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They didn't even mention several contingencies that, given the rest of the document, should certainly have been addressed: 1) Will they cooperate with aliens w
by pron 9y ago
They didn't even mention several contingencies that, given the rest of the document, should certainly have been addressed:
1) Will they cooperate with aliens who offer humans AGI?
2) If a time traveler hands them AGI invented in the future, will they destroy it?
3) Do they support or oppose human/AGI marriage? How will they respond if one of their employees falls in love with an AGI and they plan to elope?
Also, in the unlikely event that AGI is some years away and in the meantime they come up with some statistical regression algorithms (what's known as state-of-the-art AI today, without the G, I guess), how do they address the harmful effects these algorithms already have on society?
This document does, however, make it clear that what we have to fear is not machine intelligence.
I am currently working on a fusion hyperdrive, and my charter (work in progress) is already shaping up to be far more comprehensive. They're phoning it in.
- Varcht 9y agoC'mon, we "fail fast" around here, no time for your "waterfall" nonsense.
- andrepd 9y agoIs this sarcasm?
- stochastic_monk 9y agoIt is. I think that given the tremendous success in Atari games and autonomous killing machines, ethical efforts in AI are critically important now, with or without generality. And therefore I find the cynicism above appropriate but less than insightful.
- Varcht 9y agoIs the coffee test? More like commentary from a transhumerist, I suppose.
- dsacco 9y agoThere are less frivolous ways than satire to criticize Silicon Valley's preoccupation with strong AI, but rehashing that debate wouldn't get us anywhere. At least this is humorous.
- s2g 9y ago> how do they address the harmful effects these algorithms already have on society? shhhh, we don't talk about that. Especially don't talk about how Elon is pushing the idea we are so close to AGI that we need to be afraid, while his cars still steer towards barriers sometimes.