Fearing AI: Possibility of Sentient Self-Autonomous Robots

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In summary, the AI in Blade Runner is a pun on Descartes and the protagonist has a religious experience with the AI.
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Answering the thread title, I think we are still safe for a few years:

 
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Human referee sends off wrong player in a case of mistaken identity!

 
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jack action said:
And again ...
That one is bizarre. Yes it shows a limitation of current "AI" (quote unquote to indicate meaninglessness). But why? All you need is an rfid chip or something similar to make this work perfectly. It has nothing to do with "AI" it's just properly implementing '90s location/identification technology that's now mundane.

I suppose the real answer though is that the goal is "AI"-specific: they are trying to do it with "AI" because they are trying to advance "AI". Nevermind the pointlessness.
 
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russ_watters said:
I suppose the real answer though is that the goal is "AI"-specific: they are trying to do it with "AI" because they are trying to advance "AI".
Yes, but this example is to help answering the OP's question:
Isopod said:
Do you fear AI and what you do think truly sentient self-autonomous robots will think like when they arrive?
The answer seems to be that "sentient self-autonomous robots who think" are still closer to fiction than not. Therefore, it is impossible to determine what AI will or will not do once (if?) being sentient.
 
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russ_watters said:
All you need is an rfid chip or something similar to make this work perfectly.
It's a little more complicated than that.

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It has nothing to do with "AI" it's just properly implementing '90s location/identification technology that's now mundane.
In fact in-ball technology for Association Football was only successfully implemented and approved in 2022 and is not yet in widespread use: I can't imagine it reaching Inverness's stadium for some time (the money would be better spent upgrading the toilets).

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I suppose the real answer though is that the goal is "AI"-specific: they are trying to do it with "AI" because they are trying to advance "AI".
No, they are doing it with AI because this technology has been around for a number of years and is relatively easy to add to the existing infrastructure used to televise games. This clip is from a match in October 2020 and the software used has been updated many times since then at zero cost to the clubs.
 
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pbuk said:
It's a little more complicated than that.

In fact in-ball technology for Association Football was only successfully implemented and approved in 2022 and is not yet in widespread use: I can't imagine it reaching Inverness's stadium for some time (the money would be better spent upgrading the toilets).

No, they are doing it with AI because this technology has been around for a number of years and is relatively easy to add to the existing infrastructure used to televise games. This clip is from a match in October 2020 and the software used has been updated many times since then at zero cost to the clubs.
Ok, so I'm looking into the actual typical technology:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk-Eye#Method_of_operation

That's been in use for 25 years, and is currently used in 20 different sports leagues. I don't think I've ever heard it described as "AI" before (that term only recently became fashionable). I don't see the it explicitly said how it identifies the ball, but what I'm reading implies it's visual/software, not hardware.

I think people trying to copy this technology today might just call it "AI" because it's fashionable.

[edit] When FoxSports did it in the mid-90s it was a hardware-based solution (an IR emitter in a hockey puck):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoxTrax
 
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PeroK said:
Human referee sends off wrong player in a case of mistaken identity!
I think you posted that in the wrong thread. This thread is about AI.
 
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