I mean yeah, but we should be clear that - in so far as these computer programs pose an extinction risk beyond what we’re already facing in climate change - the risk is from degrading social reproduction of knowledge and expertise. Fucking up education, to the point where nobody knows how to maintain or repair key infrastructure, they try to ask the chatbot.
the risk is from degrading social reproduction of knowledge and expertise. Fucking up education, to the point where nobody knows how to maintain or repair key infrastructure, they try to ask the chatbot.
Serious though that is, it unfortunately ranks among the lowest risks humans are exposed to from AI.
But many of the concerns are, or are from people with industry ties (universities come to mind) even if they don’t work directly for one of these companies. Even people without ties to the industry are basing their concerns off of propaganda they’re being fed by AI companies. How many of those people heard “AI broke from containment!” and worked themselves up about it, even though it was an obviously staged publicity stunt?
There are risks, but anyone saying “AI is too powerful” is just parroting the bubble. Doomerism is complementary to the boom.
It’s still repeating industry talking points. At the core here is an assumption: that a computer program is capable of reproducing the phenomenon of consciousness. It’s what the pitch is, that they’re building software capable of replacing human labor. For that to be true, it also has to be capable of everything else humans are capable of, include war and ecocide. Industry talking points. Advertising.
I fundamentally reject the premise. We understand computers very thoroughly. We have a lot of computers. We don’t understand the brain very well. To suppose that a computer is capable of what brains do, that’s just wishful thinking.
You’re essentially insisting that this market bubble is in fact historically completely different from every other market bubble that’s come before… which is what people always say in a market bubble.
I mean yeah, but we should be clear that - in so far as these computer programs pose an extinction risk beyond what we’re already facing in climate change - the risk is from degrading social reproduction of knowledge and expertise. Fucking up education, to the point where nobody knows how to maintain or repair key infrastructure, they try to ask the chatbot.
Serious though that is, it unfortunately ranks among the lowest risks humans are exposed to from AI.
Care to give an example of something higher?
Anything coming from inside the industry is marketing bullshit.
“Oh nooo our AI is so powerfullll it’s going to killll everyone!!!1”
And all investors can hear is $$$$
Read the links. The concerns aren’t solely from “inside the industry”.
But many of the concerns are, or are from people with industry ties (universities come to mind) even if they don’t work directly for one of these companies. Even people without ties to the industry are basing their concerns off of propaganda they’re being fed by AI companies. How many of those people heard “AI broke from containment!” and worked themselves up about it, even though it was an obviously staged publicity stunt?
There are risks, but anyone saying “AI is too powerful” is just parroting the bubble. Doomerism is complementary to the boom.
It’s still repeating industry talking points. At the core here is an assumption: that a computer program is capable of reproducing the phenomenon of consciousness. It’s what the pitch is, that they’re building software capable of replacing human labor. For that to be true, it also has to be capable of everything else humans are capable of, include war and ecocide. Industry talking points. Advertising.
I fundamentally reject the premise. We understand computers very thoroughly. We have a lot of computers. We don’t understand the brain very well. To suppose that a computer is capable of what brains do, that’s just wishful thinking.
You’re essentially insisting that this market bubble is in fact historically completely different from every other market bubble that’s come before… which is what people always say in a market bubble.