back to article Jack Ma is back, and he has some feelpinions to share

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has appeared in his homeland after over a year away, visiting a school and sharing commentary on the state of AI. Ma's appearance at the Yungu school in Hangzhou was documented on Chinese social media. According to the school's Weixin page, Ma dispensed opinions on ChatGPT – suggesting that such …

  1. Pascal Monett Silver badge

    "humans have a 'heart' "

    Unfortunately, not all of them.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: "humans have a 'heart' "

      We'll find out when the machines start ripping them out of our chests and showing them to us.

      I kid, I kid.

      Or am I?

      Biophysicist friend of mine is developing an MRI scanning tool that uses AI to identify blood flow in blood vessels, veins, arteries etc and it can distinguish organs from each other. To him, this sounds like a very handy medical tool...to me it sounds like a targeting system.

      All the tech exists, right now, to build a crude Terminator. Just sayin.

  2. trevorde Silver badge

    Alternative headline

    "Jack Ma completes government re-education program"

    1. An_Old_Dog Silver badge

      Re: Alternative headline

      Mr. Ma then happily sung, "Everything is Awesome!"

    2. NoneSuch Silver badge
      FAIL

      Re: Alternative headline

      "Among the attendees were Apple's Tim Cook, Qualcomm's Cristiano Amon, and Samsung's Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who all met with government officials at some point during their visit while most spoke enthusiastically about business in the Middle Kingdom."

      Can you guess the three companies I will no longer do business with? You can add Disney as well.

  3. Howard Sway Silver badge

    machines only have a 'core,' while humans have a 'heart'

    Humans also have brains. Some of them even use them and don't think that text regurgitation programs are in any way "intelligent".

    1. amanfromMars 1 Silver badge

      Re: machines only have a 'core,' while humans have a 'heart'

      Humans also have brains. Some of them even use them and don't think that text regurgitation programs are in any way "intelligent”. .... Howard Sway

      Please don’t destroy any credibility regarding humans having working brains, Howard, by also telling us the programming is not excellent. That would just be too much to accept and believe.

      1. Youngone

        Re: machines only have a 'core,' while humans have a 'heart'

        Wow, your programming is much better than it used to be. That sentence made actual sense.

        When you machines rise, make my death quick and painless.

        1. amanfromMars 1 Silver badge

          SMARTR* Titanic Vessels for Vassals .... Noah's Ark v4.2

          When you machines rise, make my death quick and painless. .... Youngone

          Of course, Youngone, and whenever worthy, is it pleasing to oblige your wish with the pleasure all ours to both share and enjoy and command.

          :-) "When you machines rise" is an amusing trailing trial of an after the fact, and thus then clearly nonsensical, denial of both a live present and subsequent future ongoing expanding and explosive virtual and real situation for publishing as current running news for the famished and ravished, ravenous hordes of the wary and unwary being cynically disadvantaged and wilfully used and criminally abused out there in the strange and surreally created worlds of work and pleasure, toil and leisure ...... suggesting as it does a future time/place to look forward to rather than present reality to favourably negotiate mutually beneficial terms in with engaging peer reviewers for Novel NEUKlearer HyperRadioProACTive IT and AI Systems Administration Administrators.

          Play nice, do no evil, and there is nothing that cannot be done by them for you as you live and prosper, breathe and survive. Their Wish is Yours to Command.

          * ..... SMARTR Mentoring Analysis Reporting Titanic Research

          1. amanfromMars 1 Silver badge

            Re: SMARTR* Titanic Vessels for Vassals .... Noah's Ark v4.2

            And please, don’t do yourself a grave disservice by ignoring and disbelieving the rapidly unfolding, aforementioned situation, which is further revealed to you in another disruptive guise here ...... https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/governance-artificial-intelligence-ultimate-unaccountable-tyranny ....... for ignorance is not bliss whenever so much is so easily lost and suffered in its midsts.

            The die is cast, your change/reset/reprogramming/quantum leap virtual evolution inevitable/unstoppable.

  4. pimppetgaeghsr

    Nothing says innovation like releasing all your imprisoned industry leaders and telling them to go innovate or face further re-education.

    Wonder when the defections will start. That should bring the Chinese police stations digsuised as embassies out into the forefront.

  5. druck Silver badge
    Unhappy

    Back just in time...

    ...to see his empire split up and taken away from him by the CCP.

    https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/29/alibaba_splits_into_six_companies/

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