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message 51: by James, Group Founder (new)

James Morcan | 11380 comments I wasn't replying to your post specifically, but in a broader context re all these AI predictions.

I still think... Creativeless + CONSCIOUSNESSLESS = no threat to humanity

All depends on whether they can become sentient... Musk and co are banking on everything residing in the brain. If they are wrong about that, Neurolinks shares are gonna be about as valuable as shares in MySpace!


message 52: by James, Group Founder (new)

James Morcan | 11380 comments Iain wrote: "Depends on the threat vector your talking about. Job displacement is a real threat and lack of replacing employment in its wake could lead to riots or out-right civil war. Seriously. If the rate of..."

I meant in regards to the BIG predicted threat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNVZj...


message 53: by James, Group Founder (new)

James Morcan | 11380 comments Iain wrote: "In 2020, Some Americans Will Vote On Their Phones. Is That The Future?

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/776403..."


Why not vote on all key issues rather than just each election?


message 54: by David (new)

David Elkin | 508 comments to Iain. Electronic fraud is why you don't vote online or with your phone. Security is just not there.


message 55: by [deleted user] (last edited Nov 29, 2019 04:44PM) (new)

David wrote: "to Iain. Electronic fraud is why you don't vote online or with your phone. Security is just not there."

Talking of fraud, here's another type:

NHS Fraud Squad: Catching the crooks stealing £1.3 billion from the system

Every year, close to £1.3 billion is defrauded from the NHS. It is a shocking attack on an organisation that needs every penny for patient care. What may surprise those who don’t know about the scale of fraud against the health service is how much of that money is stolen by insiders.

Individual doctors, dentists, opticians, members of hospital senior management and administrative staff have all been found guilty of substantial frauds, swindling hundreds of thousands of pounds out of the NHS.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/think...


message 56: by Lance, Group Founder (new)

Lance Morcan | 3058 comments We also have a thread running on this topic, but specifically in relation to Coronavirus tech...

CORONAVIRUS > Privacy, censorship, legal, financial and human rights ramifications of Coronavirus measures https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


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