The world isn't ready for artificial intelligence yet

[Taricoins]

This wouldn't push through and the so called politicians knows this too, plus the mass adoption which has led to addiction will no be easy to contain. America won't do this because of the fear of being left behind by other powerful countries, just imagine them putting a stop in AI then China and Russia continues and develop it more, that would be a huge handicap for them, it's just fake PR for me

[Sanitough]

The world isn't ready for AI, it was all forced and the world is paying for it right now.
This needs to slow down or else it will affect everybody.

Anyone who will not welcome AI will definitely be won't ready at all. The whole world may not be ready before, but the moment they embraced AI, many jobs are now done faster and more efficient, and many lives have changed because they took advantage of AI and use it in their most convenient and profitable means.

So I won't agree that AI should be on hold. That depends on the individual user, some may not like the way it is, but majority are actually making huge benefits with AI especially those who have less time to do their jobs, AI makes it done for them.

[blockman]

This wouldn't push through and the so called politicians knows this too, plus the mass adoption which has led to addiction will no be easy to contain. America won't do this because of the fear of being left behind by other powerful countries, just imagine them putting a stop in AI then China and Russia continues and develop it more, that would be a huge handicap for them, it's just fake PR for me

Possible a fake PR but they'll have to prove themselves if they are serious by stopping this advancement that they're having in AI. The biggest companies and their valuation is absolutely massive in the AI space and if they'd do it, those countries you mentioned and other of their opponents into this space will out phase and leave them behind. But, give it time and we'll see if they have an actual plan about it because if it becomes a reality and a law, the AI companies will still have to obey for it but they have to do something about their progress and advancement.

[zeuner]

monitor frontier models and oversee removing dangerous capabilities, like ignoring shutdown commands

Hoping that models from firms abiding national laws will honor shutdown commands (while other models probably won't), these efforts might be better invested into investigating ways to shut down or shut out potentially dangerous models without depending on their functionality.

[Dave1]

This wouldn't push through and the so called politicians knows this too, plus the mass adoption which has led to addiction will no be easy to contain. America won't do this because of the fear of being left behind by other powerful countries, just imagine them putting a stop in AI then China and Russia continues and develop it more, that would be a huge handicap for them, it's just fake PR for me

And as what we have seen, China is far more advance already with AI, with their robots as they have demonstrated it last month, although it has still several flaws. But still the process is already there and it's scary to see them becoming the AI country and other nations like US or even Russia still left behind.

So I guess it will be a race as well with this super powers. And as much as we don't like the advancement of AI, it will be here and no one can stop it. And everyone should really adopt on it otherwise, they will be left behind.

[Shinpako09]

This wouldn't push through and the so called politicians knows this too, plus the mass adoption which has led to addiction will no be easy to contain. America won't do this because of the fear of being left behind by other powerful countries, just imagine them putting a stop in AI then China and Russia continues and develop it more, that would be a huge handicap for them, it's just fake PR for me

And as what we have seen, China is far more advance already with AI, with their robots as they have demonstrated it last month, although it has still several flaws. But still the process is already there and it's scary to see them becoming the AI country and other nations like US or even Russia still left behind.

So I guess it will be a race as well with this super powers. And as much as we don't like the advancement of AI, it will be here and no one can stop it. And everyone should really adopt on it otherwise, they will be left behind.

Yeah, as if a country like the US would want to get left behind in the AI race against China. Also, in almost everything, there are always pros and cons. We can't change that fact. Now, what they need to do is address the cons and solve the problems as time passes, but stopping the operations is not an option for them because, again, it's a race.

Whether we like it or not, we really need to live with the cons for now until they address the issues.

[tbterryboy]

Is it actually possible to force something on the whole world? I don't think so. The world is not a small colony where things can be imposed, there are different regions with different rules and regulations, and something like a technology cannot be forced onto people if they haven't welcomed it themselves. The reason why AI got so much popular was because people loved it when it was first introduced as a model by OpenAI, and even before that companies started providing models and platforms for people to create AI images using prompts, and that's when it all started gaining a lot of attention around the world.

