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This is an aspect of AI safety that we don't hear about: if we create genuine gods, then we shouldn't mind ceding our position to them, fair play. The real piss

This is an aspect of AI safety that we don't hear about: if we create genuine gods, then we shouldn't mind ceding our position to them, fair play. The real pisser will be if we are annihilated by programs that just do very big linear algebra.

redisman 6y ago
Maybe that's the real cause to the global chip shortage. Some AI is diverting the orders to some Frankenstein warehouse somewhere until it can calculate how to terminate all humans.
- _carbyau_ 6y ago
  Making paperclips from them!
- db48x 6y ago
  As I understand it, there is no chip shortage. Some customers decreased their orders a year or so back for some reason, and the fabs simply sold the manufacturing time to others. Meanwhile, their sales did not decline as expected. But I suppose that’s not as exciting as a rogue AI.
  - redisman 6y ago
    At least on the high end the fab process is fully booked and can't keep up with demand. A new generation of CPUs, GPUs and consoles couldn't be handled and they've been out of stock since October/November. I'm sure Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft, Sony wouldn't give up their bookings just ahead of releasing a new generational product line.
    - db48x 6y ago
      Right, but demand for those products is exceptionally high, for some strange reason. If that high demand had been predictable two years ago, there would be no problem.
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heuroci 6y ago
I would not worry so much about that.Not for a while. The actually concerning aspects about AI safety in my opinion are more about misuse/abuse as well as critical processes/decisions without human oversight. To be deliberately malicious, AI has to be strong, if not general. Both are very difficult. It is good to think about those things though Perhaps you will enjoy this: https://heurolabs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AIS/overview https://heurolabs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AIS/overview

redisman 6y ago

Maybe that's the real cause to the global chip shortage. Some AI is diverting the orders to some Frankenstein warehouse somewhere until it can calculate how to terminate all humans.

_carbyau_ 6y ago
Making paperclips from them!
db48x 6y ago
As I understand it, there is no chip shortage. Some customers decreased their orders a year or so back for some reason, and the fabs simply sold the manufacturing time to others. Meanwhile, their sales did not decline as expected. But I suppose that’s not as exciting as a rogue AI.
- redisman 6y ago
  At least on the high end the fab process is fully booked and can't keep up with demand. A new generation of CPUs, GPUs and consoles couldn't be handled and they've been out of stock since October/November. I'm sure Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft, Sony wouldn't give up their bookings just ahead of releasing a new generational product line.
  - db48x 6y ago
    Right, but demand for those products is exceptionally high, for some strange reason. If that high demand had been predictable two years ago, there would be no problem.

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heuroci 6y ago

I would not worry so much about that.Not for a while. The actually concerning aspects about AI safety in my opinion are more about misuse/abuse as well as critical processes/decisions without human oversight. To be deliberately malicious, AI has to be strong, if not general. Both are very difficult. It is good to think about those things though Perhaps you will enjoy this: https://heurolabs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AIS/overview https://heurolabs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AIS/overview