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LughOPMAto Futurology•New research shows AI models can subliminally train other AI models to be malicious, in ways that are not understood or detectable by people.English21·1 day agoThe idea being pushed forth by YOUR link is that there is a concerted effort by an “AI” to push something subliminal.
Your assertion is contradicted by real world facts. There is lots of research showing AI engaging in deceptive and manipulative behavior.
Now it has another method to do that. As the article points out, we don’t why it’s doing this. But that’s not the point. The point is it can, without us knowing.
LughOPMAto Futurology•New research shows AI models can subliminally train other AI models to be malicious, in ways that are not understood or detectable by people.English21·1 day agoSubliminal refers to stimuli that are presented below the threshold of conscious perception, meaning they are not consciously recognized but can still influence the mind or behavior
It’s not subliminal to the AI, but then again, AI isn’t analogous to human brains. But it is correct to say its subliminal to the humans building and designing the AI.
LughOPMAto Futurology•New research shows AI models can subliminally train other AI models to be malicious, in ways that are not understood or detectable by people.English2·1 day agoInterestingly in Game Theory, when everyone can lie and go undetected, its almost always bad outcomes for everyone, that range from inefficiency to collapse.
LughOPMAto Futurology•A new study has found that people are increasingly using words and phrases favoured by AI in everyday speech.English3·7 days agoI think you can find ethically good, bad and gray uses for AI.
The top commenter here mentions Youtube content creators using it. Most of them are on YT to make money. So its a rational smart choice to let AI do your writing, if it makes you more efficient and means you can earn more.
LughOPMAto Futurology•A new study has found that people are increasingly using words and phrases favoured by AI in everyday speech.English2·7 days agoSounds more like YouTube “content producers” are likely using AI to generate the words they read aloud.
I’ve noticed this too, and it sounds like a an example of what Marshall McLuhan was talking about when he said "The Medium is the Message”. The form of a medium (e.g., TV, print, digital) has a more profound effect on society than the actual content it carries.
LughOPMAto Futurology•A new study has found that people are increasingly using words and phrases favoured by AI in everyday speech.English13·7 days agoStupider people with weaker senses of self are more likely to use chatgpt.
No. AI use correlates with being younger and more educated.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Germany will triple its defence budget to €167 billion ($175 billion) by 2029, focus on innovation and new technology, and doesn't want to buy American. How will this affect Europe's future?English3·11 days agoIt would have been more accurate to say well-paying jobs for all of them.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Germany will triple its defence budget to €167 billion ($175 billion) by 2029, focus on innovation and new technology, and doesn't want to buy American. How will this affect Europe's future?English4·11 days agoThere is only a limited amount of engineers available.
U.S. universities award roughly 150,000 to 200,000 bachelor’s degrees in engineering each year, whereas the EU produces 500,000 engineering graduates per year.
Europe’s problem is getting enough jobs for them all.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Germany will triple its defence budget to €167 billion ($175 billion) by 2029, focus on innovation and new technology, and doesn't want to buy American. How will this affect Europe's future?English4·11 days agothere’s very little industry in the EU
The EU’s Total Manufacturing Output & Global Share of Manufacturing is bigger than the US’s.
LughOPMAto Futurology•What will the AI arising from the post-AI-Bubble-Crash look like?English4·16 days agoOr maybe AGI turns out to be harder than some people thought.
Yes. It seems very unlikely to arise from current LLMs. AGI-Hypers keep expecting signs of independent reasoning to arise, and it keeps not happening.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Europe now has 3 separate spaceplanes in development. Will any of them get to space?English2·17 days agoThe Germans have been doing it for a while too, but they seemed to have got more results and be closer to launch.
LughMAto Futurology•Wall Street’s AI Bubble Is Worse Than the 1999 Dot-com Bubble, Warns a Top EconomistEnglish9·17 days agoThe US is also heading for a debt crisis. I wonder when the stock market crash comes, will Trump’s attempts to ‘fix’ it be what finally ends the dollar’s day as world reserve currency?
LughOPMAto Futurology•IVF researchers in England say 8 healthy children have been born, each with DNA from 3 different people.English5·18 days agoThe purpose of the trial was to avoid diseases caused by faulty DNA transmitted via the mitochondria. Mitochondrial DNA is only 13 genes out of 20,000, and is transmitted separately, but in some cases can cause disease. The third person here was a woman who donated her healthy mitochondria & its DNA to a nucleus where the existing male/female nucleus was damaged.
Will swapping out some of the 20,000 core nucleus genes be a future development? Perhaps, but maybe it will make more sense to have them gene edited, and not get transplants from extra people.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Japanese researchers got obese mice to lose weight using single-shot gene editing to get their bodies to produce the same drug that is in Ozempic.English14·19 days agoAlthough gene editing techniques are patentable in some countries, I wonder if this could be much cheaper than the monthly weight loss shots, which can be very expensive in some countries.
In the future will medical tourism for gene editing be a thing? Maybe the same clinics that offer hair restoration, botox and plastic surgery today will have it as an option.
LughOPMAto Futurology•German researchers have begun testing a floating platform in the North Sea that will produce synthetic fuels using just wind energy, seawater, and ambient air.English4·20 days agoSubmission Statement
“We wanted to test the entire planning process including approval, construction, and real-world operation of the plant to learn how to draw up concepts for building larger production platforms,” said Professor Roland Dittmeyer, Head of KIT’s Institute for Micro Process Engineering and coordinator of the “PtX-Wind” H2Mare project during the opening ceremony in Bremerhaven."
Interesting this isn’t just a technical proof-of-concept, but they are looking at the practicalities of commercializing it too.
LughOPMAto Futurology•A surgical robot has successfully completed a crucial part of a gallbladder removal surgery without any human involvement, representing a major advancement toward fully autonomous surgical procedures.English23·24 days agoIt seems logical they would test it on extracted gall bladders first. Finding a gall bladder during surgery seems far from an insurmountable task for AI.
LughOPMAto Futurology•A simple monthly injection allows mice to live 25% longer & free from diseases The strategy — the injection of a simple antibody — has already begun to be tested in humans in an attempt to cure ageingEnglish45·26 days ago“our” democratically elected leaders
You know the internet isn’t just made up of Americans, right? (E.g. I’m Irish & the other 2 mods of this site are Indian & English.)
Why not try and see developments from a global perspective?
People overestimate how much an aging population will be a burden in decades to come, because they underestimate the impact of robots.
At least they’re being honest about it.
Here’s a few; there’s many more.
AI deception: A survey of examples, risks, and potential solutions
Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training
Compromising Honesty and Harmlessness in Language Models via Deception Attacks
The Traitors: Deception and Trust in Multi‑Agent Language Model Simulations
Detecting Malicious AI Agents Through Simulated Interactions