The federal government is encouraging more people to use artificial intelligence. But this blind hype dismisses the harms caused by the new technology.

The federal government is encouraging more people to use artificial intelligence. But this blind hype dismisses the harms caused by the new technology.

The Australian government this week released voluntary artificial intelligence (AI) safety standards, alongside a proposals paper calling for greater regulation of the use of the fast-growing technology in high-risk situations.

The take-home message from federal Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic, was:

We need more people to use AI and to do that we need to build trust.

But why exactly do people need to trust this technology? And why exactly do more people need to use it?

  • spiffmeister@aussie.zone
    2·
    2 months ago

    I’m sure the right wing groups will be using AI heaps during the election campaign, so the government can rest easy.

      • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        This comment put it better than I can: https://awful.systems/comment/4641105

        Like a lot of automation, the main selling point is deskilling roles, reducing pay, making people more easily replaceable …Of course it also means that you get a new middleman parasite siphoning off funds that used to flow to staff.

        AI isn’t being made by nice folks who want us to benefit, it’s being made by capitalists who want to use it as a reason to pay us less. Your quote that they “need” more people using AI struck a chord with that in my thoughts.

        I don’t try to be cryptic, honest.

  • Ilandar@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    I agree, the conversation needs to mature a bit and shift away from full scale adoption vs complete rejection. In reality this technology will likely end up somewhere in the middle so let’s start working out what the genuinely beneficial use cases are and where the problems lie.