Hacker reverse engineers his Samsung TV and finds on-device AI listening for your dog and baby, watching what you watch, and borrowing your soundbar's mic if the TV doesn't have one. Then OpenAI banned him for reverse-engineering it.

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[–] 5 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I think the point is people like the person hacking Samsung smart TVs with AI should get some credit, purist "AI bad" takes don't account for this. Also if there's regulation it's likely to start by targeting good uses like that one. Fuck OpenAI though.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    1 good thing coming of it, doesn't wipe away all the fucking harm AI is causing. If AI never blew up, the world would be better off. It's introduced a whole host of problems we didnt need, just for the sake of a few people getting richer.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago*

    1 good thing coming of it, doesn’t wipe away all the fucking harm AI is causing. If AI never blew up, the world would be better off. It’s introduced a whole host of problems we didnt need

    So what though? You don't have the option of getting rid of it, and it's a technology, not a person. Nuance is called for, especially if the alternative is refusing to acknowledge good things people do with it, or focusing condemnation on "AI" as a monolithic entity instead of the particular people and companies doing harm with it. Case in point, OpenAI banning this person.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (2 children)

    I'm sorry, but AI generally remains "bad" until regulation takes place, community concerns about data centres are properly considered and protections are put in place. Right now, billionaires and corporations are running amok and that usually doesn't end well.

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