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This is a social-political problem, not a technological one. And unfortunately it’s going to be a lot worse before it gets better. Our political systems are not

This is a social-political problem, not a technological one. And unfortunately it’s going to be a lot worse before it gets better. Our political systems are not equipped to handle it (properly). Maybe we should think about replacing government with AI.

parthianshotgun 4y ago
I hope you're being silly
emehex 4y ago
This is the plot of QualityLand (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36216607-qualityland https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36216607-qualityland). Highly recommended!
- Brian_K_White 4y ago
  Thank you. I'll trade you a Jennifer Government by Max Barry (not the same premis just a recommendation, but is also a take on the progression of corporations)
- sdenton4 4y ago
  And Alphaville! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film)
mirekrusin 4y ago
Aiocracy. Sounds like one of those comical human predictions that turns out to be 170 degrees wrong.
fnordpiglet 4y ago
Good try, ChatGPT. We aren’t falling for your take over attempts just yet.
netruk44 4y ago
We'll replace government with AI just as soon as we get blockchain voting. In other words, it won't happen. People won't (and shouldn't) trust the tech enough.
airstrike 4y ago
Maybe we start small and replace just the Defense department with AI to make rational decisions and avoid the possibility that human emotions lead to dangerous conflicts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project
plorg 4y ago
Our political systems are not equipped to handle these problems anyways. They aren't problems of fact (though when factual disagreements occur it makes problems worse), but of needs, desires, priorities, and values. The magic computer will not resolve these disagreements just because it comes to the "right" or "most common sense" answer.
- fnordpiglet 4y ago
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13years 4y ago
> Maybe we should think about replacing government with AI. I think that would be a mistake. It is seemingly apparent that a machine may be able to not have bias as it is just performing calculations. It is not emotional in its decisions. However, the implementation in reality will likely diverge from that significantly. I've explained this much further as the Bias Paradox - https://dakara.substack.com/p/ai-the-bias-paradox https://dakara.substack.com/p/ai-the-bias-paradox

parthianshotgun 4y ago

I hope you're being silly

emehex 4y ago

This is the plot of QualityLand (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36216607-qualityland https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36216607-qualityland). Highly recommended!

Brian_K_White 4y ago
Thank you. I'll trade you a Jennifer Government by Max Barry (not the same premis just a recommendation, but is also a take on the progression of corporations)
sdenton4 4y ago
And Alphaville! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film)

mirekrusin 4y ago

Aiocracy. Sounds like one of those comical human predictions that turns out to be 170 degrees wrong.

fnordpiglet 4y ago

Good try, ChatGPT. We aren’t falling for your take over attempts just yet.

netruk44 4y ago

We'll replace government with AI just as soon as we get blockchain voting. In other words, it won't happen. People won't (and shouldn't) trust the tech enough.

airstrike 4y ago

Maybe we start small and replace just the Defense department with AI to make rational decisions and avoid the possibility that human emotions lead to dangerous conflicts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project

plorg 4y ago

Our political systems are not equipped to handle these problems anyways. They aren't problems of fact (though when factual disagreements occur it makes problems worse), but of needs, desires, priorities, and values. The magic computer will not resolve these disagreements just because it comes to the "right" or "most common sense" answer.

fnordpiglet 4y ago
42

13years 4y ago

> Maybe we should think about replacing government with AI. I think that would be a mistake. It is seemingly apparent that a machine may be able to not have bias as it is just performing calculations. It is not emotional in its decisions. However, the implementation in reality will likely diverge from that significantly. I've explained this much further as the Bias Paradox - https://dakara.substack.com/p/ai-the-bias-paradox https://dakara.substack.com/p/ai-the-bias-paradox