It's Hard To Trust People Online.

[worldstarcountry]

That's true.

As is the fact that people make a lot of money selling certain types of digital protection.

Take paid VPN for instance...

Well, there are opportunities sitting right in front of us if we just investigate and build stuff. Nobody has been  paying much attention to this, I think it has much potential. I want to play scavenger  hunt in public places  with this stuff.

[andy06shake]

Well, there are opportunities sitting right in front of us if we just investigate and build stuff. Nobody has been  paying much attention to this, I think it has much potential. I want to play scavenger  hunt in public places  with this stuff.
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I read your thread, worldstarcounty.

The tech does indeed look rather interesting and seems to have some serious potential for both good and bad.

Then again thats true for most tools, depending on the purpose to which they are set.

[LightAngel]

The problem is that attention gets pulled toward whatever is loudest in the room.

Rather than what's important.

And we are drowning in noise...

Yes, I am also thinking about AI here.

Because AI isn't a friend or an enemy I think It's a mirror.

And what we see in that mirror depends entirely on the values of the people who control it.

The technology itself isn't dangerous, the danger is power without accountability and greed without conscience, you know, systems built by people who want control more than they want human welfare.

AI could help us heal, learn, grow, and solve problems we have carried for generations. Or it could be used to manipulate and divide. 

I care about animal and human welfare. AI is "powerful", but power always has a cost. And if we are not careful, that cost will be paid by the people who lose their jobs, their stability, and their ability to put food on the table.

This is a conversation we need to have NOW, but the media mostly focus on nonsense!

[midicon]

@LightAngel

I'm not fussed or fazed by any of it. I don't watch TV, own a mobile or use AI.  I do have a recently acquired little flip phone (and a tracker) which my daughter gave me but just for calls and emergency contacts as I am suffering from episodal memory loss lol. 

I focus on the positive and anything I can do to help those around me. I do have a secret little wish that I might write something beautiful and touch people. 

I'm just a simple fellow.

[andy06shake]

Yes, I am also thinking about AI here.

Because AI isn't a friend or an enemy I think It's a mirror.

And what we see in that mirror depends entirely on the values of the people who control it.

The technology itself isn't dangerous, the danger is power without accountability and greed without conscience, you know, systems built by people who want control more than they want human welfare.

AI could help us heal, learn, grow, and solve problems we have carried for generations. Or it could be used to manipulate and divide. 

I care about animal and human welfare. AI is "powerful", but power always has a cost. And if we are not careful, that cost will be paid by the people who lose their jobs, their stability, and their ability to put food on the table.

This is a conversation we need to have NOW, but the media mostly focus on nonsense!

I agree.

AI is neither a friend nor a foe.

It reflects the intentions of those who build and control it, just like any other tool. 

The greatest risk is not the technology itself.

It's the unchecked power and profit-driven decision-making.

We urgently need honest discussions about protecting our jobs, dignity, and human/animal welfare.

And we need to do it before the changes outpace our respective society's ability to adapt.

Because there is pretty much another industrial revolution on the horizon.

And where there is growth, there tends to be pain...