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'Stupidity' poses a bigger threat than AI, CEO of Italian defense giant Leonardo says (www.cnbc.com)
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[-] Kissaki@feddit.de 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The title made me think of something completely different from what he actually said (the quotes are in the article).

  • He specifically talks about national stupidity, not individual or people/citizen stupidity
  • He says the technology is neutral, the concern is in how it is being used


What they're saying is not that "stupidity is a bigger threat than AI". They're not separate ideas. He says he is worried about how AI is being used more than the technology and technological development itself.

“With this in mind, artificial intelligence is a tool. It is an algorithm made by humans, that is run by computers made by humans, that controls machines made by humans. I am more afraid, more worried [about] national stupidity than artificial intelligence to be honest,” he added.

“I have a scientific background, so I definitely consider technology as neutral. The problem is the user, not the technology itself.”

[-] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 7 points 9 months ago

Unfortunately we all know how it will be used and who will benefit.

[-] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

I don't think we do.

[-] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

Kapital owners who will own AI as mean of production.

[-] Womble@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Can you tell me next weeks lottery numbers too?

That is the likely outcome but its by no means certain. If you'd have asked in 1800 its likely people would have said the aristocracy would get all the benefit from industrialisation but that ended up not being how things went

[-] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

Sure, in the meaning that everything is uncertain.

[-] Womble@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

To say that you know something implies a very high level of certainty. I know that the sun will rise tomorrow morning, that I need air to breathe and water freezes at 0 degrees. No one "knows" how society will be shaped in 20 years time, so no we do not know how it will be used and who will benefit.

[-] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

Or, colloquially it's used to describe something you just expect to happen. It does not mean that one literally knows. Obviously it's more tricky with online communication since you don't know me and don't see my face.

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