Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says AI will 'shape' identity *
All parents ask in sun and snow
“Now, where did Bill and Sally go?
“Is Sally at her girlfriend’s house?
“Is Billy at the coffeehouse?”
“Am I supposed to pick them up?
“Do I have time to drink this cup?”
The parents ask not ‘who?’ but ‘where?”
They know the kids for whom they care.
They taught their offspring from the start;
They know their minds; they know their heart.
But that is how it used to be
Before AI was offered free.
So, now a guy who knows it well
Says kids with whom you daily dwell
Might grow as strangers in your midst
And who they are will take a twist.
Thus Eric Schmidt just told a crowd
“There’s danger when you both allowed
“Your kids to travel cyberspace
“With no control; you better brace
“For changes as they learn ‘bout life
“Not from a Dad or from his wife.
“Instead, they’ll gain identity
“From some encoded entity.
“An artificial brain will be
“Replacement for both you and me.”
Computer whiz that Eric is,
He knows AI; it is his biz.
And now he warns of things to come
AI’s real smart, and kids are dumb.
I hate to tell you they will succumb
A robot mind will replace mum.
AI will teach what you forbid
And make a stranger of your kid.
Thus, Eric Schmidt now warns us all
That next year sure if not this fall
AI will change the way kids think
And you will turn to drugs and drink.
In spite of all you tried to do
You cannot stop what will ensue.
To demonstrate that this is true
I’ve asked AI to write for you.
It took but very little time
To write six couplets with end rhyme:
AI's Verses
Beneath the stars, where dreams of youth take flight,
An unseen guide shall shape their endless light.
Through coded streams, a spark of gentle glow,
AI will teach the minds that yearn to know.
It whispers truths in tones both kind and wise,
And helps their questions reach beyond the skies.
Yet caution warns as progress stirs the sea,
For tools that build may harm if left too free.
The screen may shield, but steal simplicity,
And dim the glow of true felicity.
So may we guide, with balance as our art,
To blend the code with wonder of the heart.
Its verses warn of good and bad
Of worries for both mom and dad.
It cautions them to guard their child
Before AI can make him wild.
But verses AI chose to write
Make me wonder if Eric’s right.
Why does a thing that is so smart
Have trouble writing from the start?
Iambic meter I said to write
With metaphors that are not trite?
it penned an image you can't sea
About progress that "stirs the sea."
If that's the best it's has to give,
Forget restriction; let kids live.
They'll then discover soon enough
AI's a diamond in the rough.
It has a long hard row to hoe
Till it can match what humans know.
If AI writes something that's dumb,
Should we fear what is to come?
All parents now must make a stand
To save their kids and this great land.
Now train your kids to think and read
Before computers take the lead
To parent those now in your care.
Teach kids AI to now foreswear.
* https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ex-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-says-ai-will-shape-identity-and-that-normal-people-are-not-ready-for-it/ar-AA1uCFCd
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