Mx.D.P

My daily digest of Emerging Technology consists of reading and note-taking on the loo. There is lots to read, and the rabbit holes are many.

The definition that the European Parliament used for its latest legalisation (the only one in the world at the moment) for ‘controlling’ AI is as follows…

“For a given set of human-defined objectives, generate outputs such as content, predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing the environments they interact with”.

According to the BBC.com news page…

Thierry Breton the EU Commissioner says it’s new legalisation are “historic”, saying it set “clear rules for the use of AI”.

What they haven’t looked at is the combination of AI and Robotics. Emerging tech companies don’t see the separation and neither should we, or legislators…

You can get multiple digests delivered straight to your email… free… daily… that’s how quick this technology is developing. One of the many topics on todays Rundown AI digest talked about the latest study by the International Monetary Fund about how AI will impact wealth inequality. It forecasts that in advanced economies as here in the U.K. 60% of jobs will be effected even replaced.

A quick search through the Google bots of what jobs could be affected, my favourite was:

Soldiers. Military professionals are sure that future battlefields will consist of robots that can follow orders without constant supervision.

I often chat with ChatBox AI, I put in the previous paragraph about Soldiers, I didn’t ask it anything just put the definition in, both GPT-3.5 and GPT -16k came up with this gem…

“The integration of AI-powered robots in military operations could potentially enhance efficiency, reduce risks to human soldiers, and provide tactical advantages. However, it also raises ethical and legal concerns, such as the potential for autonomous weapons and the need for human oversight in critical decision-making processes”

No sh*t AI…You see it’s not AI that’s the problem it’s us letting greed take over common sense.

When Professor Brian Cox addressed the delegates at the COP 26 conference in Glasgow he told them that we might be “the only civilisation in this galaxy.” And that if we destroy this planet we would have eliminated meaning forever in a galaxy of 400 billion stars. Yes we certainly lack common sense…

What has any of this to do with Art? What has it to do with my art practice?

Art is a reflection of life, my practice is about tackling the hardest problems with a healthy dose of ironic Dadaesque humour.

All I know is if you are alive at this critical time … you and I are in the driving seat of what happens to this planet… all of us… how we affect change… Do we need to wrestle control from Big Biz/Big Tech or will they find the solutions to combat Climate Chaos?