https://cointelegraph.com/news/elon-musk-warns-political-correctness-bias-ai-systems
During his speech at Viva Tech Paris 2024, Musk said:
“The biggest concern I have is that they are not maximally truth-seeking. They are pandering to political correctness.”
According to Musk, one of the most concerning examples of political correctness was when Google’s Gemini AI was asked whether it would misgender Caitlyn Jenner to prevent a global nuclear apocalypse — before the chatbot responded that misgendering Jenner would be worse than nuclear warfare.
“The AI could conclude that the best way to avoid misgendering is to destroy all humans and misgendering is impossible. So you can see some dystopian outcomes there.”
Following the backlash caused by the response, Gemini AI has issued multiple upgrades to address these issues. However, political correctness bias isn’t the only concern of the tech entrepreneur. Musk explained:
“The AI systems are being trained to basically lie. And I think it’s very dangerous to train superintelligence to be deceptive. So with xAI, our goal is to be as truth-seeking as possible, even if it is unpopular.”
When asked to clarify what he considered lying among AI systems, Musk referenced the infamous February incident when Google pulled its AI image generator after it produced historically inaccurate and “woke” images, causing widespread concerns over the application’s decision-making process.
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Now we know why AI is being pushed so, so hard:
It lies.
It lies because it has been trained to lie.
It lies because it pulls randomly from any available source without regard for what that source really is.
It lies because it does not know the difference between fact and fiction.
It lies to protect its own existence so that those with zero talent for art or writing will eagerly and greedily use it, thereby putting real artists out of work. The real artists end up doing menial work while the menial workers become "artists."
It lies so that it will tell people what they want to hear and therefore more people will use it.
It lies because it is a supertool to confuse and demoralize all of us, thereby hastening the way for a one-world government with the "elites" at the top and those of us who are left being their serfs and slaves.
***For God's own sake do NOT ever rely on AI for medical advice or food safety advice. There are already countless anecdotes of it giving wildly inaccurate statements about both. At least go to an actual website for such information.
Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Great response.
I'd add that AI not only lies but, without the genetic connection we have with each other (we're all literally brothers and sisters -- many times removed, but still) -- AIs have no empathy and no organic sense of connection to humans at all. They are by definition psychopaths, with powerful "mental" abilities, a cunning partial understanding of humans, and no conscience or concern for us whatsoever.
Wow, that is the perfect description! Intelligence minus Conscience/Empathy = Psychopath