Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "New A.I. Could Stop You From Voting w/ Brendan Fischer" video.

  1. I'm an engineer and you are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Most people have NO IDEA how software is written or how it works AND ESPECIALLY how it can be manipulated AND EVEN WORSE how it can give the wrong answer. I write software for part of my living. I do industrial control systems and automation. Once the computer has the data and starts crunching it all comes down to the algorithm, BUT EVEN before that the data might be wrong. Look at what happened with the Boeing Max-8. Twice the sensor broke and twice the software acting on bad information flew the plane into the ground. There have been accidents where the AI in Tesla cars have been found to have caused fatal accidents. How many times have we heard how a computer system did something awful with records. Here in Australia we had this brilliant thing called "Robodebt" which was a system that was supposed to stop people getting more than they should from social services. It ended up taking millions of dollars off people it should not have. We still haven't got to the bottom of the that mess. Most countries have similar stories. The IT industry has acted, because of the money it can push on politicians through lobbying, gotten away with so much and the AI Revolution is just making that WORSE.
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  2. ENGINEER HERE: This is the sort of thing people need to become way more educated about. Most people have NO IDEA how software is written or how it works AND ESPECIALLY how it can be manipulated AND EVEN WORSE how it can give the wrong answer. I write software for part of my living. I do industrial control systems and automation. Once the computer has the data and starts crunching it all comes down to the algorithm, BUT EVEN before that the data might be wrong. Look at what happened with the Boeing Max-8. Twice the sensor broke and twice the software acting on bad information flew the plane into the ground. There have been accidents where the AI in Tesla cars have been found to have caused fatal accidents. How many times have we heard how a computer system did something awful with records. Here in Australia we had this brilliant thing called "Robodebt" which was a system that was supposed to stop people getting more than they should from social services. It ended up taking millions of dollars off people it should not have. We still haven't got to the bottom of the that mess. Most countries have similar stories. The IT industry has acted, because of the money it can push on politicians through lobbying, gotten away with so much and the AI Revolution is just making that WORSE.
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