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"Existential risk" truly is a misnomer at this time. Please use the better fitting: "existential fear". AI "risk" could instead be applied to global informati

"Existential risk" truly is a misnomer at this time. Please use the better fitting: "existential fear". AI "risk" could instead be applied to global information infrastructure, a collapse of the internet by rogue AI bots etc. There are too many technological challenges for any AI to overcome in robotics, mobile energy, material and bio printing/fabrication, and supply chain dominance for an imminent existential risk to humanity to be a credible near-term threat. LLM performance is a gift of data availability of the internet. There aren't equivalent datasets available for the challenges articulated above. How likely can they materialize, particularly by machines that do not yet have a tactile interface and understanding of the physical universe? Perhaps a malevolent machine sentience is possible at some time in the future-- but there are many undeveloped technologies required to pose a threat to human existence.

waffletower 3y ago
Downvoting without providing meaningful dialogue is a cowardly privilege.
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highstep 3y ago
i think you might be focusing too much on ai risk presented in fantasy (killer robots), meanwhile we can already clearly see how LLMs negatively impact society via disruption or popular opinion, politics (recommendation algorithms), and rapid uncontrolled scientific discovery. Such disruptions could potentially result in nuclear war, human created plagues, etc. You might be getting down voted without comment because you're message comes across like cheerleading that only examines one future distant risk. Your framing as "extential fear" is particularly dismissive and doesn't seem to be in good faith for such a serious and subject.
- c_crank 3y ago
  It's hard to take doomers seriously when they think that things that exist and are clearly not causing nuclear war or plagues are only a few steps from doing so. If you want to talk seriously, talk about actual problems AI is causing right now, like job loss or malpractice.

waffletower 3y ago

Downvoting without providing meaningful dialogue is a cowardly privilege.

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highstep 3y ago

i think you might be focusing too much on ai risk presented in fantasy (killer robots), meanwhile we can already clearly see how LLMs negatively impact society via disruption or popular opinion, politics (recommendation algorithms), and rapid uncontrolled scientific discovery. Such disruptions could potentially result in nuclear war, human created plagues, etc. You might be getting down voted without comment because you're message comes across like cheerleading that only examines one future distant risk. Your framing as "extential fear" is particularly dismissive and doesn't seem to be in good faith for such a serious and subject.

c_crank 3y ago
It's hard to take doomers seriously when they think that things that exist and are clearly not causing nuclear war or plagues are only a few steps from doing so. If you want to talk seriously, talk about actual problems AI is causing right now, like job loss or malpractice.