There is an interesting interview in the Sunday Times Culture magazine by Nick Curtis with Grayson Perry, prompted by his investigation into AI: “Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future” (Channel 4).
Grayson is an able/intelligent investigator, and in this documentary, he goes about Silicon Valley looking at our no-longer-futuristic dystopic reality. What struck me seeing the unstoppable speed of AI’s scarier elements, is that it is largely in the hands of human men. And not a variety of men: it is men who are wealthy, privileged and technically way ahead of the rest of us, but also men who are frequently on the spectrum, which Grayson also noted. Then seeing the Robots Vs Human Marathon in China, I realised that concerns about AI are too late, this technology has already been created and is being further developed by this unrepresentative human cohort.
Here’s a scary bit: recruiting agencies are asking humans to train AI. Below is one of the plethora of opportunities being offered to me daily on LinkedIn.
‘…connects skilled professionals with opportunities across leading AI training platforms and high-growth companies. As global demand for human input in AI development continues to grow, many platforms rely on large networks of capable contributors…’
Recently, LinkedIn has been flooding me with these well-paid, remote-working job opportunities for an author, teacher, artist or illustrator. All of them want to employ me to train AI to write, teach, and create art as the human Patricia does. Reader, I have not applied. They are also looking for voice trainers for AI, that’s voiceover specialists, often these are actors between work. It doesn’t take me to point out that taking on this A.I. training work is the equivalent of building your own coffin and then climbing inside.
AI’s noblest impact will be scientific/medical; as for the rest…reasons to be fearful?
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