Originally published at: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND NANOTECH
If you’re a regular reader here, you’ll probably already know that I am increasingly skeptical, and to a certain extent, alarmed, about the breakneck speed with which artificial intelligence not only is being developed, but being “pushed” as a kind of panacea for all of humanity’s ills. I think, in fact, that we are approaching…
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It’s a limited market, which needs gargantuan amounts of everything to setup and operate, reminds of musical chairs, and when the actual market size establishes, it’s constraints become visible, and really only a very few, maybe between 2 to 3 providers, will survive. Hence the race and frenetic activity and marketing around it all. It will follow the path of finance and we’ll likely end up with the too big to fail very few, who control if not own most everything.
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Liebe Herr Doktor,
You can’t just drop a knowledge reference bomb like ‘Francis Bacon’s Four Idols’ and just walk away 
In all seriousness, It’s appreciated when you do such things, then I am led to learn more and newer things.
I found a gem of ‘proper’ old internet design. You can tell when a webpage has been around awhile:
The Four Idols are:
Idols of the Tribe are deceptive beliefs inherent in the mind of man, and therefore belonging to the whole of the human race. (Imaginary extrapolations, generalisations)
Idols of the Cave are those which arise within the mind of the individual. This mind is symbolically a cavern. The thoughts of the individual roam about in this dark cave and are variously modified by temperament, education, habit, environment, and accident (Definite propagander-children)
Idols of the Marketplace are errors arising from the false significance bestowed upon words, and in this classification Bacon anticipated the modern science of semantics. According to him it is the popular belief that men form their thoughts into words in order to communicate their opinions to others, but often words arise as substitutes for thoughts and men think they have won an argument because they have out talked their opponents (Marxist/New-think/DEI /anti-hate speech blather anyone?)
Idols of the Theater are those which are due to sophistry and false learning. These idols are built up in the field of theology, philosophy, and science, and because they are defended by learned groups are accepted without question by the masses. When false philosophies have been cultivated and have attained a wide sphere of dominion in the world of the intellect they are no longer questioned. (*ding ding ding COVID and Scientism).
Now that I have learnt more, I can continue with the blog
This blog is horrifying if taken to it’s logical (everything Natural that humans tamper with hurts Nature and existence) conclusion. A race of mutants constantly shifting and barely surviving. Drooling, falling apart, and recombining. Then blame it on something else. Maybe solar flares? LOL
A Lovecraftian AI nanobot nightmare.
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Reminded of Drexler’s Engines Of Destruction.
[actually CREATION, but I prefer to be more accurate]
I read that years ago - thinking, that will be another sad day in hell.
Be carful where you DARE to tread…
It’s easy to spring a trap; getting out, is another whole ball of wax!
One can only wonder at the sheer number of…
MAD SCIENTISTS RUNNING AMOK!
AI is putting these insane-creatures; on an exponential growth-curve, that begs for an…
ADULT TO SLAM THE DOOR ON THIS 20-WORST CENTURY INSANITY !!!
LOL!!! = You Only Look ONCE! Not a damn chance for reflection!
Oops! You pulled the trigger! YOUR DEAD, and ALL those alll around you!
NO SECOND CHANCES! Let alone, TIME TO THINK!
Michael Crichton wrote a fictionalized version of the Grey Goo.
A comedy, as it had a happy ending.
[most everything being written, or filmed is a comedy - happy ending]
Tragedy is more likely; as is the current farce, in which we’re now being played.
Unfortunately, the Naked Ape is playing with nano-match-ai fire.
Many grey areas[dangers] - without any grey matter[thought]
= Grave Truths or…
You Only Look ONCE Consequences.
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