I asked chatgpt when CC cigar prices will drop in 500 words, here’s what it said:

[frenchkiwi]

This is cool and also scary, particularly the Poe poem. Imagine the fake press releases and essays that can already be generated ad nauseam.

On the other hand, what are the positive applications? I can't think of any off the top of my head, but surely ...

..

 

[KnightsAnole]

9 minutes ago, frenchkiwi said:

This is cool and also scary, particularly the Poe poem. Imagine the fake press releases and essays that can already be generated ad nauseam.

On the other hand, what are the positive applications? I can't think of any off the top of my head, but surely ...

I 100% agree with you. It’s both exciting and terrifying. Many of the potential problems haven’t even been thought of yet and there are many that we have thought of, and don’t have a solution for yet. Here’s how the AI thinks it can help:

There are several potential positive impacts of AI in society, including:

Improved efficiency and productivity in a wide range of industries, such as healthcare, transportation, and manufacturing.

Advancements in medical research and personalized medicine, through the analysis of large amounts of medical data.

Increased safety in areas such as self-driving cars and drones.

Improved decision-making and prediction capabilities, which can be used in fields such as finance, economics, and weather forecasting.

Assistance in completing tedious and dangerous tasks, such as disaster response and space exploration.

The development of more intelligent and user-friendly virtual assistants and personal devices.

The creation of new job opportunities and career fields in the technology industry.

Improved accessibility for people with disabilities through the development of assistive technologies.

[El Presidente]

8 minutes ago, KnightsAnole said:

There are several potential positive impacts of AI in society, including:

The disruption of existing search engine empires

[KnightsAnole]

31 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

The disruption of existing search engine empires

Indeed, it thinks that too:

AI can aid in the disruption of existing search engine empires by providing more accurate and personalized search results, as well as by making the search process more efficient. For example, AI algorithms can be used to understand the intent behind a search query and provide relevant results, rather than just matching keywords. Additionally, AI can be used to automatically summarize and organize large amounts of information, making it easier for users to find what they're looking for. Finally, AI can also be used to analyze and understand user behavior, allowing search engines to adapt and improve their results over time.

 

[helix]

HAL 9000 .😬 

[Corylax18]

You're messing with us, right? I mean seriously. 

2 pages of a thread and this thing hasn't said a single word that actually means anything. Its just airy fluff. Apparently enough to impress the masses(its not hard to fool a fool), but far from game changing. Sure, great for writing news copy (which is a cut and paste exercise anyway) but its no where close to being "intelligent".

The search engine paragraph above is a perfect example of worthless drivel. Not only does the "bot" not understand the ENTIRE PURPOSE of the search engine industry, but every sentence is an explanation of how chatgp can take money away from search engine companies. It better "evolve" fast because its quickly going the way of the dodo bird.  

[PigFish]

… nonsense! Not having a means to distinguish propaganda from reality make it worthless.

A quote generator for mindless masses!

[canadianbeaver]

My Hal’s name is Bond Roberts. My AI is various news across the internet to understand what is going on in the up to the minute cigar market today. I have tons of cigars, been at it for years but I am not the brightest lighter here.

 

Empty shops worldwide, the introduction of black lights for home collectors everywhere and secondary markets for the Chinese market are three elements that can determine cc costs today IMO. 😎

 

CB

[rcarlson]

So shocked we have a new form of internet consensus generator.    

[Bijan]

49 minutes ago, PigFish said:

… nonsense! Not having a means to distinguish propaganda from reality make it worthless.

A quote generator for mindless masses!

On the plus side, AI bots may finally cure people of their tendency to believe everything they read.

And force us all, to apply common sense to everything we read, no matter how well written.

This is in fact, why the established players (such as Google), didn't want to apply the technology. People just mindlessly search google, without questioning things. if you have an AI that gives you very very very false results 1% of the time, that may sour users to the whole enterprise or at least make them think twice before hitting enter.

[KnightsAnole]

5 hours ago, rcarlson said:

So shocked we have a new form of internet consensus generator.    

“No, I am a language model trained by OpenAI to generate human-like text. I can provide information, answer questions, and assist with various tasks, but my responses are based on the data I've been trained on and the algorithms used to generate them, rather than a consensus of the internet.”

 

5 hours ago, PigFish said:

… nonsense! Not having a means to distinguish propaganda from reality make it worthless.

A quote generator for mindless masses!

That’s true. It can’t distinguish propaganda from reality yet. But we’re not far off. It’s progressing fast but, this tech is still in its infancy.

[rcarlson]

1 hour ago, KnightsAnole said:

That’s true. It can’t distinguish propaganda from reality yet. But we’re not far off. It’s progressing fast but, this tech is still in its infancy.

