I spoke to a dear friend who works heavily in AI and we were discussing the fear mongering media that needs basic human emotion (fear, anger) in order to keep itself fed. The hope for “credible” media is just as addicting as any drug imo, and it needs more and more to be a fix. By the way, my friend and I agreed that this latest “scare” is just rinse and repeat. Al will have to wait its turn for the asteroid, rising global temperature, world war 3, the next Covid variant and the upcoming Mayan calendar doomsday to kill us first though.
Cybernetics at its finest.
I think we need to worry about humans with Al first. Al has already and will continue to be used by humans to kill humans (drones, for example / used by both “sides” of the gov). As usual, the media is using the threat of what could happen to distract from what is currently happening.
Odd that people who collectively own around 5,000 nuclear warheads of various sizes and power should get their diapers in a knot about a POSSIBLE apocalypse, in the eyes of a kid who worked less than a year in a very junior position in a very big company. And who has, predictably, become a social media darling, probably with his first six-figure book advance.
You listen to The Daily! Heroic. I wish people who see the bullsh*t peddled by MSM in one arena (health/science) would be more sceptical in others (geopol, for example). Not talking about you here, BTW, just in general.
Just the latest incarnation of doomsday panic. Will there be a Bulletin of the AI Scientists with a new doomsday clock?
How is the position of Anthropic CEO et.al. rational? “ We will keep working on a product that might kill us all unless the government regulates us” appears to be the epitome of stupidity and evil.
What prevents the AI industry from establishing standards, installing deactivation switches, or developing rules based on Asimov’s “ Rules of Robotics” originally developed in 1942?
Ed Dowd , Beyond the narrative, wrote a worthwhile post a few days ago just as the story was blowing up. He lays out a very interesting timeline about the “whistleblower “ and the instant media coverage. To him it feels like a psyop. He asked many of the same questions you layout in your last two posts on this subject.
Irrespective of any other argument, if Trump is for AI progress, the Left and the media will always be against it. Same would hold for preventing religious lunatics from possessing nuclear weapons, or a cure for cancer—if Trump supports it, it’s bad. Read “Clear and Present Thinking” on substack https://substack.com/@jeffreykocher/note/p-215268577?r=nf8t4&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
I spoke to a dear friend who works heavily in AI and we were discussing the fear mongering media that needs basic human emotion (fear, anger) in order to keep itself fed. The hope for “credible” media is just as addicting as any drug imo, and it needs more and more to be a fix. By the way, my friend and I agreed that this latest “scare” is just rinse and repeat. Al will have to wait its turn for the asteroid, rising global temperature, world war 3, the next Covid variant and the upcoming Mayan calendar doomsday to kill us first though.
Cybernetics at its finest.
I think we need to worry about humans with Al first. Al has already and will continue to be used by humans to kill humans (drones, for example / used by both “sides” of the gov). As usual, the media is using the threat of what could happen to distract from what is currently happening.
I like your last paragraph, this is all so much BS.
Odd that people who collectively own around 5,000 nuclear warheads of various sizes and power should get their diapers in a knot about a POSSIBLE apocalypse, in the eyes of a kid who worked less than a year in a very junior position in a very big company. And who has, predictably, become a social media darling, probably with his first six-figure book advance.
You listen to The Daily! Heroic. I wish people who see the bullsh*t peddled by MSM in one arena (health/science) would be more sceptical in others (geopol, for example). Not talking about you here, BTW, just in general.
Good points!
Just the latest incarnation of doomsday panic. Will there be a Bulletin of the AI Scientists with a new doomsday clock?
How is the position of Anthropic CEO et.al. rational? “ We will keep working on a product that might kill us all unless the government regulates us” appears to be the epitome of stupidity and evil.
What prevents the AI industry from establishing standards, installing deactivation switches, or developing rules based on Asimov’s “ Rules of Robotics” originally developed in 1942?
Not a new problem, not an insolvable issue.
I heard someone say that Pfizer just came out with an mRNA vaccine for AI. I bet we can predict the market share on those who will be lining up.
https://substack.com/@jeffreykocher/note/p-215268577?r=nf8t4&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Are You An AI Luddite?
Ed Dowd , Beyond the narrative, wrote a worthwhile post a few days ago just as the story was blowing up. He lays out a very interesting timeline about the “whistleblower “ and the instant media coverage. To him it feels like a psyop. He asked many of the same questions you layout in your last two posts on this subject.
I always appreciate your perspective. Thank you
It's simple, just program AI with Asimov's Three Rules of Robotics, leave out #3 and include the Zeroth Law.