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AI... A new dawn, or the demise of humanity ?
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@crazycells Now isn’t that a frightening concept!
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@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…
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@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)
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@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?
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@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.
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@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.
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@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…
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Interesting. London has been identified as a huge talent pool for AI by Microsoft.
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@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)
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@phenomlab said in AI... A new dawn, or the demise of humanity ?:
Seems this specific issue is becoming more widespread
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@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…
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@crazycells Agree. The distribution of Revenge Porn is already illegal, so why is this not? it’s technically along the same lines?
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Here’s an interesting topic.
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.
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This is extremely worrying
This quote alone literally gives me the creeps
Air force boss Frank Kendall was so impressed he said he’d trust it with deciding whether to launch weapons in war.
This is a seriously stupid statement in my view and there’s no way I’d ever trust something like AI to make decisions on using weapons or not.
It seems that this is a serious concern shared by others
Arms control experts and humanitarian groups are concerned that AI might one day be able to autonomously drop bombs without further human consultation and are seeking restrictions on its use.
Clearly, the last video in the first article on this thread should show how we should heed the warning in relation to the risks involved.
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Ouchhh, bad bad bad
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@DownPW yes, very. Shocking that the US military actually thinks this is a good idea. I mean, without going all “Hollywood” in terms of The Terminator franchise, there is a serious risk to human life here.
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“I could see my face and hear my voice. But it was all very creepy, because I saw myself saying things that I never said,” the 21-year-old, who studies at the University of Pennsylvania, told the BBC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c25rre8ww57o
Statistics disclosed by the public security department in 2023 show authorities arrested 515 individuals for “AI face swap” activities. Chinese courts have also handled cases in this area.
