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The third way is to build AI technology that empowers the individual against state and corporate power alike. Democracy got us here. It cannot get us out.

YawningAngel 4y ago
Given that we don't have such AI technology at present, would it not be prudent for us to assume that it may not be available imminently and plan for how we can address the problem without it?
Quekid5 4y ago
Who do you imagine has the majority of compute power?
joe_the_user 4y ago
The third way is to build AI technology that empowers the individual against state and corporate power alike Ha, I'm OK with that as long as I get to pick the individual! I mean, an AGI under the control of some individual could indeed make them more powerful than a corporation or even a state but whether increases average individual freedom is another question.
smoldesu 4y ago
So long as you buy your inferencing hardware from another private party, I'd wager you're helpless against both state and corporate power.
maxbond 4y ago
That's not a stable equilibrium. Blogs gave individuals asymmetric control over disseminating information - it didn't last. If you don't create institutions and power structures that cement and defend some ability of individuals, it will decay as that power is usurped by whatever institutions and power structures benefit from doing so.
rhcom2 4y ago
> AI technology that empowers the individual against state and corporate power alike What does this even mean though? Seems like hand waving that "AI" is just going to fix everything.
- austhrow743 4y ago
  Sam Altman using AI to Iron Man himself.
- bredren 4y ago
  It’s much easier to imagine progressed applications powered by recent AI that would provide outsized civic weaponry. Identification of unusual circumstances or anomalous public records seem ripe. But more straight forward and customized advice on how to proceed on any front—super wikihow—makes anyone more powerful. Today, complicated solutions can sometimes to require extensive deep research and distillation of material. So much so that DIY folks can seem like wizards to those who only know of turn key solutions and answers. At the risk of causing a draft from further hand waving: a bigger tent can mean a higher likelihood of a special person or group of folks emerging.
felix318 4y ago
Such techno-utopianism... political power belongs to people who control the guns. There is no way around it.
- amelius 4y ago
  No, the power belongs to those with the most powerful video card.
paxys 4y ago
AI tools are built and controlled by corporations with a profit motive. They aren't in the business of empowering anyone. If they do then it's just a side effect.

YawningAngel 4y ago

Given that we don't have such AI technology at present, would it not be prudent for us to assume that it may not be available imminently and plan for how we can address the problem without it?

Quekid5 4y ago

Who do you imagine has the majority of compute power?

joe_the_user 4y ago

The third way is to build AI technology that empowers the individual against state and corporate power alike Ha, I'm OK with that as long as I get to pick the individual! I mean, an AGI under the control of some individual could indeed make them more powerful than a corporation or even a state but whether increases average individual freedom is another question.

smoldesu 4y ago

So long as you buy your inferencing hardware from another private party, I'd wager you're helpless against both state and corporate power.

maxbond 4y ago

That's not a stable equilibrium. Blogs gave individuals asymmetric control over disseminating information - it didn't last. If you don't create institutions and power structures that cement and defend some ability of individuals, it will decay as that power is usurped by whatever institutions and power structures benefit from doing so.

rhcom2 4y ago

> AI technology that empowers the individual against state and corporate power alike What does this even mean though? Seems like hand waving that "AI" is just going to fix everything.

austhrow743 4y ago
Sam Altman using AI to Iron Man himself.
bredren 4y ago
It’s much easier to imagine progressed applications powered by recent AI that would provide outsized civic weaponry. Identification of unusual circumstances or anomalous public records seem ripe. But more straight forward and customized advice on how to proceed on any front—super wikihow—makes anyone more powerful. Today, complicated solutions can sometimes to require extensive deep research and distillation of material. So much so that DIY folks can seem like wizards to those who only know of turn key solutions and answers. At the risk of causing a draft from further hand waving: a bigger tent can mean a higher likelihood of a special person or group of folks emerging.

felix318 4y ago

Such techno-utopianism... political power belongs to people who control the guns. There is no way around it.

amelius 4y ago
No, the power belongs to those with the most powerful video card.

paxys 4y ago

AI tools are built and controlled by corporations with a profit motive. They aren't in the business of empowering anyone. If they do then it's just a side effect.