Tom Scott's take:
Wanted to share this as well.
I was thinking, at some point we're going to have issues figuring out which one of us is a real person, even on forums on more meaningful/longer form discussions.
Older accounts may get a "before ChatGPT/certified human" badge ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif.pagespeed.ce._hfWAz_QHO.gif)
Went through the same as this guy 4-5 years ago when Musk talked first about the dangers of AI. Was hoping the world would immediately start some meaningful discussion about it, but the main stuff that came up during this period was this gender shit.
(And as I said I am still not sure wheter it is real, or caused by some algorythm, and Musks adventure in Twitter makes me think that I my suspicion might was right.)
Still no meaningful political initiatives to regulate the whole stuff but AI was just coming through as a marketing bullshit with a positive hint.
Well now I would like to see some politicians to watch these videos as well,(especially those with a minimum level of technical understanding) because if this thing will not be taken care of ,similarily to nuclear proliferation, it will not end up well. We can call ourselves pretty happy if we get away "social" media, and its unforeseen consequences no need for an even bigger bomb especially not in the middle of this second cold war with warm tones. (We can consider ourselves really happy to get out of the first one with no major harm)
Yes forbidding is not the ultimate longterm solution, but it gives some time to react which we desperately need. At least these demos now can show that it is not scify. Also this thing is not so simple as a nuclear bomb, so not easily put together in a shed.
(I am actualy also pretty amazed that North Korea took so much to have a nuke, it is really a good job from the nuclear powers of the world. But maybe they already had som highly capable ICBMs 30 years ago, but they where not enough pointy so they started over from scratch. )
And I also agree, that just because it is not perfect yet, and can not outsmart humans now(some of the humans),there is no reason to lay back.
As for adapting to it: This thing will be able to change faster than anyone wanting to adapt. And as said before: The whole society was not even able to adapt to much slower things. In the last 20 years although the technologies present we couldn't even stop the climate change. All it woul needed to turn down the heating with 5 degrees celsius, and do some minor lifestyle change but it was also too big of a task. Instead , to cite a classical:"blablabla".