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> There are real problems out there: drought, floods, diplomacy, resource management these are political problems - a generative algorithm suggesting equitable
by jazzyjackson 3y ago
> There are real problems out there: drought, floods, diplomacy, resource management
these are political problems - a generative algorithm suggesting equitable solutions will not move the needle on whether a dam is built or demolished
let's take the damning of the Nile as a real life example, I don't think there an optimal rate to exchange water in one place for electricity in another, it is a problem that will be solved by whoever is more willing to go to war - how does a superintelligence change this game of chicken?
- mdp2021 3y ago> how does The basic reply would be that while some decisions are taken out of strong political influence, we still do accounting, for example. Politics is not everything. Analysis influences political action (we speak of "advisors"). More substantially, one could remind that some political actors lament a dire lack of time to get properly informed and to *think*. Tools that facilitate information and its processing could be key to representatives and ministers.