AI Ruling The World...

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Yes. Its hard to imagine AI just going rogue with motives of its own and "taking over".

Its all too easy to imagine AI being a tool for evil human actors.

I actually believe Elon Musk when he says to use caution. We look at things from the human perspective. We assume things when we analize information. A.I. does not always do that and takes it as it is, so it may lack certain important bits of information that it needs when it makes decisions. Humans can assume certain things which most of the time carries them through and when very crucial information is missing, humans will repeat the questions to check, or they repeat them from different angles to ensure they have heard right before they go ahead. (Think neuclear weapons! Vital to get a second and third check and even a further check before one goes ahead! If it wasn't for both the USA and Russia doing all these extra checks and not just assuming they had heard correctly, there would have been major wars in the past when equipment gave wrong readings etc. We have all heard about the heros who double and triple checked and even then hung back as a precaution and fortunately were right to do so! Those guys are heros in such a difficult position they are in as by hanging back they could be seen as dissobaying direct orders, but they want to make sure from all possibls angles before they go ahead because of the potential of getting it wrong means a lot of lives will be lost including their own. A.I. may not value this. May not value human life or may not value its own existance. It is an "Unknown" element)..

I've noticed some pushback recently in regards to AI art. There are a couple of programs available that allow you to insert a hidden filter over your digital artwork. Whilst this filter cannot be seen by the human eye, if it is fed into an AI then the AI will receive false visual information and the output will be incorrect as a result. Some people write hidden rude messages which is entertaining. I remember when there was a protest where people would spam NO TO AI all over social media platforms and this did have a short term impact. There were posts from others complaining that their AI images were being ruined because it kept spitting out images saying SAY NO TO AI. 10 / 10

However, we don't know how long we'll be able to intentionally ruin the outputs. It is a concern that people will learn how to override the corruption. This is likely a temporary solution.

Copyright is a murky area. There's debate regarding what people should be able to monetise and if something generated can truly be owned.

Voice, video and photography manipulation is very dangerous. Especially for propaganda. You could easily fake events that didn't happen between politicians and other important figures to sell whatever narrative you like. That's concerning.

Animation is proving difficult to generate. You can sort of make it work with motion capture, but the movement is often very awkward and 'just a bit off'. You can change a scene that was animated in 24fps to 60fps (which sometimes works but I tend to prefer the traditional 24 frames unless it needs the smoothness) but making original animation is difficult to automatically generate. Especially when it comes to mouth movements.

I've noticed that AI art tends to struggle with light sources. I saw a piece recently that would imply the Earth goes around three suns based on how the light hit the subject. Light and shadow distribution is probably difficult to communicate to a generator.

We definitely need to keep our eyes on AI. Especially with dangerous weapons. Some things should never be automated but I don't trust society because I'm sure it will do something idiotic.

Automation is getting rid of jobs. I think it's also leading to an increase in loneliness as we try to streamline things to the point of ridiculousness. Older generations are particularly struggling. If you've ever had a stranger beg you to help them use a touchscreen because they can't figure out how to order something and it's causing them distress then you'll know what I mean. I've met some incredibly lonely elders. People whose only form of communication was talking to cashiers (which is less of an option with self-service taking over) because all of their friends and family are dead. I know that's bleak but it's a very real issue.

Granted, this is getting into a separate topic but I think it ties in somewhat. I think we're drifting away from human connection and we're losing community spaces.