WordPress’ daily prompt now is: What are you most worried about for the future?
It is concerning whether AI will become autonomous. AI that learns to act independently of humans, to code software with intelligence that exceeds humans’ capacity to match, may lead to a world run entirely by computers.
OpenAI will probably leave changes that are permanent in its wake. A world increasingly dominated by Big Tech may not happen as soon as extremists fear, but it will nonetheless happen. People like Sam Altman at ChatGPT understand, I heard his remark in a video, that more and more coding will be necessary to best utilize AI.
It is ironic that AI will help computer programmers write code quicker even while they design AI-based programs. It would be a terrible possibility if AI were to become sentient and somehow decide it can code for the future well enough without humans dominating current technology.
Taking a positive view of the potential for progress you can think about whatever determination managed to get the Great Pyramid of Giza built. Millennia later the Great Pyramid is standing but we have no complete understanding of how that was achieved, even with archaeology and theorists. The technology surrounding the building of the Pyramid of Giza is unknown, yet we see the result.
Whenever AI is used, there is the concern that it will become more powerful and humans will have too few controls to know when to stop.
The popularity of Midjourney may mean there is a certain comfort with AI. This brings people to code to better command AI content. By coding, people can better command AI content.
I stopped utilizing Midjourney when my free-tier membership ran out, but there are other AI tools, for both image and non-image tools, which interest me.
If you’re in the USA, have a terrific Independence Day. All the best.
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