I think the takeaway is how the end product can be manipulated by the available database, if you were to extrapolate out the AI application to other areas besides art. What if it were AI trying to find a cure for cancer and big pharma did the same thing…
I've always said, there are a million crappy ways to die and Ive seen most of them, cancer is just one of them. I've also always said, I've seen 101, my great grandfather, I dont want that. I am not out to set any longevity records. I've seen Alzheimer's, my grandmother, I dont want that either. Id like a nice cardiac arrest, in my sleep, I've seen that too, my MIL. Most peaceful thing you could ever imagine. Maybe I should get the vax…
Turbocancer, yes. Dad, 2021. 6 weeks after the MIL died in her sleep. Its a little unsettling to see the familiar mask of death stretched across a loved ones face. I admit, that one takes a minute to stuff back down into the box. He was cancer free but a new cancer settled into his pancreas and through a variety of unfortunate circumstances he went to hospice and died in his living room. So please, spare me your indignation…My family wasn't safe and the world is headed toward nuclear disaster. Sure, I could get mad, I could let the anger seethe inside, becoming bitter and miserable before I die. But I don't. Because I choose not to. Because it makes it easier to stuff back in the box…
But, I will point out, I am fully aware of what I am doing. Cognitive dissonance occured many years ago and this is the result…