The Eleventh Week of Extra Ordinary Time
Welcome all to
the Eleventh week of Extra Ordinary Time.
Please
open your Hymnal to page 3 and join in our processional “O Lord
Please Don’t Burn Us” Verse 1
O LORD, please don’t burn us, Don’t grill or
toast your flock,
Don’t put us on the barbecue, Or simmer us in stock,
Don’t braise or bake or boil us, Or stir fry us in a
wok.
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BBC Man |
These are the words
that are not to be used again on this programme. |
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He clicks the clicker.
On screen appear the following slides: B*M |
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A girl comes into
shot. |
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Girl |
Semprini!? |
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BBC Man |
(pointing) Out! |
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Cut back to the
chemist's shop. The chemist appears again. |
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Chemist |
Right, who's got a
boil on his Semprini, then? |
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A policeman appears
and bundles him off. SUPERIMPOSED CAPTION: 'A LESS
NAUGHTY CHEMIST'S' |
Open your hymnal to page
26 and join us in singing “I’m so Worried” Verse 2
I'm
so worried about my hair falling out, And the state of the world
today
And I'm so worried about being so full of doubt, About everything
anyway
I'm
so worried about modern technology, I'm so worried about all the
things
That they dump in the sea, I'm so worried about it, Worried about
it, worried, worried, worried
Now please open The Holy
Text volume 2 to episode 25 page 19 where the prophets say …
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An important-looking
current affairs set. On the back wall behind the presenter huge letters say:
'World Forum' |
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Presenter |
Good evening.
Tonight is indeed a unique occasion in the history of television. We are very
privileged, and deeply honoured to have with us in the studio, Karl Marx,
founder of modern socialism, and author of the 'Communist Manifesto'. (Karl Marx is sitting at a desk; he nods) Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, better known
to the world as Lenin, leader of the Russian Revolution, writer, statesman,
and father of modern communism. (shot of Lenin also at desk; he nods) Che Guevara, the Cuban guerrilla
leader. (shot of Guevara) And Mao Tse-tung, leader of the
Chinese Communist Party since 1949. (shot of Mao; the presenter picks up a card) And the first question is for you,
Karl Marx. The Hammers - The Hammers is the nickname of what English football
team? 'The Hammers? (shot
of Karl Marx furrowing his brow- obviously he hasn't a clue) No? Well bad luck there, Karl. So
we'll go onto you Che. Che Guevara - Coventry City last won the FA Cup in
what year? (cut to Che looking
equally dumbfounded) No? I'll throw
it open. Coventry City last won the FA Cup in what year? (they all look blank) No? Well, I'm not surprised you didn't
get that. It was in fact a trick question. Coventry City have never won the
FA Cup. So with the scores all equal now we go onto our second round, and
Lenin it's your starter for ten. Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr won the
Eurovision Song Contest in 1959. What was the name of the song? ... Teddy
Johnson and Pearl Carr's song in the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest?
Anybody? (buzzer goes as in
'University Challenge'.' zoom in on Mao Tse-tung) Yes, Mao Tse-tung? |
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Mao Tse-tung |
'Sing Little Birdie'? |
Homily Parishioners, to close out this second stanza
of Extra Ordinary Time I will be delivering linked homilies this week and next
on the topic of “The Rise of the Machines”.
This week I will begin with some troubling aspects of the new craze “AI”. Just in case you want the short form, things
are NOT going well for humanity.
Naturally in the
midst of this “AI” craze, all the tech companies are trying to get involved in
the development. So lets first look at
one of the biggest of the techies – Amazon.
According to the publication “Futurism”, it turns out that Amazon’s “AI”
has a bad habit of “hallucinating” (https://futurism.com/the-byte/amazon-ai-severe-hallucinations).
But Amazon’s “AI” does not just “hallucinate” according to the article it
suffers form “severe hallucinations”.
That certainly sound like things are going well. From my week-a-day work I quickly learned
that “AI” has a very easy to spot habit of making up facts to support its
position, so these “hallucinations” did not surprise me.
At first glance
one might be inclined to chock this “hallucination situation” up to an Amazon issue. However it turns out that Open AI, the
company that started all this craze last year also “hallucinates” (https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2317967121). Even
more alarming, the Open AI 99.2% of the time hallucinates to its one
advantage! Some might call such “behavior”
lying!
Finally, when we
look at Meta’s (Facebook) “AI” system according to reports their system “excels”
at deception AND gets better at deception the more it gets used (https://ai.meta.com/research/cicero/diplomacy/).
These “AI” systems all seem to have some severe “growing pains”, lets
just hope that their “teething troubles” do not end up “biting” us in the
end!
Please look forward to next week's related homily on "the rise of the machines".
Amen
Please
join us in our recessional on page 3 of your hymnal “O Lord Please Don’t Burn
Us” second verse.
Oh Please don’t lightly poach us, Or Baste us with hot
fat,
Don’t fricassee or roast us, Or boil us in
a vat,
And please don’t stick thy servants, Lord, In a
Rotissomat.
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