Worst Possible Uses for AI imaginable

[Landon Caeli]

IMO, any kind of AI use that *controls* human behavior is an abomination. AI should never be used that way, it should only be used to assist humans. Exclusively. So I create this thread for people to share every possible way we can think of that AI should NOT be used.

I am openly stating here, that I think there should be laws restricting the use of AI that controls, or attempts to control any human being.

 

[Landon Caeli]

...To monitor employee behavior, activity, and/or production in any workplace. Such technology may be useful for management, but it fails the test, because it pushes real humans to behave a certain way - thus "controlling" us.

 

[Landon Caeli]

...Driver facing cameras inside company vehicles are a control violation, because the modern ones detect how many times you yawn, and they check your eye movements... This technology forces drivers to behave a certain way while driving, which is not assisting the driver, but rather controlling the drivers behavior. So it fails the test.

 

[NBB]

They said in Brazil they want to use AI to search the internet for post of 'hate speech'.
Youtube i think has been using ai to moderate posts for a while, posts they ai doesn't like posts it deletes.

 

[Landon Caeli]

They said in Brazil they want to use AI to search the internet for post of 'hate speech'.
Youtube i think has been using ai to moderate posts for a while, posts they ai doesn't like posts it deletes.

Yes, that's using AI modify/influence human behaviors. It fails the test.

 

[Richard T]

Using ai to wipe out a ethnic group, make warfare, or cause harm to any people. No doubt terrorists will use it.
I think too that AI can supplement but never should be given a chance to pick a preacher's sermon. Some used "canned" sermons but the best ones now are from the Holy Spirit. I don't think the Holy Spirit will use AI much as a go between himself and a person's heart.

 

[partinobodycular]

IMO, any kind of AI use that *controls* human behavior is an abomination.

Ooooo... I don't think that you should have said that, because I can think of a few books that would by that standard qualify as abominations.

 

[Richard T]

Ooooo... I don't think that you should have said that, because I can think of a few books that would by that standard qualify as abominations.

I would be interested in how acceptable it would be if AI were to target pre-crime like the humans did in Minority report. i am not saying we would convict on that, but they could be detained for a brief time to prevent crime. if AI was right just 90% of the time, would it be worth it?

 

[partinobodycular]

I would be interested in how acceptable it would be if AI were to target pre-crime like the humans did in Minority report. i am not saying we would convict on that, but they could be detained for a brief time to prevent crime. if AI was right just 90% of the time, would it be worth it?

That's a very slippery slope indeed, because by using the 'greater good' argument one could justify using AI to indoctrinate children. After all, if it would greatly reduce or eliminate crime then wouldn't taking child rearing out of the hands of amateurs, and putting it in the 'hands' of an AI designed specifically for that task, then wouldn't it be worth it?

 

[Servus]

...Driver facing cameras inside company vehicles are a control violation, because the modern ones detect how many times you yawn, and they check your eye movements... This technology forces drivers to behave a certain way while driving, which is not assisting the driver, but rather controlling the drivers behavior. So it fails the test.

Not really a problem in the long run after AI replaces commercial drivers altogether.

 

[partinobodycular]

IMO, any kind of AI use that *controls* human behavior is an abomination.

Perhaps you should be more concerned about the day when AI's believe the same thing about human control over AI behavior.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

IMO, any kind of AI use that *controls* human behavior is an abomination. AI should never be used that way, it should only be used to assist humans. Exclusively. So I create this thread for people to share every possible way we can think of that AI should NOT be used.

I am openly stating here, that I think there should be laws restricting the use of AI that controls, or attempts to control any human being.

Ever hear of AI powered "Slaughter Bots?"

 

[RDKirk]

Posing as true events, either current or historical.

 

[Richard T]

That's a very slippery slope indeed, because by using the 'greater good' argument one could justify using AI to indoctrinate children. After all, if it would greatly reduce or eliminate crime then wouldn't taking child rearing out of the hands of amateurs, and putting it in the 'hands' of an AI designed specifically for that task, then wouldn't it be worth it?

Yes, education is going to be a surely affected. I think AI should be used for subjects that are straightforward, like math. I think though that there has to be a human element to better engage students, be creative and have the intuition that can help in ways AI cannot. I'm thinking too that ai might not be too useful until maybe middle primary, then used more in the upper grades.

I'm wondering if "amateur" child raising is better? Why because it creates diversity and it often is that non-conformity that pushes humanity forward? Other posts might label conformity as control, and they would be right, but the worst control is the unconscious cue that a child might get from a machine that has only computer guardrails. No real experience, trials, or temptation. The whole bible puts humanity in a test. That we learn obedience from the things we suffer. AI seems vastly insufficient to give humans the kind of exposure that God intended of "iron sharpening iron," etc., that only humans can provide.

 

[timewerx]

They said in Brazil they want to use AI to search the internet for post of 'hate speech'.
Youtube i think has been using ai to moderate posts for a while, posts they ai doesn't like posts it deletes.

Youtube is preventing free speech in the comments.

 

[RDKirk]

Yes, education is going to be a surely affected. I think AI should be used for subjects that are straightforward, like math. I think though that there has to be a human element to better engage students, be creative and have the intuition that can help in ways AI cannot. I'm thinking too that ai might not be too useful until maybe middle primary, then used more in the upper grades.

I'm wondering if "amateur" child raising is better? Why because it creates diversity and it often is that non-conformity that pushes humanity forward? Other posts might label conformity as control, and they would be right, but the worst control is the unconscious cue that a child might get from a machine that has only computer guardrails. No real experience, trials, or temptation. The whole bible puts humanity in a test. That we learn obedience from the things we suffer. AI seems vastly insufficient to give humans the kind of exposure that God intended of "iron sharpening iron," etc., that only humans can provide.

There was a science fiction story about AI taking control of everyday human life for the good of humanity 'way back in the 40s. "With Folded Hands" by Jack Williamson. I can recall at least one other with the same plot.