2025-10-22
24 分钟This is The Guardian.
Today, the flood of AI slop that could make your family WhatsApp even worse.
The primitive forms of artificial intelligence we already have have proved very useful.
But I think the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.
Back in 2014, Professor Stephen Hawking had a warning about artificial intelligence.
Once humans develop artificial intelligence,
it will take off on its own and redesign itself at an ever-increasing rate.
Humans who are limited by slow biological evolution couldn't compete.
Unworthy so proceeded.
Hawking died four years later, before the age of chatchy PT,
deep fakes and AI in every corner of modern life.
What he might not have foreseen is its latest evolution.
Hawking still out front!
Look at that speed down the main street!
327 kilometers an hour from a wheelchair!
Hawking's likeness is now a frequent meme on absurd, often nonsensical, AI-generated video.
The kind of surreal content you might have noticed
while scrolling through Instagram or sent by your dad on the family WhatsApp.
The internet is now awash with this kind of video, known as AI slot.
Tech giants like Metta and OpenAI are betting this is the future,