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that's exactly what has me worried about AGI. AGI is going to supercharge the already sociopathic profit-seeking of corporations. it's legitimately terrifying m

that's exactly what has me worried about AGI. AGI is going to supercharge the already sociopathic profit-seeking of corporations. it's legitimately terrifying me.

janalsncm 4y ago
I guess my point is that corporations already are a kind of AGI, they’re just relatively slow and made of meat. I’ll admit it’s not a perfect comparison, but it helps to paint a better picture of what AGIs would look like in the future: they will likely have a public image, try to seem “cool” and maybe even progressive (in ways that don’t harm their modus operandi) and when necessary, send human representatives to win friends and influence people. The point is that they’re not going to be living in a computer in someone’s basement that can just be flipped off. But they’re also not going to be omnipotent. They will pull the levers of our systems such that we don’t want to turn them off.
dorchadas 4y ago
For me it's a second order knock-on effect of that: desocialisation of humans and all that comes with it. As I wrote yesterday: > AI will claim it is socialisation, and people will believe it. Chatbots and their enthusiasts will claim they're just as meaningful and valid as in-person human socialisation, and will actually make every much, much worse. > But as a former secondary school teacher, I can already tell you a lot of these kids don't know how to socialise. They have no concept of empathy or of there being real people out there. All their socialisation is pretty much done only through their phones, and it's not good for them at all. I was like that myself - very shut-in type guy from about 13-16 even though I did have friends and school to help, and I still find myself struggling with a lot of social cues and stuff that I should've been developing then. I'm not looking forward to that, and the problems that it will bring to human behaviour and mental health. I have friends now who are already prey to it, which is ironic as they're the most gung-ho on AI tech too, thinking it'll solve the problem as opposed to exacerbating or masking it with a thin veneer that is nothing like the real thing. I'm seriously worried, and really leaning towards an anti-tech stance in general now.

that's exactly what has me worried about AGI. AGI is going to supercharge the already sociopathic profit-seeking of corporations. it's legitimately terrifying me.

janalsncm 4y ago

I guess my point is that corporations already are a kind of AGI, they’re just relatively slow and made of meat. I’ll admit it’s not a perfect comparison, but it helps to paint a better picture of what AGIs would look like in the future: they will likely have a public image, try to seem “cool” and maybe even progressive (in ways that don’t harm their modus operandi) and when necessary, send human representatives to win friends and influence people. The point is that they’re not going to be living in a computer in someone’s basement that can just be flipped off. But they’re also not going to be omnipotent. They will pull the levers of our systems such that we don’t want to turn them off.

dorchadas 4y ago

For me it's a second order knock-on effect of that: desocialisation of humans and all that comes with it. As I wrote yesterday: > AI will claim it is socialisation, and people will believe it. Chatbots and their enthusiasts will claim they're just as meaningful and valid as in-person human socialisation, and will actually make every much, much worse. > But as a former secondary school teacher, I can already tell you a lot of these kids don't know how to socialise. They have no concept of empathy or of there being real people out there. All their socialisation is pretty much done only through their phones, and it's not good for them at all. I was like that myself - very shut-in type guy from about 13-16 even though I did have friends and school to help, and I still find myself struggling with a lot of social cues and stuff that I should've been developing then. I'm not looking forward to that, and the problems that it will bring to human behaviour and mental health. I have friends now who are already prey to it, which is ironic as they're the most gung-ho on AI tech too, thinking it'll solve the problem as opposed to exacerbating or masking it with a thin veneer that is nothing like the real thing. I'm seriously worried, and really leaning towards an anti-tech stance in general now.