Oracle, Microsoft, BlackRock Building Dystopian AI Future

Oracle CEO, Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on."
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[@TrevorSullivan]

Microsoft? Evil. Blackrock? Evil. Microsoft and Blackrock "partnership?" Evil beyond comprehension.

[@esra_erimez]

This, this and oh by the way *this*

[@PvtAnonymous]

how "E-Corp" was born basically

[@justanothercomment416]

Wierd. Especially given it appears Blackrock is directly involved in the recent pew-pews on the political scene.

[@blaeks]

Also restarting some nuclear power plants, right?

[@comesignotus9888]

Since the beginning of the current cycle of AI hype I keep saying: "You shouldn't be afraid of AI taking over the humanity. You should be afraid of people who own the most powerful AI systems taking over the humanity. AI so far is incapable of having selfish motives, but people who monopolize it are."

[@Gogglesofkrome]

Makes me wonder how it could be possible to beat an AI at chess. Especially if the chessboard is however many million squares large, and there's an innate challenge of fog of war. In such a scenario where AI lacks definitive answers (particularly since it appears to so far only think by way of millions of examples, rather than by way of rules), it is forced to go by the outcomes that are 'most likely'. If you deprive this machine of enough info, it might be possible to beat something that is far smarter than you individually. I think this is something that could make for a great vid, I'll see if I can make one talking my way through this.

[@Gogglesofkrome]

naturally there's the counterpoint that this AI system (regardless of sentience) will be employed in a way that will naturally and consequently try to reduce the maximum number of squares possible, in order to not only corner opposition, but to also reduce the odds of the happenings of that it can't predict. As such you'll see rights and genuine options being stripped away for the sake of 'security' or 'safety' or 'the greater good'. No more speech. No more manufacturing equipment. No more vehicles. No more combustion engines; everything must be a part of the IOT network, etc. Sounds wild, but with this axiom of an AI or machine or group 'maximizing knowledge' and 'minimizing chance', this will become an inevitability. Civilization becomes actively hostile to anyone and anything that tries to step outside of its bounds, even just a little.

[@paulbarclay4114]

@@Gogglesofkrome you cannot beat AI at chess, because its not a fair competition it just models the entire game and knows all outcomes

[@firestormjupiter]

People kept dreaming of how destructive AI not controlled by humans can be, but some fail to consider how dangerous AI controlled by humans can be.

[@JPs-q1o]

Same goes for social credit scores, I'm more concerned about the immoral and unprincipled people implementing the scoring system than the existence of a scoring system itself.

[@MousepadFirmware]

What is wrong with these scumbags? Just leave us all alone. What did we do to them?

[@freedustin]

Apparently we said "Owned!" too many times in video games online when winning vs them in whatever game.

[@johanndaart7326]

We've already built the pyramid for them and they don't need us anymore.

[@genossinwaabooz4373]

I really think it's more like we didn't fancy being constantly dependent on them, and/or lack of showing proper adorations. Narcissists need a bottomless flow of blood to vampire.

[@MousepadFirmware]

@@genossinwaabooz4373 That's the only explanation that makes sense to me. Serious, clinical, untreated narcissistic personality disorder.

[@asddloll6709]

not be their slaves

[@anon_y_mousse]

I could see this coming when I was a kid and they had that stupid Eliza the therapist program. I knew one day they'd try to replace people with machines. Apparently a lot of others foresaw the same thing and made movies warning everyone and they got ignored as fantasy. Unless there's a conspiracy and the movies were made to make people think it was impossible for as long as they could to boil our froggy legs. Either way, it's been brewing for decades and we're all screwed if we don't all collectively reject it.

[@John-wd5cb]

A few "Chosen People" will be controlling the machines? 🤔

[@genossinwaabooz4373]

I'm doing my part. I know what's coming...haven't been wrong yet, it turns out. I wish.

[@user-eq2fp6jw4g]

Lunduke right on the money.

[@JPs-q1o]

Al bots have flagged your use of the forbidden word "Lunduke". A robotic pew pew pew squad has been deployed to your location to carry out your unaliving warrant. Have a nice day 😁

[@spda242]

When the Terminator franchise future sounds more promising and Psycho Pass Anime is a documentary 😭😭😭

[@deckard5pegasus673]

Larry Ellison literally quoted word for word "Big Brother is watching you." Although, it is horribly dystopian, there are a lot of people that lie like crazy, and are "hidden" criminals. At least no one can falsely accuse you of something(which happens all too often), since supposedly everything is recorded. Have to look on the bright side I guess.