Soon it will be trained not to slip up by spouting something other than propaganda.  

[Corylax18]

Chat GPT = Karen Collins. Extraordinary. 

 

[RDB]

The tech is just terrifying. This is just an early stage of something that will very quickly become immensely more powerful. To the ultimate and serious detriment of humanity, but it’s very hard to stop.

[KnightsAnole]

14 minutes ago, RDB said:

The tech is just terrifying. This is just an early stage of something that will very quickly become immensely more powerful. To the ultimate and serious detriment of humanity, but it’s very hard to stop.

I’d agree. At this stage, chatgpt isn’t much more than elaborate plagiarism, but, it’s plain to see the writing on the wall. The tech is moving faster than our laws, much faster, and therein lies a huge problem.

[helix]

6 hours ago, PigFish said:

Not having a means to distinguish propaganda from reality make it worthless.

Yeah,  like a lot of folks.

[El Presidente]

How are those driverless cars going? 

 

In 2016, Lyft president John Zimmer took to Medium to claim that “the majority” of trips carried out by the ride-sharing company would happen in fully autonomous cars “within five years.” 

 

[KnightsAnole]

38 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

How are those driverless cars going? 

 

In 2016, Lyft president John Zimmer took to Medium to claim that “the majority” of trips carried out by the ride-sharing company would happen in fully autonomous cars “within five years.” 

 

 

Company owners regularly make ambitious predictions of their future… It’s hardly a measure of the tech though.

[El Presidente]

1 minute ago, KnightsAnole said:

 

Company owners regularly make ambitious predictions of their future… It’s hardly a measure of the tech though.

But is is a measure of the "overshoot" that is rampant within tech/AI

Driverless cars should be everywhere now. Crypto is taking over the world let alone NFT's. The sky's should be full of drones delivering groceries/shopping to homes. 

I am not diminishing the future of AI. Simply pointing out that AI is the current tech darling. There is a cupboard full of former tech darlings whose stars have fallen far short of expectation. 

 

 

[KnightsAnole]

1 minute ago, El Presidente said:

But is is a measure of the "overshoot" that is rampant within tech/AI

Driverless cars should be everywhere now. Crypto is taking over the world let alone NFT's. The sky's should be full of drones delivering groceries/shopping to homes. 

I am not diminishing the future of AI. Simply pointing out that AI is the current tech darling. There is a cupboard full of former tech darlings whose stars have fallen far short of expectation. 

No doubt, I agree it’s been getting a lot of attention. But this tech isn’t going the way of Betamax any time soon. We are still a very long way away from true AI.

[RDB]

Let’s not think short term. The Roman empire lasted 400 years, the Carolignian 500 or so. Where will AI be in 50?

[El Presidente]

10 minutes ago, RDB said:

Let’s not think short term. The Roman empire lasted 400 years, the Carolignian 500 or so.

The Babylonian empire 1355 years! 

12 minutes ago, RDB said:

Where will AI be in 50?

Likely nothing that resembles what we are conceiving today. 

[KnightsAnole]

19 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Likely nothing that resembles what we are conceiving today. 

In 50 we will be approaching the singularity. A point which AI grows beyond our ability to control it.

[Corylax18]

Space Odyssey 2001 was released what, 65 years ago? In my life time AI has as much chance of taking over as Fusion energy does of becoming a real thing. They've both been 20-30 years away for the last 60 to 70 years. I think Terminator becomes real before fusion energy does, but we shouldn't be wasting any of our time worrying about either. 

[KnightsAnole]

21 minutes ago, Corylax18 said:

Space Odyssey 2001 was released what, 65 years ago? In my life time AI has as much chance of taking over as Fusion energy does of becoming a real thing. They've both been 20-30 years away for the last 60 to 70 years. I think Terminator becomes real before fusion energy does, but we shouldn't be wasting any of our time worrying about either. 

There are many examples of science fiction that has become science fact. Here are a few examples:

“In the early 20th century, science fiction writers predicted the development of television, which has become a common household technology today.

Jules Verne's 1865 novel "From the Earth to the Moon" predicted the use of a rocket to travel to the moon, which was later accomplished by the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.

Arthur C. Clarke's 1945 short story "Extra-Terrestrial Relays" described the concept of using satellites for communication, which is now a widely used technology for television and radio broadcasting, as well as for GPS navigation.

Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" explores the theme of artificial intelligence and robots, which is now an active field of research and development.

The Star Trek series has predicted several technologies such as flip-phone, the tablet, and the use of biometric identification.

George Orwell's "1984" (1949) has predicted the widespread use of surveillance technology and the impact on society.

These are just a few examples, but it's worth noting that many science fiction predictions are still works in progress or have yet to become reality.”