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Plenty of people have been talking about that, from my memory?
by Sniffnoy 3y ago
Plenty of people have been talking about that, from my memory?
- throwway120385 3y agoEvery time it comes up on the news it's some MIT doctor or VC telling us about how AI is going to replace us or try to take over the world.
- ke88y 3y ago"Nothing to see in this inconsequential corner of the world I'm busy monetizing with who knows what side-effects; you really ought to worry about the Killer AI Robots instead!" Again, I think ego is probably a better explanation than nefarious intent, but it's a nice side-effect.
- Sniffnoy 3y agoI mean I guess the basic response here is that this is because the environment you pay attention to and consider noteworthy is the news, which is different from the environment I pay attention to and consider noteworthy. I feel like these old Slate Star Codex posts are relevant here: https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/05/18/against-bravery-debates/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/05/18/against-bravery-debate... https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/06/09/all-debates-are-bravery-debates/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/06/09/all-debates-are-braver...
- throwway120385 3y agoI don't really think this is a "bravery debate" as defined in that article. And I do think a lot of people who might not read HN or be involved in online discussions get their information from "the news." So I do think it's relevant that they're couching things in terms of fears about sentient AI rather than pointing out how flawed algorithmic systems are already causing damage to people.
- Sniffnoy 3y agoI mean, talk about what's on the news if that's what you want to discuss, but don't go around asserting "nobody is talking about this!" when in fact plenty of people are talking about it. If you're restricting your scope to what's on the news, say so.