The power of A.I.: Cancer detection, digital twins and an 'A.I. god'

Emerging advances into artificial intelligence raise questions about the future of humanity.

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[bbtank]

Humans: "AI, please solve climate change."
AI: "Initiating Human Eradication

[cypressbutane]

'we can now deny people's health insurance claims with super efficiency thanks to our new A.I.'

[Darhan]

I appreciate the concerns over serious regulatory issues and potential harms. I dislike the disingenuous and misleading attacks on technology developers by certain AI critics. We could all be part of the solution if we work together on building a regulatory framework instead of acting like alarmist Luddites just attempting to score points with one's social media followers.

[MsYellowSkies]

22:57 when she admitted ethics isnt a part of it. Just accomodating the sponsor.

[Ohm]

Pretty arrogant of him to call it arrogant. Look at the clowns we have in government and imagine them trying to process what this tech means? Its embarrassing to think people with little to no scientific or computer background could meaningfully regulate this on their own.

[brianquigley]

I almost didn't watch this video... if the title has Meet the Press in it, I will always watch it. Great program. Kudos.

[WDWitcher]

No machine, AI or any other entity should be or have the right to read my mind.

[davidsimons]

The government agencies who will oversee this technology must become educated so that the industry is not the only entity that knows the extent of how far this can go. The government agencies can then advise Congress on what will need to be done to regulate the AI industry. It has to be done now!

[protiliusproductions]

Perhaps one of the most under discussed advances and/or threats to our culture ever showcased….

[glenyssmith]

Anything you claim A.I. might do, people already try to do. So relax.

[stevenalpha]

There was a Black Mirror episode about recreating a person that died, they used the same premises they were just talking about using info already out there. Like dickens said "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times".

[comradepickles]

Cool that they got cruella deville to sit for an interview

[asperneto]

The only guard rail the AI owners would have in mind is PROFIT!
i do believe, independent developers were motivated to use AI to solve problems they encounter in their jobs.
Not all thought of profit initially, but GREED is what will make AI dangerous to man.

[saasjunction]

*I am excited to see what the future holds for AI, but I also know that it is important to be cautious. We need to make sure that we are using AI for the benefit of all people, and we need to be prepared for the challenges it may pose.*

[OGPimpin]

Too much faith in something that is far more powerful than them and their oversized egos.

[terryrollins]

AI- survielled and stole your data illegally then took your job with it. What a benefit to all humanity 👏

[willardchi]

What happens when departments of defense use A.I. to monitor other nuclear-armed countries, and A.I. suddenly tells you another country is about to launch a nuclear surprise first strike on you?

What happens when another country's A.I. thinks you're about to launch a surprise attack on them?

[JSchreidl]

What I want in AI is PERSONALIZED service and experience. I don't like anything out right now (ChatGPT, Bard, Bing, etc.) because my experience is just like everyone else's. It has all the gee-whiz excitement of a really great vending machine. I want my AI experience to be MINE. Siri and Google Assistant do some cool things for sure, but there is no real flavor to it. To me, they're very convenient, like a nice doorknob when I want to walk through a door. I would like my AI to really know who I am and address me by name. Get to know my preferences (food, music, interests, etc). But most importantly, I want my AI to act as my personal assistant. And one that I can choose a name for and responds to my voice.

I want to be able to speak to my AI just the same way as someone would speak to their personal assistant. I want it to be nice and say good morning to me after I hit stop on my alarm on my phone and "did you sleep well?" - and respond accordingly. I want to speak conversationally with it like: "how does my day look" and tell me about my appointments. I want it to be able to tell me: "John?" "Yes Bard?" "Your 2:30 appointment this afternoon for the dentist should take you approximately 20 minutes to drive there from here, so you'll want to be ready to leave by 2:10 the latest." "Okay, thank you. Please give me a reminder 5 minutes before I need to leave." "Will do!".

Again, like a personal assistant I would like to say something like: "Hey Bard" "Yes John?" "I feel like going out to dinner tonight. Can you recommend a couple places?" "Of course, what type of cuisine and or establishment are you in the mood for?" "Italian, casual." "Okay, I see there are 7 casual Italian restaurants within a 15 minute drive from where you are. 3 of which have an average rating of 4 out of 5 on Google and Yelp." "Sounds good. Please check with my wife and see if she is free for dinner at 6:00 PM." "Yes, I checked her schedule with her assistant and she appears to be free. Would you like me to call her for you so you can confirm?" "Yes, thank you." / "Okay Bard, we are on for dinner tonight. Could you please call the restaurant and make reservations for the two of us for 6:30? Thank you."

Besides being able to assign a name for my AI assistant, I would also like to be able to customize their voice and eventually their persona (snarky, funny, make, female, etc., etc.). I (and I think everyone else) would like a virtual personal assistant that is smart, knows me, my information, my data, my family and friends and my likes and dislikes. And I want to be able to have the assistant act just as a human personal assistant could. Audio only would be just fine at first, then it would be nice to be able to create and customize an avatar capable of facial expressions to have conversations with. Then I would like it to be my virtual personal assistant / secretary / security / gate keeper by answering my calls and emails, interfacing with the personal AI's of my friends and family, and placing calls and messages on my behalf.

Whatever company can provide this type of service which would make my daily life easier, I would pay a very generous monthly fee and patronize their entire ecosystem. So get cracking! The FIRST company that can deliver what I just described will get me (and I think many others) and pretty much cement themselves as the real technology innovator for the foreseeable future. Whoever comes in 2nd place just might be out of the game altogether.

[kilmcm]

So any of you ever heard of Roko's basilisk. Its considered an infohazard. It suggests that if a General AI in the future goes rogue, and eventually develops the technology to travel in a closed time-like curve....it would start punishing ppl that didn't do everything they could, to help bring that rogue AI into existence.

[cj]

Jacob Ward is very tall🙂! The video is interesting aswell. I can't wait to see what AI brings. Doom or glory??