, and created an AI-themed event series for the national headquarters of The Center for Inquiry. The events went really well.

I posted to the ChatGPT thread here a while back about projections of job loss/restructuring due to AI. There I wrote:

I included job loss forecast studies in my research for the five AI events I conceived and hosted for The Center for Inquiry. I'll share a few of them below for your consideration. I agree that it won't be a situation of pure job loss - more of a restructuring, but the transitional period may be incredibly difficult.

According to this McKinsey study, 30% of the world's workforce will lose their job to AI within 7 years. An expected 400 to 800 million people will lose their job due to Artificial Intelligence by 2030, which means a third of the world's workforce loses their livelihoods.

And an Oxford University study from 2013 forecast that 47% of all US jobs will be lost to automation.

And a more recent study by Goldman Sachs in March predicts that 300 Million Jobs Will Be Lost Or Degraded By Artificial Intelligence

The World Economic Forum (WEF) concluded in a 2020 report that 85 million jobs will be displaced by AI.

A 2019 Wells Fargo study concluded that robots would eliminate 200,000 jobs in the banking industry alone within the next 10 years.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

[Lexi Darling]

Why is it always female sexbots, can't us male-attracted people have fun too?

I bet a threesome between Aaron, myself, and our beefcake robo-butler Jefferton would be absolutely incredible.

[SGR]

I can't believe how realistic it's getting.



My friend made this for me when I was feeling down. It's my cat watching the Villa match on his phone.

Lol, your cat looks exactly like my cat! (not AI)

[SGR]

Why is it always female sexbots, can't us male-attracted people have fun too?

I bet a threesome between Aaron, myself, and our beefcake robo-butler Jefferton would be absolutely incredible.

Honest answer?

Because female sexbots are a more lucrative market, at least right now. There's a much higher number of lonely men who don't have dating prospects than there is lonely women who don't have dating prospects. The male sexbots will be what comes after.

Also, a different view, once there are 'male sexbots', the creators/manufacturing company/somebody would need to be held responsible/liable for 'robot rape', if we're assuming that the male robot will penetrate the female human. I'm sure we could all imagine a few ways that might go wrong.

[Lexi Darling]

Honest answer?

Because female sexbots are a more lucrative market, at least right now. There's a much higher number of lonely men who don't have dating prospects than there is lonely women who don't have dating prospects. The male sexbots will be what comes after.

I understand that angle, I was mostly being facetious lol.

I also read further in the article and it does in fact mention that male sexbots are being developed. We'll be bringing Jefferton home in no time!

[SGR]

I understand that angle, I was mostly being facetious lol.

I also read further in the article and it does in fact mention that male sexbots are being developed. We'll be bringing Jefferton home in no time!

Where does the name of 'Jefferton' come from? 

I'm kind of concerned what sexbots will do to human male-female relationships in the long run. I don't see how it doesn't end up devaluing them to some degree.

[FETCHER.]

I imagine it becomes like Ready Player One and they all have VR sex.

Edit: or sex with those dolls. I wouldn't be surprised. I think social media has made people weird 😂. I feel like the world will eventually have birth rates go way down and the virginity age goes up.

[Psy-Fi]

Frank Zappa - Sy Borg

[Lexi Darling]

Where does the name of 'Jefferton' come from? 

I'm kind of concerned what sexbots will do to human male-female relationships in the long run. I don't see how it doesn't end up devaluing them to some degree.

Haha, the name is a reference to Tom Goes to the Mayor, the most underrated oldschool adult swim show. I was trying to think of kinda posh butlery names and that just popped into my head. 

It is interesting to think about. I'd love to be optimistic and say sexbots might satisfy predatory or abusive people and help keep them from going after the vulnerable. I really have no clue how it would actually play out, though.