You know what’s a really, really bad thing?
Terrorism.
It’s so bad that we’ve passed laws against it sixteen times since 2000.
And we still end up locking up old ladies for holding a sign.
But I’m sure banning something really terrible like “Looking at the internet” will work out fine.
I was responding directly to this.
Is lack of open source AI currently a civilizational existential threat? No. Could it be if current trends continue? Potentially. Things could get pretty dystopian if only the mega rich control tools with ultra-intelligence.
“Could”, “potentially,” what-ifs. CEOs and actual cult leaders like Eli Yudkowsky have spoonfed the narrative to gullible journalists and politicians.
Why do you trust them?
unless you are going back to pre written language, all this living in the modern world and yelling about “certain parts” of technology, is one of the most ignorant stances a thinking being can take.
Then prove it. The whole system starting from creation to use. Otherwise, this is just a thought experiment in the same vein as the debatelords who say “buh murder can be ethical in some cases”.
While real people are suffering in reality thanks to the toy you like, the fantasy deflections just enable that harm.
This is a creepy statement. Human life is not equatable to a billionaire’s toy, and it is dangerously immoral to suggest it is.
“Of existential importance” literally means they think it’s vital to existence.
Ah, the fear of the potential thing as described by the ultra-rich.
Why do you trust them to be the ones who shape your fears?
If the rich and governments have it, then it’s existential.
The rich have private planes too. They are not existential. They are frivolous.
AI is not saving you from anything existential.
If you believe you’re drowning without its salvation, you’re the foolish one.
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Unless you want to vouch for the rant site’s claim that AI is necessary for civilization and existence, you have almost nothing in common with his fearmongering. And if you do believe that, that is disappointing.
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SBF really did dress for the job he wanted, not the one he had.
“All AI should stop” is a far more reasonable opinion than the one presented by the website blog 9-sentence rant linked above.
You have far more in common with the person you’re pushing back on than the author of the rant.
AI is a civilizational infrastructure for work, education, science, software, creativity, public services, and national capacity.
Did anybody click the link to read the paragraph-long website text? Not only is it packed with assumptions about AI, it’s simply unhinged.
The ability to… run intelligence systems without asking permission is of existential importance.
Existential?! No it’s not.
This mirrors the delusion Sam Altman demonstrated when he insisted nobody could raise a child without AI.
I did not downvote, but big if true. I can see it going the other way too, though, especially because Amazon is really good at overworking and mistreating its employees, and forcing the postal services to do the stuff they don’t want to spend the money to do themselves.
As in “office politics” or “workplace politics,” yes
Ah now I read this far. Unfortunate, if easy to use Archy distros are un-Archy due to this political dispute that goes undisclosed.
It doesn’t sound like their victims are panicky users, though. Sounds like their normal computer users, the kind of person who would typically want use Windows instead. The kind of people who are, and should be safe to remain, totally agnostic to these internal political divides.
No joke, I think it would have that kind of effect if Spielberg was actually using it. Now I have to go back to watch Duel from when he was brimming with ideas and not thoroughly cooked.