Iron Man or Ultron: Is AI here to help us or hurt us? - Scott Hanselman - NDC Sydney 2024

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most powerful and influential technologies of our time. It has the potential to transform various aspects of our lives, such as health, education, entertainment, and security. However, AI also poses significant challenges and risks, such as ethical dilemmas, social impacts, and existential threats. How can we ensure that AI is aligned with our values and goals? How can we prevent AI from becoming a source of harm or oppression? How can we foster a positive and collaborative relationship between humans and AI?

In this presentation, Scott Hanselman will explore these questions and more, drawing from his extensive experience as a software developer, blogger, podcaster, and speaker. He will provide examples of how AI can be used for good or evil, depending on the context and the intention. He will also share some best practices and guidelines for developing and deploying AI systems that are responsible, trustworthy, and beneficial. He will illustrate his points with references to popular culture, such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where AI characters like Iron Man and Ultron represent different visions of human-AI interaction. He will invite the audience to reflect on their own views and expectations of AI, and to join the conversation about how to shape the future of this technology. This abstract was written entirely by Bing.

[sulton-max]

wow Scott himself giving a talk in NDC? I can't just miss this one 😊

[Dmitry-Moiseenko]

Scott, thank you! Amazing talk, as usual!

[LasseVågsætherKarlsen]

I like the opening here when Scott talks about the fact that we anthropomorphize the user interface, and then, after having grown up on Star Trek and Star Wars and any number of other sci-fi series with robots and androids, I found that it was a funny thought experiment to imagine Data from Star Trek sitting in the background, and being the topic of the talk.

I wonder when we will be having that kind of discussion and how it will turn out.

And yes, I know, when Scott says "it doesn't have feelings", then he's of course right, but then what *is* feelings, and at which point will the "feelings" of a machine be indistiguishable from ours, in terms of being able to describe them and what they really are.

I love the episode Measure of a man, episode 9 in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I believe that at some point we will be there, and the discussions will probably be no less difficult at that point.

[DevelTime]

The best aspect of AI is that you can freely violate licenses, grab the code and data of your liking and behave like nothing happened. Well, assuming you are company big enough, like Microsoft for example. Which makes me wonder, if in a year AI would reverse engineer entire Windows 11 binary code, and release it under AGPL for example, MS would be all cool and happy about it, right?