#also i only have all this salt because the matrix made my mom distrust learning AI technology | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

galacticnova3 · 5 years ago

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Don't forget "I'm nitpicking this thing because it is a real thing, though in a fantasy environment, being written unrealistically and presented in a way that treats it as if it is accurate, and therefore has led others to make decisions and form opinions on the real thing based on this false information about it"

It’s important to recognize the difference between “I’m nitpicking scientific facts because I’m willfully ignoring how suspension of disbelief, fantasy, and sci-fi work and just trying to be obnoxious about how unrealistic this is”, and “I’m nitpicking scientific facts because there are actually some intriguing worldbuilding possibilities if we use them that can add another dimension to the story”, and “I’m nitpicking scientific facts because considering the real-world implications of how this would happen are FUCKING HILARIOUS”

#admittedly im talking about stuff that makes learning AI out to want to be more efficient and replace us to do so #because it just doesnt work like that; at least not unless the programmers specifically write the system to view humans as an obstacle #then theres shit like the matrix ''oh they use humans as a power source''#that just doesnt make sense; i dont mean that in a sense of it couldnt happen #i mean it because if the AI are looking for an efficient power source theres so many other options for it that are more efficient #like think about it. how much energy is being spent to keep the humans alive vs how much is produced #when theres options like solar power or hydroelectric or nuclear or fuckin potato batteries or literally anything else #why would an AI come to that conclusion when it is blatantly incorrect #when AI make mistakes they make them in terms of being effective but in yhe wrong way #like the soccer robots that were kinda rewarded or w/e for touching the ball; they just learned to vibrate and therefore rapidly touch it #realistically the AI wouldve done something like delegate an unrealistic amount of space to energy sources(ex. no farms only windmills #rather than take the extra time and irrelevant data to figure out both how to use humans as energy sources and keep them alive #also i only have all this salt because the matrix made my mom distrust learning AI technology #like yea admittedly shes not always the brightest tool in the fridge but i also doubt shes the only person with the same false assumptions #anyways the matrix is stupid thanks for coming to my ted rant

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