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I believe in the precautionary principle which says the exact opposite. "The precautionary principle ... states that if an action or policy has a suspected ris
by tlb 11y ago
I believe in the precautionary principle which says the exact opposite.
"The precautionary principle ... states that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is not harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking an action." [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle
- mindcrime 11y agoIf we adopted really strict adherence to that rule as the bar to research, there would be no scientific progress at all. I'm not convinced that would be a desirable thing.
- mikepalmer 11y agowell, the clever solution here is not to demand a stop to all AI research, but rather to speed it up to reduce the chance that a single bad actor will get too far ahead... i.e., to get "post-singularity" ASAP, and safely. Definitely bold... might be just crazy enough to work! Would love to see the arguments laid out in a white paper. Reminds me of the question of how far ahead in cryptology is the NSA compared to the open research community.
- argonaut 11y agoYou haven't shown the precautionary principle is the right principle to follow, you've only invoked it.