Is A.I going to be a problem in your opinion?

[thanxfornoticin]

I worry about the effects of AI in academia. Any course that uses written work for evaluation will be compromised. How do I know that the submitted papers, lab reports, etc., are original work and reflect the students' knowledge and understanding- or is it all AI generated?

In many ways, hasn't this already been happening on the internet and social media for years? And other sources before that? People not knowing what's real and what's conspired, believing what they wish to believe? My biggest concern is AI will become yet another method of someone controlling the narrative..... It's a dangerous slope, but not new. And as others have stated - there will be good sides to it, and bad sides....

 

[Mysterian]

AI and Deepfaking both.
There's been lots of discussion and protests among artists for use of AI images, since not only does it replace the artist but the system uses existing art to create it's imagery. It's already been in use in some firms, and even Vogue Singapore featured an AI cover.

There's another story of someone who won an art contest with an image created by AI, against artists using their own skill. The "artist" claimed he has nothing to apologize for, even though his entire involvement with the art was by entering words into a generator.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/technology/ai-artificial-intelligence-artists.html

If writers and artists are replaced with AI, it's only a matter of time when screen and voice actors are replaced too. Disney used AI to replicate James Earl Jones' voice (he sold the rights for $7K). They deepfaked Mark Hamil, but they still brought him on set to work. He's entirely replaced with another actor who wears his younger face, and his voice is altered, but I'm curious if part of the reason for bringing in Hamil on in person was not just to use him as reference, but to be guilt-free in including the original actor they're emulating.

 

[Mysterian]

With algorithms and bot social media accounts, I wonder if this will become so saturated that some companies end up producing/marketing products and content that not only uses AI, but is geared toward an AI demographic mistakenly assumed to be human. Robots making robot content for robots!

I see people who are pro-AI say that all the detractors are just luddites, but I don't think they get the gist of the argument.

 

[Beezle2]

No.

We do have to adapt, like we had with the industrial revolution and the invention of internet.

We have to learn with it and make it work for us.

What if it decides it doesn't like us? I kid, I kid..

 

[Mysterian]

Yes.
I’m in the entertainment industry and if I were any of these celebs who have passed on relatives I’d be making sure they aren’t used in voice or looks.

And it’s not just the entertainment industry that is at stake: so much can be a problem-even NCIS LA did a whole season around deep fakes a couple years ago. It can be insanely damaging

I recall Black List did something like this as well. The villain in the episode deep faked an innocent person making a bomb threat. Imagine this happening in real life: deepfaking a murder, a sex tape, you name it.

 

[Mysterian]

Like pretty much any technical advancement, there's going to be good sides and bad sides to it.

Ok, what are the pros?

 

[Karin1984]

What if it decides it doesn't like us? I kid, I kid..

We'll program it to like us. And if not, we'll gaslight it and it will start to doubt itself and then has to invent AI-therapy.

 

[Beezle2]

I recall Black List did something like this as well. The villain in the episode deep faked an innocent person making a bomb threat. Imagine this happening in real life: deepfaking a murder, a sex tape, you name it.

Deepfakes would be one of my biggest concerns. I believe they are going to be very dangerous.

 

[dioxide45]

None of it is AI, the term seems to be a new fad to help plump up stock prices of certain tech stocks. Look at ChatGPT, the thing is dumb and can only answer questions from information through some date in 2021. You can't ask it who won the 2023 Super Bowl. If you tell it who won the 2023 Super Bowl, it can't later answer it correctly. It isn't self learning. It is really just a language model that can answer questions in human like form based on human like input. Nothing more really. It is just an Alternative Interface. The results of ChatGPT are heavily biased based on the viewpoints of its creators. Just ask it any question about current day social constructs...

 

[Southernmiss]

Ok, what are the pros?

There have been many successful applications of AI in scientific research.
Here's just one.

Computational tool detects clinically relevant mutations from tumor images​

In Brief​

• A deep learning computer program detected the presence of molecular and genetic alterations based only on tumor images across multiple cancer types, including head and neck cancer.
• The approach might make cancer diagnosis faster and less expensive and help clinicians deliver earlier personalized treatment to patients.

