{"id":27725,"date":"2020-02-20T15:18:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T21:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=27725"},"modified":"2020-02-20T15:18:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T21:18:56","slug":"a-use-for-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/02\/20\/a-use-for-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"A Use For AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have finally thought of a real<\/strong> use for an artificially intelligent entity around the house!<\/p>\n

This young lady, Peeper by name, …<\/p>\n

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… likes to yowl on these winter mornings, doubtless complaining of the cold outdoors and her shortage of long fur. It’d be great for her to be occasionally surprised by a small, mouse-like creature that will scamper out upon hearing the yowl of anguish, pounce on her tail, run tantalizing out of reach, and disappear under a door. Surely this is within the capabilities of an AI robot!<\/p>\n

Of course, if this AI actually has self-agency, this might qualify as a cruel and torturous practice, as being chased by a cat five times your size might be terrifying.<\/p>\n

If, on the other hand, the AI is aware the cat can do little to harm it, then perhaps it’ll be amusing for it.<\/p>\n

And then boring.<\/p>\n

Back to the torture thought again.<\/p>\n

And then if the mouse has WiFi<\/strong>, it becomes Yet Another Security Hole<\/em> (“have you had your YASH<\/strong> today?”) to worry about.<\/p>\n

How embarrassing that would be – almost as good as that Las Vegas hotel that suffered a data breach via its fish pond thermostat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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