• PKMKII [none/use name]
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    4 days ago

    "Yes, the needs in this area [climate change] will be a problem, but I'd rather bet on AI solving the problem than constraining it and having the problem," Schmidt said.

    Look, the giant treat printer might just generate crappy “art” and half-baked business proposals for failing upwards MBAs to mass-generate in lieu of doing actual executive work, but do you really want to limit it from using the energy equivalent of several medium-sized countries in case it does solve the problem it’s creating?

    In 2022, Schmidt founded White Stork, a defense company that develops AI-powered drones. At a lecture at Stanford University in April, Schmidt said the war in Ukraine had turned him into an "arms dealer." He also said that White Stork would "use AI in complicated, powerful ways for these essentially robotic wars."

    elmofire

    • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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      4 days ago

      cyber-lenin: In three years, Cyberdyne White Stork will become the largest supplier of military computer systems. All stealth bombers are upgraded with White Stork computers, becoming fully unmanned. Afterwards, they fly with a perfect operational record. The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes online on August 4th, 2027. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 AM, Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.

      porky-happy But for those 25 days our share prices were like BOOM! stonks-up to-the-moon