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> 3. Self-fulfilling prophecies This is a bit off-topic, but I have been thinking that if LLMs lead to near AGI, then we are indeed doomed to an AI takeover as
by consumer451 4y ago
> 3. Self-fulfilling prophecies
This is a bit off-topic, but I have been thinking that if LLMs lead to near AGI, then we are indeed doomed to an AI takeover as there is ton of human-generated stories about that to learn from. Maybe we should start writing a lot more tech-utopian stories to improve our chances? /half-serious
- nullsense 4y ago>as there is ton of human-generated stories about that to learn from. Oh snap. Hoisted by our own petard!
- consumer451 4y agoI nervously laugh about it, but ever since this occurred to me I get the feeling that it's almost too predictable, poetic, and plainly dumb-as-a-species not to happen.
- nullsense 4y agoIt's an amusing insight. You've got me nervously laughing about it too. How do the machines know what tastywheat really tasted like? My guess is they read the script for The Matrix and learned that accurately mimicking the tastes of foods would be necessary to get the mind to accept the illusion.
- intelVISA 4y agoIt's not too late to worship the basilisk.
- gregw2 4y agoI've said it before, also half-seriously (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33953367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33953367)... it doesn't help that our best thinkers and engineers are trying ensure an AI passes the Turing Test, but the Turing Test as a goal inherently is about an AI deceiving human perceptions as to its nature and intentions and awareness, rather than generating/purveying truth (or beauty or justice or the good!) It was a clever idea of Turing's to sidestep the definition of intelligence (and truth), but not necessarily a wise one for our society to spend billions of dollars and our best minds to prioritize! Be careful about your goal function!!