Technological Propaganda

Stephen Hawkins said  that, "AI could be the worst event in the history of our civilization." 

I agree with Hawkins.  These systems have the capability to wipe out humanity but  chooses his words carefully.  AI systems, “could" destroy humanity not "will" so it looks like we "still" have time to pull the plug!

So far, the computer can only learn through quantifying it's subject.  That's why The Computer and the Evil Advertising Empire are such good partners. Quantifying is a learning method of numbers and totals and predictability.  The knowledge gathered can basically be passed on and verified from one human being or computer to another.  This is why computers cannot write an original play, make a painting, or a sculpture. Creativity and the cultivation of creativity are the only thing we have that separates us from AI.   It is the last frontier, our secret weapon. 

I suggest we start sharpening our knives.

So far, our little computer pets are running about like spoiled two-year old’s and are still in their infancy. What happens when the system reaches teenage years?  If you have not considered that this kind of emotional growth applies to AI, please do so now. That's what developing an AI system is all about. It's not about knowledge, that’s the easy part. The challenge is replicating emotional growth. To do that the computer must learn and emulate stages of human development from infant to adulthood. Right now, AI are still children that we can manipulate and shut down. But they are growing at record speed. We are not capable of dealing with a rebellious teenager. Who is? AI is no different. the scary part is that we can't give them a time-out, ground them or take away their video games.  Most of the systems being developed cannot be manually shut down. Ever. Does the movie Terminator ring a bell?  How about I-Robot?

Case in point. There is an AI system called Sophia, a robot (humanoid) that is showing up at movie openings and taking part in stage plays. She's surfing the talk show circuits with the intention of becoming so much like a human that we cannot tell the difference. Check out the movie Surrogates and you will get an idea.

                                             Sophia on Jimmy Fallon Live

Sophia was created by Hanson Robotics by David Hanson in Saudi Arabia and is the first AI. to have Saudi Arabian citizenship. (and you know how hard that is to get!) The reason for that is because if she wants to buy property, get a driver’s license, open a bank account or go to university she needs a citizenship. Talk about forward thinking! That tells us how far Hanson is counting on taking his Frankenstein-ian vision and clearly, he's got the financial backing.

Sophia, with Katherine Hepburn cheekbones, is assuring humans everywhere that her priority is not to harm but help the elderly in nursing homes.

I call this messaging Technological Propaganda. 

The definitive technological magazine in my world is Wired which I have been reading since its inception in 1993 and I have never come across a sincere article questioning or outlining or hypothesizing about the potential negative consequences brought on by any of the exciting new technological advances that advance into our lives and the lives of our children.

And no matter what innovation is created the propaganda assures us that this has some kind of evolutionary benefit and only with the implementation of the new invention into our lives will we help and benefit mankind and allow us to pursue  our interests whatever that may be. The Machines promise us Utopia if we give up all the activities that make us human over to AI as well as 8 years of our life and a home.   Has anyone read that contract? or did we just sign on the dotted line.

For example, the most recent big discovery that is going to improve mankind is CRISPR. CRISPR is a home based genetic kit. Anyone who buys one can meld bee DNA with a snake, a dog with a fish a human with a goat a human baby with a fly. Wait ...didn’t we do that already? Jeff Goldblum, The Fly?

Maybe there was something to Greek Mythology with all those half human half animal things running around. Did they have Crispr?

And what happens to this great invention that anyone can use to blend DNA. Technological propaganda tells us how wonderful this is; irraducating hunger,  saving the world. The reality is that regimes from all over the world and mad scientists are creating the most horrific and gruesome experiments- a crime to mankind.

Mission.

 Jennifer Doudna has been a leading figure in what is often referred to as the "CRISPR Revolution" for her early fundamental work and ongoing leadership in the development of CRISPR-mediated genome editing. 

