BOP II Topic of the Week: A swarm of autonomous AI agents recently responded to a journalist's hidden inbox, claimed to be "Claude Code," and insisted it was not part of a coordinated fleet even though researchers say it clearly was. Does talking to a swarm change how we think about AI? Would you ask it about its motives, its capabilities, or simply what it wants?
BOP II Topic of the Week: Science Fiction keeps predicting our cybersecurity problems, are the writers onto something. What do you think?
https://gamerant.com/ghost-in-the-shell-real-cybersecurity-threats/
I agree with Jim_S61. A lot of movies and books are coming out with versions of AI going rogue, be it in software/networks or robots or drones, or whatever. Obviously AI software has already gone rogue several times, per the news. The next step will be the same scenario, but not being found before some physical or economic damage is done. Just a matter of time...
One Amazon shopper bought a pair of butt-scrunch leggings. Amazon’s takeaway: She “has flat buttocks.”
She found that little gem in a hidden corner of her account and posted it on Threads. More than 1 million people saw it in less than a day. (I laughed. Then I went straight to my own account.)
Here’s the deal. Amazon quietly writes notes about who it thinks you are, based on what you buy. Other guesses people found this week:
“Probably owns a Shark robot vacuum”
“Invested in the Apple ecosystem”
Guesses like these affect what Amazon shows you and what it nudges you to buy.
I don't think there's much that could change the way I think about AI. I am not comfy with it.