Beyond GIGO: Virtual ‘Inbreeding’ Could Spark AI Doom

In the 1980s, we used to say, "Garbage In, Garbage Out" about computers. Now, we are seeing the snake eating its own tail. Virtual "inbreeding" may be the death of public-facing AI, but not the back end. Humanity's AI control systems feed on a fresh diet of "organic data": the Internet of Things, the Internet of Bodies, the Internet of Nano-bio Things, plus data spun off financial transactions, telemetry systems, etc. The former is a sideshow; the latter is the featured matinee. The latter is why AI companies are building humongous power-grabbing data centers.