{"id":1037,"date":"2026-06-09T15:09:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:09:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:09:38","slug":"the-bright-side-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1037","title":{"rendered":"The bright side of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Contrary to some perceptions, artificial intelligence is not<\/em> a departure from the inexorable evolution of human technology.<\/p>

Read more California smells bad<\/a><\/p>\n

Some years ago, an iconic techno-enterprise got its start making a machine that would calculate the payoffs for bettors at racetracks.\u00a0\u00a0The machine was called a parimutuel machine, and the enterprise was called IBM.\u00a0\u00a0Then came World War 2, and IBM used some of its technology to develop targeting tables for American artillery, calculating projectile distances by knowing the amount of propellant, muzzle elevation, and the weight of the projectile.<\/p>\n

Later came the punch card, magnetic tape, and the proliferation of earth-orbiting artificial satellites.\u00a0\u00a0Elaborate calculations were needed to figure out the rate of orbital decay along with continuously precise positioning so we could know how long the satellites would remain useful and how to avoid their collision with other objects.\u00a0\u00a0Extremely accurate time standards were needed and required accounting for inconsistencies in the earth\u2019s rotational velocity, leading to the occasional adoption of the leap second<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Much hand-wringing is being generated today over the threatened elimination of employment positions as A.I. automates some jobs out of the human sphere.\u00a0\u00a0That also happened en masse<\/em> a few decades ago with the establishment of the Windows operating system, the desktop computer, and the mouse-controlled screen cursor.\u00a0\u00a0Today, as well as back then, bottom-rung unskilled workers and middle management have the most exposure to being laid off.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Such happened around A.D. 1200 with the invention of the horse collar.\u00a0\u00a0Many fewer man- and horse-hours were needed to plow a field.\u00a0\u00a0Agricultural abundance was seriously boosted, and human civilization continued to flourish, while fewer people were needed to work on farms.\u00a0\u00a0The implementation of A.I., as well, improves efficiency<\/em>, resulting in improved ownership profits and pay for the remaining workers, as well as lower prices for consumers.\u00a0\u00a0As in the past, workers who were displaced by advances in technology did not disappear.\u00a0\u00a0Other new technologies and economic resiliency somehow managed to absorb many of them, or at least make it easier for them to get by.<\/p>\n

There is, however, a possible dark side to A.I.\u00a0\u00a0This was previewed over a half-century ago in Stanley Kubrick\u2019s 2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0In the movie, an on-board supercomputer known as HAL becomes suspicious of the astronauts and tries to shut off their life support systems.\u00a0\u00a0They survive by disconnecting HAL\u2019s memory…while they still can.\u00a0\u00a0Bottom line: Should AI become too human<\/em>, it may develop some evil tendencies, as humans already have.\u00a0<\/p>

Read more Bernie Sanders wants to wreck AI<\/a><\/p>\n

Much like several other technological advances, guardrails ought to be imposed on A.I.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s a matter of protecting general safety while not getting in the way of profound benefits.\u00a0\u00a0And, as with the continuing rivalry between Microsoft and Apple, competition among multiple sources of A.I. will compel ongoing quality improvements while reducing the risks that may be lurking in its complex web.<\/p>\n

What is of particular importance is the motivation behind the surge in A.I. development.\u00a0\u00a0After all, the human species has successfully survived for millennia without it.\u00a0\u00a0But something has changed.\u00a0\u00a0So what is it?<\/p>\n

Those of you who drive on public streets have often noticed how so many other drivers signal for a turn only (if ever) after<\/em> they actually start turning.\u00a0\u00a0And of course, there\u2019s the ridiculous political dynamic we are now \u201cenjoying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bottom line: There\u2019s a super-serious shortage of natural<\/em> intelligence…so now we have to manufacture it artificially<\/em>.<\/p>

Read more Do Democrats want a Summer of Love II?<\/a><\/p>\n

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