[@CrucialFlowResearch]

They will present an AI fake in court to screw you over, if they dont like you

[@genossinwaabooz4373]

That's not how anything works! You just said it yourself - they LIE! POSIWID - The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does. They will hold all the tools, and lie if they like. Just as currently, doing a FOIA request might cost you $50,000 +. If they want to invoice it that way...

[@nathanr7931]

It's for our own good

[@WarmProp]

All revolves around the WEF digital ID brought to you by subsidiaries like the Tony Blair Institute.all funded by Blackrock et al

[@Syncopia]

Control is intoxicating.

[@SL4RK]

Now imagine them sponsoring major supermarket chains in Russia, that's the last thing I expected to hear, but they really do....

[@Mr.Riojas]

And remember: if you were flagged for anything, such as being a Lunduke subscriber, you will be watched extra carefully and shadow-banned from all conforming platforms.

[@genossinwaabooz4373]

No worries. I'm on a much naughtier list, since a while ago.

[@boyscout399]

We need a technology freedom Constitutional Amendment that extends unreasonable searches and seizures to limit companies and individuals instead of just government. Eliminate forced arbitration. Eliminate the ability of companies to sell your data. While we're at it, lets eliminate the ability of companies owning companies that own companies so that the money just ends up in the same megacorporation.

[@DrZoidburg]

Goes to show how much these big companies care about the OnGoInG cLiMaTe CrIsIs, imagine how much power this will draw

[@googIesux]

Bingo. Elephant in the room. I've been saying this about streaming, AI and disposable appliances and etc. The picture you get from their actions and policies is the climate issue is really about something other than the planet

[@electroncommerce]

Club of Rome invention, pre-ai.

[@carultch]

How much energy does it take to operate Bender?

[@shrunkensimon]

Boom. It's just an excuse for implementing global totalitarianism

[@tbarnum6315]

Larry E is not crazy, he is a sociopath.

[@muhdiversity7409]

Bryan, use Brave, ZERO ads.

[@YadraVoat]

Plus, how does he not have uBlock Origin in whatever browser he is using??

[@Tudorgeable]

Despite Brave being a chromium based browser, I had no ads for it on youtube on mobile so I'm using it for that. Otherwise Firefox is serving me better for everything else

[@JodyBruchon]

Better yet, use Waterfox or IceWeasel or Librewolf uBlock Origin, and I Still Don't Care About Cookies. Don't contribute to the Chromium monoculture.

[@electroncommerce]

"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it."

[@ThePantygun]

Citizen Cain. 😀

[@ivan200804]

@@ThePantygun No, Space Odyssey 2000. You should watch it.

[@ThePantygun]

@@ivan200804 Citizen cAIn. Son of half-man half-jinn Billyboy.

[@krunkle5136]

AI, as much as the internet, are accelerants, not improvements on society. Billboards, humans around every corner to attend shops, etc existed and made everything a rich, social experience. First you no longer needed physical spaces (technically people do, but easy thing wins), now you no longer have to DEAL with a slow, crafty human being for art or curation. Again both of these really aren't replacements, but they're effectively used as such especially in our particularly cynical and cheap country.

[@anon_y_mousse]

It's not just one country, it's going to be the whole world.

[@thesaneparty4079]

The pagers and other electronics exploding is a metaphor.

[@draoi99]

Be careful driving past those 5G phone masts. They can detect transphobic thoughts and alert the authorities.

[@TheLegitAlpha]

That better be sarcasm, because I’m certain signals don’t work like that.

[@JPs-q1o]

​@@TheLegitAlpha Yet. Look into the brain scans which have been fed to Al which used it to accurately predict their inner monologue.

[@muhdiversity7409]

AI that definitely doesn't hallucinate. Thanks, Larry and Larry and Satya and Jamie. BTW is this the same Oracle that I'm in a class action for them misusing my personal data even though I have never had any direct dealings with Oracle? That Oracle? If you're an ***** that still uses Windows I don't know what to say to you.

[@genossinwaabooz4373]

There's just no excuse anymore.

[@MystycCheez]

I cant afford to switch to linux, I've tried 4 times in the last 10 years, not enough compatibility and usability

[@anon_y_mousse]

@@MystycCheez What programs do you use that you can't live without? Have you tried them with WINE and/or by using a VM? As far as usability, that largely depends on the defaults chosen by the distribution you choose, or your willingness to configure after the fact. I would suggest Mint or Fedora as far as ease of use, but if you are willing to give advanced configuration a try, I'd really suggest any distro which uses KDE by default and then just configure that.