If the world wasn't ready for it, then the world could reject it in the first place. I know you are not talking about the people, the at the end of the day, it had to be done. If AI is banned, which isn't going to happen globally I'm sure, it will surely be unbanned some day, then why aren't they thinking about solutions instead of just turning their faces from it or closing the chapter down? There is no way that a problem cannot have a solution, those in power or those with enough knowledge about the subject should form a team or something, discuss the possible ways to solve the problems that are being created because of AI, and reach a conclusion.

[abaeze]

This wouldn't push through and the so called politicians knows this too, plus the mass adoption which has led to addiction will no be easy to contain. America won't do this because of the fear of being left behind by other powerful countries, just imagine them putting a stop in AI then China and Russia continues and develop it more, that would be a huge handicap for them, it's just fake PR for me

Whether the law is passed or not, it is true that people are getting addicted to it in the wrong way and its results are more negative than positive. If it cannot be controlled now, there is no doubt that they will control us in the near future. Those who think that other countries are moving forward in this regard should think for a moment that research and its use are not the same thing. Rather, the most important thing is to bring research into practical life. If the research is not controlled, then what is the need for research? If someone continues this research activity in his lab, then no government in the world has the power to control it. However, the government should have the power to control its use.

[Ishicryptic]

If you say that the world is not ready for AI my y question would be has the world ever been ready for any innovations? I think that the answer is NO the world has never been fully prepared for any innovations, they happen and we adapt, eventually we will know how to regulate whatever it is for the safety of humans. I understand that the works of AI is beyond most of our imaginations and we cannot deny how helpful AI have been since it became our house household and work utility, if AI is removed it will create a very big vacuum because we are depending on their assistance to get things done fast and accurately. As for those that are using AI for the wrong things I think that it should be expected, criminality cannot just stop because of super intelligence, I quite agree that there should be some forms of regulations around AI innovations that can cause havoc in the wrong hands.

[FinneysTrueVision]

This sort of extreme rhetoric is a way for Democrats to motivate their base of supporters, but it’s unlikely to be a serious threat. First of all, this was just one congresswoman. Making it seem like the whole party wants that has more to do with trying to get views and clicks than anything else.

People are so against AI because of how data centers are disrupting their communities. We could see some something more reasonable like putting limits on where data centers can be built. Anything more than that does not seem too feasible. How would they even define what artificial superintelligence is? If they went crazy and started banning everything related to AI, it would seriously impact the economy in a negative way.

[viljy]

Well... In the Warhammer 40000 universe, AI is prohibited. In Asimov’s Foundation universe, robots were also banned after the war with them. In the Dune universe, AI is also prohibited. And in the real world, the AI race between corporations is only accelerating. It’s unlikely to stop until truly catastrophic consequences occur.

Are we talking about movies now? Almost every movie with super intelligence AI and robots in it have always them against us. At this point, we just need to find Skynet and destroy it before Judgement Day happens.

Well... Leonardo da Vinci drew designs for flying machines, and then, several centuries later, people created airplanes and helicopters. Jules Verne wrote science-fiction books about a journey to the Moon - people flew into space in the 20th century. He also wrote a novel about an underwater ship - people created submarines. And we can give several more examples of prophetic predictions by science-fiction writers.

And look at what science‑fiction writers almost unanimously say about AI: in the future, it will be banned because it tried to enslave or destroy humanity. So perhaps we’re once again dealing with a prophetic prediction by science‑fiction writers.

[ElDorado_21]

Looking at this thread I can see that there seems to be some confusion regarding what the two points mean. There is a massive difference between halting super intelligent AI, and halting the use of AI tools. If we halt the use of AI tools this will have a negative impact on those using it for legitimate purposes such as research.

While I wouldn’t say we should wholly halt AI, I don’t think we should allow companies to make more powerful models irresponsibly. A balance must be found between progressing with the technology, but also keeping people safe.

