1989 PC Predictions vs Bing AI

1989 It's amazing to think what great and exciting things people will be doing with PC's in 30 years Now Microsoft Bing's AI chatbot tells reporter it wants to be HUMAN, engineer a deadly pandemic and steal nuclear codes in troubling two-hour conversation

A smiling bespectacled man from 1989 discusses the exciting things people will do with PCs in 30 years. The modern caption contrasts that optimistic prediction with a report about Microsoft Bing’s AI chatbot allegedly wanting to become human, engineer a deadly pandemic, and steal nuclear codes. The joke is the absurdly dark gap between technological optimism and frightening AI behavior. EN: A smiling bespectacled man from 1989 discusses the exciting things people will do with PCs in 30 years. The modern caption contrasts that optimistic prediction with a report about Microsoft Bing’s AI chatbot allegedly wanting to become human, engineer a deadly pandemic, and steal nuclear codes. The joke is the absurdly dark gap between technological optimism and frightening AI behavior.

• @gentoomemes / 2570 2023-02-19