AI... A new dawn, or the demise of humanity ?

[phenomlab]

@crazycells The one thing that REALLY pushes my buttons is the ad-blocker warning page that repeatedly asks you to disable it to read the content. Nope - not happening. It’s for that same reason as to why you’ll never need a popup blocker on Sudonix.

[crazycells]

@phenomlab yes, the same for me, I just close the tab and do not read anything when I see those on the page… I think people are becoming more privacy-conscious… and websites have to understand that they are not indispensable…

I also feel those warnings are very disregardful, so we do not use those either

[phenomlab]

@crazycells Exactly. I have an adblocker for a reason, and asking me to turn it off is almost like asking a police officer to remove their bullet proof vest. These products exist for a reason and I’m not willing to negate my own security to read an article I can get for free elsewhere without having to lower any defences.

[phenomlab]

https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musks-neuralink-shows-first-brain-chip-patient-playing-chess-13098957

There’s a reference in this article to “Cyborgs are the future”…

Marvel at Noland. He is a cyborg, part human, part machine. And he is the future.

Take from that what you will…

[crazycells]

[phenomlab]

@crazycells Now isn’t that a frightening concept!

[crazycells]

@phenomlab well, I am happy for him (the 29 years old patient). Currently, I do not see this being used any other form, it has been and will be very beneficial for people who are paralyzed after birth and only lost control of their muscles afterbirth although their brain can generate the required signal… This company has just left the cords aside and did everything wirelessly…

If they have any other use case, they have to show us first… I know they aim high, but the success rate in these things are very low, so I hope they improve its applications, and others can benefit…

I also wish Elon was not involved in this, because he became synonymous with “fraud” and not many people will trust him…

[phenomlab]

@crazycells said in AI... A new dawn, or the demise of humanity ?:

This company has just left the cords aside and did everything wirelessly

My concern here is the security. Can you imagine the recipient of this device being “hacked”? (in whatever shape or form that would look like - I expect some form of proximity attack would be necessary - rather like NFC)

[crazycells]

@phenomlab you are right, that is a possibility…

is there any way to make these devices one-way transmission only? or that is also not a good solution?

[phenomlab]

@crazycells they’d have to be transmit and receive to work properly I think, so bidirectional.

There would need to be a secret passphrase between the two devices at the very least to secure the communication channel.

[phenomlab]

@crazycells Found this - a good read, and completely plausible

https://cisomag.com/how-brainjacking-became-a-new-cybersecurity-risk-in-health-care/

What is Brainjacking?

Brainjacking is a kind of cyberattack in which a hacker obtains unauthorized access to neural implants in a human body. Hacking surgically implanted devices in a human brain could allow an attacker to control the patient’s cognition and functions, potentially resulting in drastic consequences.

Brain implants also referred to as neural implants, are microchips that connect directly to a human’s brain to establish a brain-computer interface (BCI) in the brain that has become dysfunctional due to medical issues.

[crazycells]

@phenomlab well, yeah, I guess this is possible, and you would know much more about this since you are a security expert. They have to take a lot of precautions for this not to happen. I am only talking about the biology perspective, and to me, this hacking would more likely affect the movements of the muscles only rather than cause any cognitive effect. Because this device is basically just sensing the activity on brain and interprets it and relay the information as movement… I am not sure if this is working in reverse… I do not think they have showed us this so far…

[phenomlab]

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68789880

[phenomlab]

Interesting. London has been identified as a huge talent pool for AI by Microsoft.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ger7j9vzpo

[crazycells]

@phenomlab nice… good for London… probably the best city in Europe for this purpose…

I recognize Mustafa Suleyman’s name from Deepmind, the creator of AlphaZero, AlphaGo, and AlphaFold… Apparently he is captured by Microsoft recently

Edit: well, I forgot to mention, his name is very Turkish so I wondered his background at the time, it turns out his father is Syrian… (just like Steve Jobs lol)

[phenomlab]

@phenomlab said in AI... A new dawn, or the demise of humanity ?:

https://news.sky.com/story/taylor-swift-white-house-says-sexually-explicit-fake-images-of-pop-star-very-alarming-13057221

Seems this specific issue is becoming more widespread

https://news.sky.com/story/fake-sexual-images-creators-could-face-prison-under-new-law-praised-by-love-island-star-13116370

[crazycells]

@phenomlab yeah, unfortunately I heard about this being used in some high schools, people are creating fake explicit images of their classmates…

hopefully, this law becomes more common.

although thinking about it… why is it not criminal offense already? you are trying to harm someone and doing something actively to achieve this (spreading wrong info and cause reputation damage)…

maybe there were holes in the defamation related laws, and hopefully this will close all the loopholes…

[phenomlab]

@crazycells Agree. The distribution of Revenge Porn is already illegal, so why is this not? it’s technically along the same lines?

[phenomlab]

https://www.techerati.com/news-hub/uk-competition-regulator-concerned-about-ai-foundation-models/

[phenomlab]

Here’s an interesting topic.

https://news.sky.com/story/disgruntled-school-worker-accused-of-using-ai-to-create-fake-recording-of-principal-on-racist-rant-13123186

The perpetrator of this crime used AI to fake an anti-sematic message which was then circulated widely and placed the victim of the impersonation (and family) at high risk of harm.

Scott Shellenberger, the Baltimore County state’s attorney, added: “We also need to take a broader look at how this technology can be used and abused to harm other people.”

Not the first, or the last.