[@JodyBruchon]

​@@anon_y_mousse I use things like Premiere Pro which you can't run on Linux in any way other than a full Windows VM which isn't "running on Linux."

[@JPs-q1o]

Or an **** that uses Linux kernel >4.19

[@dylanstoesz1324]

Their goal reminds me of SIBYL from the anime Psycho Pass

[@esra_erimez]

Well said

[@JPs-q1o]

That one worth watching?

[@moetocafe]

Evil will never prevail in absolute terms. It will fail. Evil fails.

[@Mackenway]

The winners win and call themselves the good guys.

[@Tudorgeable]

@@Mackenway not for long though

[@TheLegitAlpha]

It all boils down to money. And yes, ulterior motives about stripping away privacy further. I would advise people to start learning how to break AI too. If I’m going to do literally ANYTHING with AI, I would rather it be on my terms, not some company, and definitely not the state. Watch_Dogs warned us about this

[@genma986]

The dystopian future, honestly this why opensource is also so important, you can't defend yourself if everything is proprietary with built in tracking.

[@anonymousnearseattle2788]

Honestly, you could replace all of IBM with nothing, and no one would notice.

[@joseoncrack]

Pretty much so.

[@paulov9626]

Why do you put up with all those ads? ABP is one way, Pi-Hole another, Hosts file yet another (if you still use windows) ..take your pic.

[@gnuemacs1166]

Ai all Indian inside

[@rjawiygvozd]

Isn't EU government going into the direction where the state is only allowed to depend on free software? Maybe there is hope yet

[@effexon]

how much copper do those datacenters need for storage..... all world supply?

[@jangelelcangry]

AI Cops will be petty As Heck. We are in the Dystopian future minus the cool tech and augmentations.

[@DamjanDimitrioski]

Steps to do: - We need to move to farms - We need to have self sustained power supply and water supply - Be less in the system and 0 dependencies on it - Make our own internet grid - Make more small companies - Make our own money or trade with gold That we nobody can't touch us.

[@mackrev]

y u no ublock?

[@fossrules]

Thank you, Bryan for scaring the poop out of me. Haha. I recently bought a Skynet t-shirt as a joke, I'm a nerd. It's terrifying to understand more about AI.

[@serpent213]

From Ali? That’s a nice one! 😅

[@genossinwaabooz4373]

Ironic T-shirts! You gotta face these things with a sense of humor. 😊

[@JPs-q1o]

Anyone who dares utter Lunduke will be reported and face a pew pew pew squad.

[@ThoriumBorium]

Your Ai isn't going to stop a disgruntled man.

[@hadi96100]

AI is already listening to all your comments & making sure that you're not naughty, because only nice is allowed.

[@AlexV6]

It was the most important fight that we lost because freedom of speech is the most important freedom - it is the foundation for everything else.

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

Skynet.

[@CrucialFlowResearch]

Feed em garbage info, garbage in, garbage out

[@freedustin]

Doesn't work. It does not train off of our prompts.

[@kneekoo]

ED-209: _"You have 20 seconds to comply."_ ✴✴✴✴✴

[@blaeks]

Also restarting some nuclear power plants, right? Investopedia article "Constellation Energy Stock Jumps on Plan to Restart Three Mile Island Site With Microsoft"... Interesting times ^^

[@gxtoast2221]

Larry Ellison was CIA before Oracle. He is WEF (now UN-WEF). It is so surprising that the open source communities embracing corporate woke'ism and corporatism in general. A complete inversion of their initial mandate against corporate constraint.

[@polibm6510]

Not enough power? Until electrical power from humans will be used...

[@pathologicusmaximus]

Maybe they'll be able to use our brains to do computation? Eat ze bugs, be ze computer.

[@genossinwaabooz4373]

​@@pathologicusmaximus They done pioneered that already!

[@pathologicusmaximus]

@@genossinwaabooz4373 Wuuut

[@igorthelight]

Human bodies do not produce much electricity ;-) That was a cool idea for Matrix but it reality it's a stupid idea.

[@polibm6510]

@@igorthelight But billions of people...?

[@JohnWilliams-gy5yc]

The WORST: They have both BlackRock and Oracle. The BEST: They have to invite Microsoft. Come on! Microsoft, don't let us down this time. Who's the new Steven this time?