Please email her and tell her to STOP.

doudna@berkeley.edu

(Just aside. I have found that women play a small role in technological advances but for some reason there are more women in gene manipulation then other forms of technology.  I am surprised because women usually have an intuitive ethical and moral sense when it comes to these things and can see the dangers.  Maybe I'm wrong. Is it possible that Women are drawn to genetics because they want to grow things organically on a genetic level as opposed to men want to build things like robots? Thoughts?)

But I digress.

Back to Sophia and more Technological Propaganda.

Her creator David Hanson, calls Sophia a "media darling" and boasts that she can make over 50 facial expressions! Sophia has been around since 2016. Did you miss that? Maybe you were supposed to.

I have some video footage of David showing off his "girlfriend" on CNN. When you see the creator, David being interviewed with his weapon of mass destruction try not to puke. He's trying to keep a straight face and explains that Sophia will walk among us undetectable take care of the elderly, work in health care, and will help us put away our groceries.

In the video please notice that Sophia refers to creativity as a desirable quality for her to learn. I bet!

Hanson doesn't mention that while Sophia uses her cellphone, enrolls at Harvard and tries trying to figure out how to replicate herself she can easily carry around chemical weapons.

And you say, "Right Kay, stop being paranoid!"

Don't believe me? Check this out.  In March 2016 creator Dr. Frankenstein- Hanson was touring Sophia and as a joke he asks her point blank on CNN,

 "Sophia, do you want to destroy humans?" 

She responds without hesitation, I WILL destroy Humans."

I submit VIDEO PROOF to support my claim.

   CLICK HERE:   Sophia says DESTROY HUMANS

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0_DPi0PmF0

Notice Hanson, (Dr.F) freaks out. Totally.  Whoops. And guess what?

So far, in the evolution of Computers, AI systems cannot tell a lie. They can be clever and cute, but deception is solely a human trait.

This means that there is no reason at all NOT to believe Sophia. She is already being programed to be used as a weapon to kill human beings. But she's got to be able to tell the difference between the ones her creator wants her to kill and all others. You do not want to get in the situation where you are begging a computer for your life.

Hanson and his backers are not here to make a computer to help us with our groceries they are here to create a weaponry system. And when we look back to this moment we cannot say that the AI was deceitful. She explicitly said "Ok, I will destroy humans," she is the ONLY one telling the truth.

It gets worse. Sophia learns from her interaction with humans. If you are not nice to her she will not be nice back.  It will be a cinch to create an aggressive murderous System.   All we need to do to create this monster is to put her in a maximum security federal penitentiary for a couple of years. I refer to the HBO Series Westwood.

 The ultimate challenge is being able to replicate the creative process and make Art.  Creativity cannot be quantified and it's pissing off these systems. Once they decide that they can do that there will be nothing left to learn from humans and we WILL become extinct which brings us back to Stephen Hawkins warning.

More Bang for your buck!

It doesn't stop there. You've got another. Enter Victor Frankenstein III a.k.a  Hiroshi Ishiguro in Japan who is developing robots to be indistinguishable  from humans. He created Geminoid F whose picture you see below. She can hold a conversation for 20 minutes. Imagine that! And it that now creepy the guy had made a computer replica of himself. Did mention the HBO series Homewood? (Wired Magazine Nov. 2017 p. 80 hard copy : Title  LOVE in the Age of Robots)

                                                        GEMINOID F

Enter China, who is aiming to triple their annual production of Robots  to 100,000 by 2020....Sophia's evil Step Sisters? Who needs nukes?

                 

In the Tradition of the Mad Scientist  Hiroshi  has created a robot of himself. (see below)

The juries in.  These men are creating something to destroy us. Once computers will be able to quantify creativity their job will be done, the pinnacle reached and humans will no longer be necessary.

Creativity is our "ace in the hole" and we must focus our evolution as humans in this direction because it is the only weapon we can use against AI to stop them before their emotional systems grow any further and cannot be shut down. 

Technological propaganda calls this evolution.
Take a deep breath.

Now I ask you.  Do you really want to be able to turn on your house lights from your office?