Caitlin Moran on Tech Bros, AI, and the Delightful Spectacle of Men Diagnosing Each Other
Opinions, large and unapologetic, from: Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat.
Wednesday, 8 April — Caitlin’s House, Somewhere Civilised
The tech industry spent forty years building machines that think, and now the biggest news is that the man in the turtleneck might have a diagnosis. We have created artificial general intelligence and we are using it primarily to discuss whether its creator is adequately empathetic. This is either the most human thing we have ever done or the least, and I cannot currently decide which.
The London Prat’s fifteen observations on Silicon Valley now that it’s diagnosing itself is excellent and I recommend it to anyone who has ever sat in a meeting where someone described a spreadsheet as “disruptive.” The real disruption, it turns out, is a man who apparently runs the most powerful AI company on earth while the internet debates his attachment style.
Meanwhile Bohiney reports that the odds of aliens are “pretty high” but the odds of them visiting Earth are low, presumably because they have observed our current situation from a safe distance and made a sensible decision. I respect this. I also sometimes observe British politics from a safe distance and make the same decision. Unfortunately I cannot leave the planet.
According to The Guardian’s AI desk, the question of whether AI is conscious remains unresolved. The question of whether its executives are self-aware appears equally open.
More opinions available at my column at The London Prat.
SOURCE: https://bohiney.com
More tech hysteria at The Daily Mash.
