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AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC (www.bbc.com)
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I'm not an AI techie and I'm not well educated on LLMs/AI in general. The issue I'm having is the dichotomy between how people talk about it. I've heard completely opposite ends of the spectrum. From AI is quickly becoming advanced enough to threaten human society, all the way to its a glorified dictionary/search engine that can't really do much of anything. I know Lemmy has a steep anti-AI slant. But, can someone talk about this in a way I can wrap my head around why the divide seems so big?

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[–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

You may be thinking of the first episode of the US version of Max Headroom?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekg45ub8bsk

"The only people that inactive are pensioners, the sick, or the unemployed. I mean, come on. Who really cares?"

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    No that wasnt it.

    The video took place in an office. 2 people were in the office. I feel like the main person looked like or was Zack Gilifanakis.

    Every minute the clock would announce the new time. He ended up talk to the other lady in the room about how some person on the floor above exploded or blew up or something?

    I was a short skit. Only a few minutes long.

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