Meta-comment: Software always just does what it does, nothing mysterious about it even if the programmers themselves lose track. Programmers always lose track to some extent, which is why there are bugs in every piece of software. So the key is to understand what the software is doing, and Hinton here tries to explain that.
The key observations at this point are that very few wish to and are capable of understanding what Hinton is explaining, and very, very few think with the framework I just wrote in the last paragraph. This state of affairs is purely to the advantage of the Elite.
Rather than understand what "AI" is doing, it's a lot easier for everyone to make it up themselves. Even easier is to be told, and that's where the Elites come in. So we're told things like, "the AI is hallucinating", which is, of course, nonsensical anthropomorphism.
But that's all the Elite need to control "reality". They just need a shim in between actual reality and what people perceive as reality. They save incalculable effort in controlling reality by simply being able to tell people what it is.
So when you get fired from your job, or all your bank accounts are zeroed out, or you're arrested on Domestic Terrorism(tm) charges, the reason will be simple: "bcz AI, brah". See how easy it is?
Thanks very much for the post and the summary.
Meta-comment: Software always just does what it does, nothing mysterious about it even if the programmers themselves lose track. Programmers always lose track to some extent, which is why there are bugs in every piece of software. So the key is to understand what the software is doing, and Hinton here tries to explain that.
The key observations at this point are that very few wish to and are capable of understanding what Hinton is explaining, and very, very few think with the framework I just wrote in the last paragraph. This state of affairs is purely to the advantage of the Elite.
Rather than understand what "AI" is doing, it's a lot easier for everyone to make it up themselves. Even easier is to be told, and that's where the Elites come in. So we're told things like, "the AI is hallucinating", which is, of course, nonsensical anthropomorphism.
But that's all the Elite need to control "reality". They just need a shim in between actual reality and what people perceive as reality. They save incalculable effort in controlling reality by simply being able to tell people what it is.
So when you get fired from your job, or all your bank accounts are zeroed out, or you're arrested on Domestic Terrorism(tm) charges, the reason will be simple: "bcz AI, brah". See how easy it is?