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AI has become Sauron’s Ring

We recorded 3 claims from this post. 3 can’t be checked. 1 more is held. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (3)

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  1. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    Observation

    “AI didn’t *have* to go down such a shitty path of enabling and accelerating surveillance capitalism, misinformation, nonconsensual deepfake porn, IP theft, etc.”

    Our reading: AI has gone down a path of enabling and accelerating surveillance capitalism, misinformation, nonconsensual deepfake porn and IP theft, which was not inevitable.

    No horizon

  2. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    Causal claim

    “But the science has been corrupted by money.”

    Our reading: The science of AI has been corrupted by money.

    No horizon

  3. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    Recommendation or value judgment

    “I pray that we can return to AI that is genuinely in the public interest.”

    Our reading: AI development should go back to being genuinely in the public interest.

    No horizon

Held from this post (1)

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