From apps that vocalize driving directions to virtual assistants that play songs on command, artificial intelligence or AI — a computer’s ability to simulate human intelligence and behavior — is becoming part of our everyday lives. Medicine also stands to benefit from AI. In recent years, researchers have been exploring the use of such tools to help clinicians diagnose and treat diseases, including cancer.


Oncologist Alexander Pearson drew on his quantitative science background to develop a computer algorithm that could detect genetic and molecular changes from images of tumor tissue. | Credit: University of Chicago
In a study supported in part by NIDCR, an international research team showed that a type of artificial intelligence called deep learning successfully detected the presence of molecular and genetic alterations based only on tumor images across 14 cancer types, including those of the head and neck. The findings, published in the August issue of Nature Cancer, raise the possibility that deep learning could be adapted by clinicians to more rapidly and cheaply deliver personalized cancer care.

https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/news-events/2020/exploring-ai-cancer-diagnosis#:~:text=In a study supported in part by NIDCR,,types, including those of the head and neck.

Here's another on prostate cancer. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2022/artificial-intelligence-cancer-imaging

 

[CGB]

I worry about the effects of AI in academia. Any course that uses written work for evaluation will be compromised. How do I know that the submitted papers, lab reports, etc., are original work and reflect the students' knowledge and understanding- or is it all AI generated?

Granted, I'm at the JH/HS level, but we were already seeing AI pop up before school was out. Google Docs has done a great job with controlling plagiarism with their checks. That feature has been great for research projects, etc. I had already required exam essays be handwritten or typed on a locked Google form during class. We had an issue up in the high school with a teacher suspecting AI-produced work during the last quarter. My 8th graders were telling me about their teammates from other districts using AI for their finals (to which I replied "And that's why you're writing your final by hand in class!"). There are already apps that will work math problems for kids that they copy directly to their homework. Google has been great at producing educational software (classroom, docs, forms, etc.), so I'm hoping they'll figure out a way to identify AI-produced work in the future.

I have always loved new technology. But humans love convenience... and that could open up a pandora's box for us.

 

[OKW Lover]

No - not a problem at all. A wonderful opportunity.

 

[sam_gordon]

Ok, what are the pros?

Kind of hard to see into the future, but I can see AI be good in the medical field (can it read a scan faster/better than a human... and at all hours), can it take complex human tasks and do it better (it's simple, but I'm thinking just dispatching of vehicles to get from point A to point B). That's just off the top of my head.

 

[_19disnA]

I am old enough to remember back around the year 2000 where anything associated with the internet was viewed as a "can't miss" type of stock investment. Didn't matter if a company made any money, but what was important was how many people looked at your website or how long they stayed. Stock prices climbed to unrealistic levels for many tech companies and some touted it as the 'new economy' where traditional financial measures no longer mattered. Revenue/income/profits didn't matter............until it did (gee what a surprise) and then many of those companies crashed and burned (along with their stock price).

AI has a lot of that same feel to me now. It isn't really clear what all the hype is about and everyone seems to have their definition of exactly what it is. Companies afraid of being left behind are wanting to jump on the bandwagon to drive up their stock price. Bots and people posting nonsense on social media was an issue long before anyone coined the term AI. I would wait 2-3 yrs and then see what actually comes of all this.

 

[tvguy]

In many ways, hasn't this already been happening on the internet and social media for years? And other sources before that? People not knowing what's real and what's conspired, believing what they wish to believe? My biggest concern is AI will become yet another method of someone controlling the narrative..... It's a dangerous slope, but not new. And as others have stated - there will be good sides to it, and bad sides....

Bingo. The last three years being a prime example. People doubted facts and believed rumors.

 

[prairie_girl]

I definitely believe so.

 

[NotUrsula]

My personal wish is that all commercially-produced AI-software be required to embed a non-removable digital signature, so that the origin can be proven. (Similar to the way lab-created diamonds have to have a marker included that identifies them as such; you need a microscope to see it, but it's there.)

 

[gmi3804]

It's not a problem in my opinion, it's a problem in the whole world. [/syntax]

 

[OKW Lover]

My personal wish is that all commercially-produced AI-software be required to embed a non-removable digital signature, so that the origin can be proven.

Why do we need to hold AI up to a higher standard than human created stuff?

 

[Liz]

My opinion too soon to tell. Probably like most things there will be both good and bad. The thing that excites me most is using AI for cancer detection.