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> ChatGPT can't play chess, for example Do you really expect this claim to age well? I wouldn't be at all surprised if GPT5 could play chess quite well. The
by endtime 3y ago
> ChatGPT can't play chess, for example
Do you really expect this claim to age well? I wouldn't be at all surprised if GPT5 could play chess quite well.
The time to worry about AGI...well, was 20 years ago when Yudkowsky started talking about it, but the worst possible time to start worrying about it is when we unquestionably have it. Because the whole point is that that is too late.
- pmoriarty 3y ago"The time to worry about AGI...well, was 20 years ago when Yudkowsky started talking about it" He was far, far from the first. Warnings about the threat of intelligent machines have been around for over 100 years. The first instance I know of is E. M. Foster's "The Machine Stops"[1]. which was published in 1909, though I wouldn't be surprised if there were even earlier warnings. They've been well worn scifi tropes ever since. [1] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops
- ben_w 3y agoI'd say Frankenstein, and before that magical "didn't think it though" errors like The Sorcerer's Apprentice or Midas, or "didn't read the instructions" errors such as Grottasöngr[0] or 水母娘娘 and the magic whip[1]. That said, Yudkowsky seems (rightly or wrongly) to get the credit for turning this from merely fun stories into a serious (and not insane) field of study. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grottasöngr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grottasöngr [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuimu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuimu
- endtime 3y agoThere's been a lot of sci-fi, I agree. I see that as quite distinct from Yudkowsky's efforts.