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This is far-fetched sci-fi problem invention. The only real danger of AI in the next 1000 years is in things no one in the field is seriously addressing: use of
by simiones 5y ago
This is far-fetched sci-fi problem invention. The only real danger of AI in the next 1000 years is in things no one in the field is seriously addressing: use of AI in things like law enforcement, trained on bad data, to accelerate and justify existing systemic biases.
- geofft 5y agoNot that I disagree, but it's not just a danger of AI, it's a danger of complex self-optimizing systems in general. We've got a pretty robust complex self-optimizing system already, which goes by names like "society" and "the free market". You point it at bad data and it will reinforce that data. If demographic A is poorer than demographic B, market forces will determine that giving loans to demographic B will get you better risk-adjusted returns, causing demographic B to become even more relatively prosperous, justifying future decisions to prefer giving loans to demographic B. Which is to say that, while I think it's good for folks thinking about AI alignment to worry about this problem, all of us should worry about this problem.
- hollerith 5y ago>The only real danger of AI in the next 1000 years is . . . That's not true.