AI Is Going To Make a Dent in Society Globally

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Singapore is well on the way to fully automating their sea port with the help of AI.


The future of roads, China is leading the way, superior automation with much less actual workforce, using AI.



The world is going to get interesting over the next decade or two.
 
In a world where profits are what it is all about, it is clear that ai and robotics are what corporations will invest in. Yes, this will be a big problem that many don't even think about. Self checkouts, ai to create legal documents, ask ai what to do about your ailments, ask ai to do your taxes. Ask ai to write an email. It's all about progress.

The question is, what will happen to us? More time to walk on the beach? Doubt it.
 
I feel pretty uneducated about it all, and am hesitant to educate myself about it much, as honestly I'm quite worried.
 
Singapore is well on the way to fully automating their sea port with the help of AI.


The future of roads, China is leading the way, superior automation with much less actual workforce, using AI.



The world is going to get interesting over the next decade or two.
Natural extension of the Japanese train system, where even in the 80’s if you get on a train arriving a minute early/late? You’re on the wrong train! As well as the truly amazing algorithms of the 90’s & early aughts that flag which shipping containers are most likely containing contraband (there was an episode on Numb3Rs that necessitated CHANGING that algorithm a smidge, as becoming aware that it existed, changed the way smugglers hid containers amongst other containers).
 
(there was an episode on Numb3Rs that necessitated CHANGING that algorithm a smidge, as becoming aware that it existed, changed the way smugglers hid containers amongst other containers).
Just crazy how good some of this will be... though unsure how good it will be for us humans. Universal basic income keeps getting tossed around a whole bunch. Not sure this will increase profits... as changes will get rolled into all businesses that use AI / robotics where most of their money will go into funding universal basic income, if that is the way forward. There will be a lot of oversight jobs... machines just can't do instinctual things that humans can. Remember, general intelligence is not real AI, its just an algorithm at this point working on a large data set of knowledge scrapped together. Working to an algorithm is one thing, thinking entirely for itself, we're not there yet, and the smartest dudes seem to think we're still 10 to 20 years away from that.

I think the leaders have been thinking about this for a long time, the way society has been pushed into a direction where we're naturally lowering our birth rate, and that can probably be pushed much further yet, where only a minority will birth a child.
 
We will also see the rise of decentralized autonomous organizations which are companies run by computers where voting and finance are handled through a blockchain.
 
Something that has been a tremendous/ongoing problem for me, the past 10+ years, is how “automated” our educational/banking/billing systems have been. As there have been ZERO WAYS for humans to interject/override the software. So, since my exhusband knows my “identifiers” (SSN, mothers maiden, etc.) he’s been able to reset -with impunity- my passwords, Email, phone. Etc. which gives him COMPLETE access to anything I have attached to my personal identifiers. Like my school courses, banking, bills, medical, etc.

As AI is becoming more mainstream? There is a “human override” being written into these programs, that are FINALLY allowing me to START to do normal things, without stupid identity stealing stalkery bullshit f*cking up my life. As I can both inform the AI AND any human overseers, that put a “catch” in my files. Which makes the verify its ME a bit cumbersome, but? Is a ZILLION times better than “I’m sorry, there’s nothing I can do, it’s all automatic”.
 
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So, since my exhusband knows my “identifiers” (SSN, mothers maiden, etc.) he’s been able to reset -with impunity- my passwords, Email, phone.
Not sure that is about automation, as much as your banking system has a flaw they need to fix. You can't do that here in Australia. Well... you could, but you can't, not automatically. You would have to identify yourself over the phone, AND, if you separate from someone, you just change your banking status from married to divorced, and there is no way they're allowing anyone to call and make changes to anything, if you can't can't pass all the hoops they throw at you. Here, they will even shift you to their app, which will take a picture of you so they can ascertain whether you are the person or not, all in real-time. I think maybe your system has flaws, which I'm a little shocked they haven't patched something or made something available so that nobody but you can make changes.
 
Not sure that is about automation, as much as your banking system has a flaw they need to fix. You can't do that here in Australia. Well... you could, but you can't, not automatically. You would have to identify yourself over the phone, AND, if you separate from someone, you just change your banking status from married to divorced, and there is no way they're allowing anyone to call and make changes to anything, if you can't can't pass all the hoops they throw at you. Here, they will even shift you to their app, which will take a picture of you so they can ascertain whether you are the person or not, all in real-time. I think maybe your system has flaws, which I'm a little shocked they haven't patched something or made something available so that nobody but you can make changes.
Test that theory. Grab a new device, and log into your bank account (or have N do so), with “forgot login / password”. Ditto, go to any university website, and find the tab to add/drop classes… with “forgot login / password”. If you HAVE someone’s personal identifiers? Who has an account? Voila. It’s no small part of why identity theft is a billion dollar industry. Not just credit cards, but the whole shebang. And, at least in the US, it’s virtually impossible to police. As a single incident/case is hundreds of man hours, so it’s only worth it to law enforcement to go after organized crime, hackers, etc. doing thousands of people (child porn & bank fraud & organized crime are where tech resources are focused, and it’s a finger in the dam)… not a “domestic squabble” or targeted stalking of a single person. It simply doesn’t make sense, pragmatically, which I DO understand. Corporations fund their own investigations & simply present all their evidence to police.

AI is ending the automization. By creating a failsafe, in the programming, allowing accounts to be flagged and put into a separate queue requiring old fashioned, in person, face to face verification. Nothing at a distance. Not over the phones, or online, but physical presence. AND? Will “reset” your status to its prior standing when fraud is attested, rather than the person being shit outta luck even WITH a court victory (2 years later), much less with ‘just’ the police report filed (that will never be investigated). Modernly, “all” one has to do is say “I didn’t drop that class, or buy that boat in Amsterdam, or have my appendix out” and the assumption is fraud/indentity theft. Rather than crazy-person trying to get one over on us, f*ck off. But even when one WAS believed? 5, 10, 15 years ago? There was nothing to be done. You’ve lost your financial aid, you cannot see your doctor until you pay for the surgery you didn’t get, etc. etc. etc.

The fail safe is partly a Skynet-Paranoia, wanting to give human operators more power over the machine, and partly because it’s so damn easy to clone anyone’s phone/device, and have their fingerprints/face/account logins & passwords… so identity theft and related fraud have been increasing astronomically over the past decade. When it was done to me, it was restricted to the tiny circle of a few hundred well placed people & elite hackers. Now? Any reasonably tech savvy 12yo can clone a device, mirror, &/or deploy a keylogger. Or use a voice modulator to make a dude sound like a laaaady 🎶. Of course, the kids do it for kicks & bullying. The grownups …for not so dissimilar motives?

Face to Face in person verification 100%? Pfft. Of course not. But fake IDs are usually restricted to kids drinking & espionage. As thieves & the ilk resist their real face attached to anything.



ETA… 10+ years ago my BANK did have a “divorce” queue… which removed all personal identifiers as valid authorizations. As spouses generally know each others. And reset to randomized keys, that were only acquired off-line, in multiple formats. Now? It’s not -yet- universal, but AI being deployed is swiftly making it so.
 
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So, since my exhusband knows my “identifiers” (SSN, mothers maiden, etc.) he’s been able to reset -with impunity- my passwords, Email, phone.
This is good to hear. My ex used these things to make my life absolute misery. I was shocked at the time as to how simple it was for him et al to do. Glad to hear things are settling down for you due to the changes in procedures that AI brings.
 

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