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We don't need an avenue to super-intelligence. We just need a system that is better at manipulating human beliefs and behaviour than our existing media, PR, and
by TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
We don't need an avenue to super-intelligence. We just need a system that is better at manipulating human beliefs and behaviour than our existing media, PR, and ad industries.
The problem is not science fiction god-mode digital quetta-smart hypercomputing.
This is about political, social, and economic influence, and who controls it.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoThat risk isn't about AI-as-AI. That risk is about AI-as-better-persuasive-nonsense-generator. But the same risk is there for any better-persuasive-nonsense-generator, completely independent from whether it's an AI. It's the most persuasive actual risk I've seen so far, but it's not an AI-specific risk.
- babyshake 3y agoIndeed, an epistemological crisis seems to be the most realistic problem in the next few years.
- patrec 3y agoEffective dystopian mass-manipulation and monitoring are a real concern and we're closer to it[1] than to super intelligence. But super-intelligence going wrong is almost incomparably worse. So we should very much worry about it as well. [1] I'm not even sure any further big breakthroughs in AI are needed, i.e. just effective utilization of existing architectures probably already suffices.