Seriously? More Bullshit About AI
Right, so the Biden administration spent who knows how much taxpayer money on a report about AI safety that they didn’t even want to publish. Fantastic use of resources, honestly. Apparently, some bright sparks in NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) were tasked with figuring out what could go wrong when these glorified pattern-matchers get too clever for their own good.
The gist? It’s all about “systemic risk.” Not like, the system crashing because someone forgot a semicolon, but existential threats. They’re worried about AI being used for disinformation campaigns (like anyone *needs* AI to spread lies), bioweapon design (because apparently lab accidents aren’t enough anymore), and generally screwing up everything because… well, they can. It’s mostly vague hand-wringing about needing better standards, more testing, and international cooperation – you know, the usual bureaucratic garbage.
The really pathetic part? The White House buried it because they didn’t want to spook people or “hand ammunition to China.” So instead of being upfront about potential dangers, they’re hoping nobody notices while these things get more powerful. Brilliant strategy. Absolutely brilliant. They also seem terrified of stifling innovation, which is code for “we don’t want to tell Silicon Valley what to do.”
Oh, and there’s a whole section about AI “hallucinations” being a problem. Like, *no shit*. These things are glorified autocomplete on steroids; they make stuff up constantly! You needed a government report for that? I swear…
Basically, it’s a lot of panicked flapping and not much substance. They’re trying to sound important while simultaneously avoiding actually doing anything meaningful. Don’t expect this to change the trajectory of AI development one bit.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-biden-administrations-unpublished-report-on-ai-safety/
Speaking of systemic risk, I once had to debug a routing protocol that was actively trying to create black holes in the internet because some idiot configured it wrong. The AI safety report is less coherent than *that* mess. And at least I could fix my problem with a few well-placed commands. Good luck fixing this one, humanity.
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