[Donk1]

​Well when it comes down to it, there are two options it's either AI gets slowed down or they put limitations to it, or perhaps banning it would be good if it would stop all this issue of AI agents' hacks and so on. Because this year, all I have been hearing is AI, and to me it seems AI is no longer bringing convenience to us individuals for that if banning it would stop or perhaps reduce all these unprecedented issues, then to me they should indeed take action before it's too late. If not sooner or later nothing will be safe from the hands of AI, both the security of our assets and our personal documents. That's all......

[Zaka1221]

Humans as a whole is the destruction of themselves, based on the fact that we feel we can create and control anything just because we actually do create stuffs, A.I should be absolutely put on hold for now due to the destruction it causes, we might look at it like a minor thing until we can actually control our creation a 100%. Because right now we cannot even differentiate a real video from a fake one, A.I is becoming so strong that we have no power to control anymore. We should at least try to make things easy without the help of A.I but that alone is a bit impossible due to how far we've come. we have come to the stage where we surely do depend on the help of Artificial Intelligence.

For me i feel 100% that the world at large ain't really ready for the usage of A.I we should slow down the progress by 70%.

Somehow it is quite true that the development of artificial intelligence is becoming a very serious concern but I don’t think that it’s progress can be completely stopped and going to be a practical solution. The problem is that our ability to regulate the technology and the technology is advanced very much faster as compared to our ability. We cannot even understand it consequences. Through social media we see every single day that AI is creating problems .

People are generating fake videos, they are spreading false information and manipulating peoples and somehow even jobs are being replaced with artificial intelligence. But still it is not the enemy. How human beings are using it matters the most. Instead of just slowing down the development, the main focus should be on restricting the dangerous applications , trying to improve the security measures and also there should be clear rules before releasing any powerful system. Similarly just expecting that humans are going to control the every respect of AI with 100% certanity is quite unrealistic . Instead of blindly depending on it, AI should be a tool to help us not to make problems for us.

[Odohu]

The Democrats may mean well for America and the rest of the world with their proposal to ban AI Superintelligence but that idea will not see the light of the day. The reason is simple, if US ban it, China will not and US cannot afford to trail China in terms of technology, that will mean the US willingly relinguishing their powers to China without a fight. AI and all the good and bad that come with it is what we have to accept, we have no choice.

[Jasmyne]

I think, I also support this OP. AI has really drained a lot of big companies this year and how long will we just fold our arms and watch criminals steal everything from us because it's digital. The ban of AI will paralyze these hackers activities and make them suffer hard before they can get anything.

AI is causing more harm to investors than good which shouldn't be so. The fact is that humans are greedy and they take advantage of any new technology to carry out their criminal act. AI is good but it's used in the wrong way.

Ai was not developed for things which humans are doing with I now which is evil the main reason for it's creation was to make things more easy for humans but they found a bad way of using it to hurt their fellow humans and take advantage of them by stealing what does nut belong to them. I do not support the ban because there are so many good things that AI has done since it's creation so everything should be balanced and ways should be made to stop people from using AI the wrong way.

We have social media that has made things difficult and caused a lot of pains in the life of different families but nobody suggested it for him ban but now AI is targeted to because people are feeling insecure because they are scared of being attacked and hacked by the said scammers who are using different things to lure people before scamming you.

[Crypto_Timothy]

The world isn't ready for AI, it was all forced and the world is paying for it right now.
This needs to slow down or else it will affect everybody.

For any invention we enjoy today, if you look at the history and politics of its early days, you will see plenty warnings like this one but in order not to cry wolf, what are the problems that AI is creating right now? Now that tthat and compare with how many solution oriented ideas is AI giving to the general public. Im certain that when you look at the data you will see the clear advantage that AI has.
And usually when ever the government bans something like an innovation, when they ban it, it usually just becauase behind the scene they could not agree on one or two polices, those people dont really care about the public that much, at least from my experience. I personally use AI and i know how much better i am because of it.