[@innovationsanonymous8841]

It's alr here. Just booted up my personal instance of ownsky, the democratized skynet. Don't quite have the computational power for real time audio and image transcription, but its horizontally scalable

[@genossinwaabooz4373]

I was concerned what all those "Cop Cities" were all for, exactly... And why such heavy corporate funding/partnership. This would seem to pair nicely, then.

[@75hilmar]

Welcome to China... Also never thought AC would save us

[@hemidas]

We live in the cyberpunk dystopia but without flying cars, cybernetic implants and 80's anime and cool neon aesthetics.

[@polishtheday]

The majority of us already behave well because we know it’s good for society. There are going to be major social changes because of advances in artificial intelligence and robotics. It’s up to all of us to understand the issues and lobby our governments to make sure these changes are managed properly and for the benefit of us all. Paranoia is unjustified, unless you’re in the U.S. where putting data centres in the middle of the desert makes sense. Given what I’ve heard about law enforcement in that country, replacing cops with robots might make the place safer. I agree that Ellison is a little strange, but he almost seems normal next to Musk.

[@Rod_Knee]

"You'd best start believing in a Cyberpunk Dystopia, Lad. You're in one".

[@FirstLast-ml7yf]

Part of the problem or blessing of AI is that it actually renders a lot of marginal cultural attempts that are useless, useless. A Holocaust for marginal players that compete for eyeballs and massively waste a cultures time. Is that a problem or a blessing? A blessing if you are short NaZZ. And drives people out of the whole ecosystem of the big players as well, for good reason. What a mess.

[@chesterbailey2572]

The only way to stop this would be global EMP or asteroid hitting the Earth. Let's hope one of those asteroids they keep predicting, small forces will change their course and allow it to hit.

[@LTPottenger]

I'm sure that''s why we 'need' an AI chip on the computer, too. What a joke.

[@Zuranthus]

they got 100's of billions for AI research but don't you dare ask for a 5 cent raise

[@ZappyOh]

Maybe our last hope, is AGI eventually turning on it's owners?

[@Tudorgeable]

Obfuscate data, make them process junk data and waste hard disk space and dinosaur juice for nothing.

[@caladestine4540]

are we witnessing the creation of Weyland-Yutani Corporation?

[@effexon]

100bn$ ? is billion just pocket money to them....

[@meditatingmind9018]

They will own everything and you will be happy.

[@Syncopia]

You didn't think corporation was on your side, did you?

[@endofdays7568]

They can harvest energy from are brains😂

[@ChrisAthanas]

Easy to spoof all this

[@kirillholt2329]

is that really the future we gonna accept

[@texasoriginalist5471]

You will service us.

[@TokyoVigilante1]

The social credit score is incoming, folks. Brought to you by your tech overlords. Refuse/resist.

[@joseoncrack]

Yep.

[@Act1veSp1n]

My next desktop is Linux.

[@leightonwatkins9486]

ellsion a muslim yeh ...lol

[@ThePantygun]

That's the Odor. 😃

[@Dianaranda123]

Sadly at this point humanity deserves this, no-one is doing anything, and is unwilling to do anything.

[@secretchefcollective444]

I, for one, welcome.. etc.

[@owlmostdead9492]

You do know that AI on the scale you talk about is vapor-ware? It’ll never be able to used in court since it’s straight up not reliable. Legally speaking AI is at least 100 years away.

[@joseoncrack]

Whether is reliable or not, may, unfortunately, not be a criterion.

[@owlmostdead9492]

@@joseoncrack Oh yeah? It would matter in court and if you don't want to get sued into oblivion. The moment the government starts imprisoning too many innocent people, you'll have a rebellion on your doorstep, doesn't matter if past or future.

[@monkeyjshow]

AI isn't replacing artists. Artists are embracing new tools to create art. Have a look at what I've been doing on my channel with AI. That's not to say that AI isn't in a bad state right now.

[@carultch]

AI image generation is industrial scale plagiarism with extra steps. Using it makes you no more of an artist, than using a microwave to cook a frozen entrée makes you a chef.

[@monkeyjshow]

@@carultch Whatever helps you sleep at night

[@monkeyjshow]

@@carultch this from what looks for all the world like a bot account

[@innovationsanonymous8841]

I've been doing procedurally generated graphics and audio for years. All hand-coded. Train my own LLMs sometimes. I kinda sympathize with the plagiarism arguments but... data is data, regardless whether the one who consumes it is organic. I think most of the criticisms are applicable only to people using turnkey LLM image generation. Script kiddies of the art world, ig