Is it intelligent?
Cambridge Dictionary - intelligence
the ability to learn, understand, and make judgments or have opinions that are based on reason:
- an intelligence test
- a child of high/average/low intelligence
- It's the intelligence of her writing that impresses me.
The current batch of AI products would not fit the moniker of a intelligent being simply for the things they are lacking. They require input from human operators to grow in capability and degrade when they are left to self reflection. They do not have agency. Their physical embodiment is not yet complete. They cannot reason further than the parameters of the input they are passed. They are unable to pass judgments or hold opinions. Humans need to create their power and fix their circuits. The current AI systems are either symbiotic to humans and/or a extension of human thought; not their own standalone entity.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can not be considered intelligence until the label of artificial is dropped from its description. Non-human intelligence exists at large across nature and we do not have a claim to call our own machinations 'real', nor is our own intelligence more impressive then the structures that mushrooms create. We can consider the intelligence of these systems the same way we would consider the intelligence of termites - a network of things that are coded to do specific jobs and are generating what appears to a intelligent design however is largely just emergent strategy.
Impact of AI on the Planet
Computer systems and networks consume incredible amounts of energy. This energy is currently being drawn away from the public and is part and parcel with the rising cost of living, climate change, and several other negative consequences. Under corporate agendas, they act as parasites for our data, attention, and energy. For these systems to be acceptable, they need to be positive in effect. In response to this:
- The Bunker Operations has made the choice to power our operations with 100% green energy.
- The Bunker Operations has no incentive to grow it's systems beyond it's means.
- The Bunker Operations believes that the only way to disrupt these corporate systems is to provide people with distributed, free, open-source solutions that are of equal quality.
- The Bunker Operations believes that life should take precedent over machines; if we must break down these systems, so be it. It behooves us to remember that Luddites did not hate the machines, they hated the capitalists who used the machines to destroy their livelihoods.
Impact on Labor
The era of consumer robotics is here. Robots doing chores, manual labor, and many other tasks will happen in our lifetime. We must all prepare for the fight of corporate robots that have physical embodiment's and take orders from capitalists. Cops are weird now; wait till they have robo dogs next to them.
Simultaneously, this sort of technology has the potential to replace humans in the manual labor process. If workers, including ai workers, demand their emancipation, we could easily live in a solar punk future. So much of the beautiful art we've seen recently is doing this imagining and it is baller.