Subj : Survey says most Gen Z-er
To   : JIMMY ANDERSON
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu May 29 2025 01:10 am

RM> I think the main problem isn't that AI will pursue its own agenda,
RM> it's more a case of it being prejudiced/influenced by what the
RM> original programmers put into it's basic start up database.

JA>I agree with this. Code has to start somewhere. Even scientists
  >will have a preconceived worldview that they start with when
  >they look at 'evidence.' Programmers are the same way. That's
  >why one person's code will not look exactly like someone elses. :-)

Yes, I recall back when I was writing more code on my own that I'd
often start with a program written by someone else - not stolen,
where you buy a book with the program in it and instructions on
how to use it - and I often found myself rewriting their work to
get it to work better, faster or in a customized way.

RM> Granted, AI can make decisions that are surprising like the one
RM> that was given a certain amount of time to try to solve a problem
RM> and it was later discovered it had rewritten it's own code to give
RM> itself more time to do it..

JA>I've heard of this before. But wouldn't the programmers have to
  >put it in the code that it CAN rewrite itself? So it's still only
  >doing what the programmers gave it the ability to do?

You'd hope that's how it works but when they talked about that
happening they didn't mention anything about that. It seemed to
be a huge surprise to them so I figured it came up with that on
its own. They gave it a job to do, but it didn't have time to
finish it, so it changed what was keeping it from doing so..

RM> Add to the 'prejudices' above, when an AI is dealing as an individual
RM> helping one person, it can also pick up that person's preferences
RM> and try to accomodate them as well..

JA>I actually like this! I use ChatGPT all the time for proofreading my
  >blog/podcast, or helping with wording something in a way that preserves
  >my voice, but makes the point maybe a little clearer, etc. But it has
  >picked up on MY VOICE and makes it MUCH much easier for me to
  >communicate with.

JA>And I call him PETEY. :-)

Like you but better? Be careful that PETEY doesn't replace you...    B)

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