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Public trust in AI is sinking across the board (www.axios.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Trust in AI technology and the companies that develop it is dropping, in both the U.S. and around the world, according to new data from Edelman shared first with Axios.

Why it matters: The move comes as regulators around the world are deciding what rules should apply to the fast-growing industry. "Trust is the currency of the AI era, yet, as it stands, our innovation account is dangerously overdrawn," Edelman global technology chair Justin Westcott told Axios in an email. "Companies must move beyond the mere mechanics of AI to address its true cost and value — the 'why' and 'for whom.'"

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I mean, the thing we call "AI" now-a-days is basically just a spell-checker on steroids. There's nothing to really to trust or distrust about the tool specifically. It can be used in stupid or nefarious ways, but so can anything else.

[–] reflectedodds@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Took a look and the article title is misleading. It says nothing about trust in the technology and only talks about not trusting companies collecting our data. So really nothing new.

Personally I want to use the tech more, but I get nervous that it's going to bullshit me/tell me the wrong thing and I'll believe it.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

"Trust in AI" is layperson for "believe the technology is as capable as it is promised to be". This has nothing to do with stupidity or nefariousness.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's "believe the technology is as capable as we imagined it was promised to be."

The experts never promised Star Trek AI.

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

The marketers did, though.

[–] PoliticallyIncorrect@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

ThE aI wIlL AttAcK HumaNs!! sKynEt!!

Edit: These "AI" can even make a decent waffles recipe and "it will eradicate humankind".. for the gods sake!!

It even isn't AI at all, just how corps named it Is clickbait.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Before chatgpt was revealed, this was under the unbrella of what AI meant. I prefer to use established terms. Don't change the terms just because you want them to mean something else.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

basically just a spell-checker on steroids.

I cannot process this idea of downplaying this technology like this. It does not matter that it's not true intelligence. And why would it?

If it is convincing to most people that information was learned and repeated, that's smarter than like half of all currently living humans. And it is convincing.