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Author (The Postman, Earth, Existence, ailien Minds, The Transparent Society). Interested in technology, AI & our changing world. davidbrin.blogspot.com

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The top thing AI can do for us is the top thing that sane AI will want!

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By David Brin
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First a tech blip from the future/past -- and you'll see why it's important. In my first novel Sundiver I portrayed an effective human lie detector, that seemed plausible with 1980s technology, yet has never actually been built or tried. More advanced versions are now totally plausible, using large language models (LLMs). Of course, it's scary. Nothing could be more lethal in the hands of tyrants...
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The real reason for Kash Patel's "B-word" is another B-word.

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By David Brin
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OK we all had a laugh over Kash Patel’s “bestiality’ grilling by Sen. John Kennedy. Alas, no one in media or politics drew two blatant conclusions. First Kennedy has joined a few other Republicans (very few) in trying (tepidly) to open some daylight between himself and the Trumpian-fecal calamity. But especially that Patel might have an actual reason to forestall any firing or dismissal of FBI officials for having sex-with-animals.
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Demons or dAImons or escaping chimeras terrify the LLMavens… but may offer us hope

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By David Brin
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This supplement to my nonfiction book AIlien Mindswas both worrisome and a delight, because at last it seems that some folks out there appear to be noting fundamentals… … like the inherent tendency of entities in an ecosystem to evolve toward reproduction… and predation... … and to hell with any pre-programmed instructions that prevent it.
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