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But it is interesting that (some) AI researchers have come to the conclusion that it can be world-ending. Yes, as you say, researchers do have a tendency to ove
by jhbadger 3y ago
But it is interesting that (some) AI researchers have come to the conclusion that it can be world-ending. Yes, as you say, researchers do have a tendency to over exaggerate their field's importance, but I'm a biologist and it seems we spend a lot of our time with media reassuring people that despite what bad 1950s SF movies said, genetic research isn't going to create horrible monsters that will destroy the world.
- version_five 3y agoThat's an interesting point. I wonder if that would still be true if genetic research was "democratized" so that the barrier to entry was as low as writing a computer program? There's always some self interest involved. I'd guess in the current state of biology, researchers don't want additional limitations placed on them but are secure in their monopoly on the research. In the current state of ML, incumbents want limitations placed on others so they can have a monopoly. Add to that the desire to feel important, and you get the direction of the rhetoric.