Generative AI Is About To Reset Everything, And, Yes It Will Change Your Life | Forbes

Whether you like it or not, generative AI like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion are about to change not only how you work, but how the content you consume is produced. Forbes spoke with a number of leading voices in the AI space to determine both the benefits and the dangers of this next wave of technological innovation, and find out why both tech giants as well as cutting edge startups are racing to grab their share of the market.

0:00 Introduction
1:17 What is generative AI?
2:02 Why Forbes decided to cover this story
2:18 The rise of Open AI
3:11 AI's recent hype
4:30 Stability AI and Stable Diffusion
6:39 Bill Gates thoughts on generative AI
7:53 Where AI can help in workflows
9:56 The issues with AI that need to be resolved
12:04 How do we set safeguards for AI to protect society?
15:14 How will we further incorporate AI in the future?
19:14 The idea of "platform democracy"
20:56 How we used AI for this video

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[NetiNeti]

Does Anyone Else Feel Like Everything Has Changed?

There is also this feeling that the whole world is holding it's breath. Almost as though we are all waiting for some catalyst or sign or event that puts an end to this feeling of being put on hold. This vague unexplained unease.

Everyone is disconnected from each other and there’s no longer any respect or tolerance for each other. No one likes to communicate in person anymore and everyone does things only for money rather than for purpose and meaning. We also have a loneliness epidemic.

[grundrush]

The comment at 17:37 'If an AI can replace my job, then I don't think I'm doing a good job' illustrates the common flaw in people's ability to see the massive potential of AI.

[KANJICODER]

The golden age of "video evidence" and "photographic evidence" is soon over. And we didn't even know we were in such a golden age.

[tsunchoo]

I've lived my whole life watching technology devalue everything I learned how to do.
It won't be long until this is everyone's experience.. Oh, Brave New World.

[marywimmer]

That feeling you have while watching this is our collective uneasiness at witnessing the birth of something that could destroy us forever and being powerless to stop it

[jamespowers]

It can be used for good, the guy says, and it can be used for bad. In my seven decades on this earth, corporations and governments have consistently made the wrong choice regardless of the technology.

[petal]

As an artist (Who has had their artwork stolen before) these technologies actually make me feel even less comfortable posting any of my art online

[ClellBiggs]

I simply can't understand how people can't see how devastating this is likely going to be.

[friktermind]

These interviewees seem to be very disturbed despite what they say. People will become confused, feel useless, this will just deepen the collective depression of uselessness we already feel.

[frozzennflame]

Anyone else think trusting an AI to accurately predict or present public opinion could be incredibly dangerous?

[jeannettel]

We barely know what we are doing. This is terrifying.

[EICKonaHIKE]

The only people who are optimistic about it are the handful of people who will vacuum up the money from the millions of jobs lost. That’s all it is, further consolidating money in the hands of a few.😊😊

[sunla]

This is just going to widen the gap between us common folk and billionaires and mega corporations. And it does so in unethical ways that impede on our rights.

I love automation. I love computers, and digital tools. But until AI can be trained only ethically, and greed isn't incentivized... As long as the implications of this as a whole are dystopian, I just can't get behind it.
AI will be used to aggressively milk consumers and keep the masses subdued. We are hurdling toward a horrible future. It's hard to even enjoy things when the implications make me feel nauseated.

[WattWireNet]

An old skill now becomes more important than ever: knowing what questions to ask.

[basicbutter]

I'm a truck driver, and I honestly thought I'd get btfo'd by Ai before artists would.

[Cmax]

its so nice to see how welcoming people are to their own doom

[tbnshci]

80% of the workforce is going to be unemployed and sitting on basic minimum salary a lot quicker than most think. Massive global changes coming fast.

[fontenator]

Notice how "money" is ALWAYS the #1concern for absolutely anything and just questioning that seems to short-circuit people's brains?

[videoket]

AI has a lot of potential, but I find some of the tech creators’ arrogance to be saddening. I don’t think they’ve really considered the implications of unleashing this technology wholesale into all aspects of society. I think they also underestimate the capabilities of bad actors. Is it because they’re pursuing the bottom line? I dunno. But I don’t think they are nearly as cautious as they ought to be.

[Robert-rymr]

“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”