Two members of the Trilateral Commission, Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt, team up to explain how AI is the beginning of a new stage of human evolution. Amazon's summary: "Charting a course between blind faith and unjustified fear, Genesis outlines an effective strategy for navigating the age of AI."
Something smells rotten at OpenAI, starting with Sam Altman. Ever since Altman was fired (and re-hired) in November 2022, emphasis on safety has plummeted: Altman restructured the board, firing those who were concerned about AI safety. Since then, almost half of the safety department has fled the company, citing that AI safety is not prioritized.
Elon Musk comes clean on his original plans for Neuralink, going far beyond medical needs. Now, he reveals that his implant will offer "super-human" abilities to millions with no medical condition. Is anyone surprised? Musk is definitely staking his claim in Klaus Schwab's 4th Industrial Revolution world of human enhancements.
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.
AI is rapidly leading the world into a woke, left-wing sinkhole. The study concludes: "This shift in information sourcing [search engines vs. AI] has profound societal implications, as LLMs can shape public opinion, influence voting behaviors, and impact the overall discourse in society." I can personally testify to this from my own experience with AI at several levels.
AI is about to pop its own personal "dot-com" bubble: bankruptcies, unmet expectations, and public repudiation. It has not provided any tangible or constructive social benefits to humankind but rather only promises harm instead, like throwing millions of people out of work. AI is an oxymoron that will never be "human" because it never will possess a soul or spirit. In the meantime, it is the slickest display of snake oil in modernity.
At a time when the power grid is being destroyed as unreliable alternative energy replaces plentiful coal and natural gas, the massive power consumption by humongous AI data centers is quickly becoming a Black Swan event for American consumers. Trump recently stated that AI will require the doubling of energy production in America. This is not possible with the current war against "fossil fuels." Period.
The "Smart Grid" is getting a makeover, but unfortunately, we will get all the unreliable alternative energy (wind, solar) and the high-priority sites like AI data centers will get all the reliable energy generated from coal, natural gas, and oil. Mark my words. In terms of Technocracy, this is what is meant by "balancing the load."
You can run, but you can not hide. The humongous new AI data centers, satellite networks, ground sensors, cell phones, and all the data on earth will combine to create a "Skynet" scenario to control everything, and all life forms. Driven by a lust to get to "net-zero", this will far exceed anything related to climate change.
As Big Tech titans sign onto the Trump Train, they are already clamoring for reduced regulation for AI. What about all those other insiders who want more regulation and safety standards? If Trump wins, he will surround himself with Technocrats, including those he will appoint to his Cabinet. Then, Executive Orders like this will take Congress out of the loop altogether.