AI at Bletchley Park Word on the Week 4th November 2023.
This week the great and the good showed up at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, the home of the UK principal centre of Allied code-breaking. It became famous after WW2 having previously been kept secret.
Its purpose today was not so much code-breaking as understanding where Artificial Intelligence is leading us. Its progression from a tool of trade for writers, whereby it does the research, to one which generates the ideas itself is progressing by leaps and bounds.
Elton Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter), wishes to create a market place for free speech where ideas can flourish but now sees his ideas being overtaken by GAI. This stands for ‘Generative Artificial Intelligence’ a tool that will think for you!
In fact, such rapid strides are being made that he was forecasting the end of work as we know it, humoid robots taking the jobs! The driverless car, which successfully navigates city traffic, illustrating the point he was making.
I asked GPT for some information on the tunnels of Gaza which are key components in the Israeli Hamas war. This is part of what I got from ChatGPT: –
The tunnels in Gaza are an extensive network of underground passageways used for a multitude of purposes. They are mostly dug using manual labour and often hidden from plain view. The tunnels have played a crucial role in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine as they are used for smuggling weapons, transporting supplies, and launching attacks.
The Israeli military considers the tunnels a threat to national security and has frequently targeted them, leading to further deaths and destruction.
In summary, the tunnels in Gaza are a complex network with both civilian and military uses, shaping the region’s history. However, they are also a source of danger and conflict, causing casualties to residents and being at the centre of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.
This is an abbreviated version. I asked for 300 words and got them! The more obvious places where it can help humankind are in medicine where it can hunt down the cancer cells and leave the healthy ones to function.
When it comes to robots we have a unique opportunity for humans to play god! Now the potential moves from the paranoid dictator to the rogue humoid robot. But –
‘The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created…and he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross (Colossians 1:15/20).
It is good to remember that Jesus reigns over all and will return to set all in order.