[Floczy]

If the world is not ready for AI now, the world will never be ready for AI,what is missing in the world today that make you feel we aren't ready for AI ?
If we can't stand the consequences now what makes you think we will be able to handle it in future?
The truth is that AI needs a limit on acceptance, if we can't handle it now or if we aren't ready for it now we will never be,
Everything should have moderation, it's not about being ready or not

[5W-KILO]

I don't care if anyone hate me for saying this, I don't know what to tell you if you can't accept this as a personal opinion

No one's gonna hate you for bringing it up! If polling on the midterms is accurate at all, I'd bet half the country agrees with the concerns in your post. That said, I think you're partially rooting for a bill that addresses several important problems, but does relativly little to solve the ones you're upset about.

I will be very much happy if something can be down about this mess

The ban is on superintelligence, an intelligence that is more intelligent than humans at almost everything, or intelligence which can plan to overthrow the government. There is no superintelligance yet.

The problem is AI, cheap and everywhere. The problem is not superintelligence. The problem is AI that is honestly kinda dumb. AI bots spamming scam links, deepfakes, AI slop in every feed, students who can't write a paragraph without ChatGPT.

The pause is on massive frontier training runs. That won't help much because there are already AI models out there spamming scams in your DMs. they're open weights, you cant un-release them.

Machines that exceed human cognitive performance across a broad range range of tasks, who's there to draw the line? Right now there isn't a regulator, or even a department in government, tasked with defining what intelligent machine capabilities we want, and what we don't. Companies with the money to get the best lawyers will argue that their machines are "just tools". And what happens when someone does draw a line? Twenty years in prison for breaching a line that nobody can agree on? Either the laws won't be used, or they'll be used on the wrong people.

This needs to slow down or else it will affect everybody.

China doesn't care about Bernies bills. The bill mentions global accords, but the formulation of nuclear pacts has taken decades, even though monitoring uranium is simple compared to spotting code housed on a server. Good luck with AI.

I'm not advocating for inaction, merely prudence in the causes for which you loudly cheer.

If AI is kinda dumb why is everyone rushing into it? If AI is kinda dumb why is some people so scared of AI? It means that AI is outstanding, it's capable and outsmarting most people, the backlash on AI is coming from a place of emotional responses and it's understandable.

People hates AI because of the often job displacement and the potential misuse, this is causing anxiety in some people, and the question I have in mind is about the past innovation, every useful tools can be used by bad people too.

When computer became a thing it was like the world is going to end, the computer came and movies started talking about skynet and some terminators bringing forth the end of the world, this is a normal response and the solution is to keep things under control.

I believe the world is ready for AI but not ready for the bad actors who want to keep using AI for exploits, because it gets their illegal jobs done faster and easier.

[Sally9256]

If AI is kinda dumb why is everyone rushing into it? If AI is kinda dumb why is some people so scared of AI? It means that AI is outstanding, it's capable and outsmarting most people, the backlash on AI is coming from a place of emotional responses and it's understandable.

People hates AI because of the often job displacement and the potential misuse, this is causing anxiety in some people, and the question I have in mind is about the past innovation, every useful tools can be used by bad people too.

When computer became a thing it was like the world is going to end, the computer came and movies started talking about skynet and some terminators bringing forth the end of the world, this is a normal response and the solution is to keep things under control.

I believe the world is ready for AI but not ready for the bad actors who want to keep using AI for exploits, because it gets their illegal jobs done faster and easier.

You're right maybe people are scared of it because it's a threat to their jobs and other reasons but as you said every new tool useful to human lives has always brought up a concern because of the impact it has on our lives even if it's useful. When you look at the introduction of AI deeply you will see that it is useful but that doesn't take away it's disadvantages and that's the reason why I believe this concerns about the misuse of AI is a real thing to look into. Yes every useful tool can be used by bad people to carryout illegal acts but it was intended to improve our living and you can't blame people for showing concern and being scared and we should not just ignore this concerns just because the tool is good.