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In other news: "AI Doomerism Is a Decoy - Big Tech’s warnings about an AI apocalypse are distracting us from years of actual harms their products have caused.".
by blackbear_ 3y ago
In other news: "AI Doomerism Is a Decoy - Big Tech’s warnings about an AI apocalypse are distracting us from years of actual harms their products have caused.". Notable quote:
> This seems like really sophisticated PR from a company that is going full speed ahead with building the very technology that their team is flagging as risks to humanity
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36175060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36175060
- digging 3y agoI don't think we should let real, present-day threats distract us from the actual possibility of AI apocalypse either. They're two separate problems, they're both serious problems, and they can both be addressed (well, actually, we don't know if AI alignment even can be solved). Not that I don't appreciate you bringing this up. As someone apparently wasting a lot of my time trying to explain the concept of misaligned AGI, I still think it's very important that we 1) don't trust Sam Altman, and 2) spend a lot of resources dealing with human alignment problems, such as abuse of existing AI and other technology.
- taylodl 3y agoThey want to erect barriers to entry so they own the AI market. I for one don't believe a word this man is saying.
- davidguetta 3y agoEh, every generation had its share of people predicting the apocalypse (Mayas Calendar, Nuclear, AI, Robot Uprising, Environemental collapse, Zombie Apocalypse) to the point one wonder if it's not a trait of human race. It's just not all very serious