Folks, don't need to look at AI as human being - it is not. It is just super powerful search engine, complier of data and collate engine. Nothing more.
I certainly agree for those things that "WE" use AI for. I am not familiar with Claude. However, I had several debates with Gemini and Perplexity and I can say that they do an incredible job - WAAAY better than most humans do. Raw debate with no emotions. Amazing really.
I've also had several phone conversations with AI that was being used as a front end for customer service. We were talking for several minutes before I realized that something was wrong. It was that good. In fact, that is what tweaked me. It was too good!
I also know of several large corporate efforts to replace sales staff with AI. My son had the same last name as the head of a large corporation selling insurance. So he got a lot of his email. They are working on an AI front end to replace their sales staff lock stock and barrel. Imagine calling a broker for a quote. When you call, he validates you right then and there. He also knows your insurance and driving record, knows when you lie, and evaluates your personality to upsell you. 100,000 employees out of a job.
I also know that cyber crime has been working on AI that can fake your own voice after 2 or 3 sentences, then call your wife asking for your bank password or other nefarious purposes. She would NEVER KNOW it wasn't you! It wouldn't work on me cuz my wife doesn't know any of my passwords. But a lot of spouses do. And that's just an example.
Here is a summary of what we "know" the US Military is doing. Imagine what we don't know....
The U.S. military currently has a vast portfolio of AI projects, with over 800 active initiatives across defense branches. These projects focus on areas like process efficiency, threat evaluation, battlefield decision-making, autonomous systems, and intelligence analysis.
A flagship effort is
Project Maven, launched in 2017, which uses machine learning and data fusion to process sensor data (satellite imagery, UAV video, etc.) to identify potential military targets. Maven’s system supports recognizing and prioritizing targets to enable quicker, more accurate strikes.
More recently, the Department of Defense established a Generative AI Task Force (Task Force Lima) in 2023 to coordinate generative AI adoption across defense operations, focusing on enhancing decision support, target recognition, casualty care, and reducing operator cognitive load. This represents a second phase of military AI evolution, where chatbot-like generative models aid intelligence analysis and provide interactive support for commanders, improving situational awareness and operational speed.
I'd be totally shocked to learn that AI isn't being developed for espionage and detailed analysis of large model communication systems like txt messaging, Facebook, etc. A human could never do this but AI could sift through that info in a heart beat and instantly highlight conversations like this thread sifting for new ideas and bad actors, etc
Imagine an AI hacker going after you. It profiles you, builds a complete record of everything you have ever said on line, or published in the newspaper or was said by others about you. It learns your personality quirks and your weaknesses. It does all that in a few minutes and then it deliberately targets you.
And how about terrorist initiatives looking for the best way to kill the most people. That one makes me lose sleep.
For now, I like AI though. It does things for me faster than I could do them myself. I especially like a good non-emotional debate.