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This is a normal way for companies to shut down competition. No cleverness required.

• wmf 3y ago
  Many of the people making this claim are not associated with any company.
  • danaris 3y ago
    No, they've been sold a line by those that are, and believe it because it matches with their pre-existing assumptions.
    • Spivak 3y ago
      How could you tell the difference between people who genuinely believe and people who genuinely believe because bad? Have you considered that where you fall on this question might be because of some pre-existing assumptions? You could be right but it also doesn't have to be a corporate psyop. It could be experts in the industry raising some sincerely held criticisms and people at large being like, "oh that's a good point." Even if we're in the latter case they're also allowed to be allowed to be wrong or just misguided. You don't actually to attack the intent of the speaker in this case, you could just be like, "here's why your wrong."
      • randomdata 3y ago
        > It could be experts in the industry There is nothing to suggest that these are experts. The names in question have been so focused on researching AI tech throughout their career that it is highly unlikely that they have any expertise in subject matter we are discussing. There is only so much time in the day. I mean, they are clearly experts in AI technology, but that is unrelated to being an expert in social and humanitarian issues. That is a completely different field of study. There is no doubt someone out there who is an expert in that, but I don't think you will find overlap with expertise in AI systems. Again, there is only so much time in the day. It is not practical to dive that deep into different subjects like that at the same time. Hinton, at least, seems to have backed away from AI to work on becoming an expert in social and humanitarian issues. Perhaps someday, with enough dedication, he will get there. But that journey only just began a few months ago. Becoming an expert doesn't happen overnight like that. It takes time.
    • concordDance 3y ago
      Yudkowsky was sold a line by big AI tech 20 years ago was he?
  • sangnoir 3y ago
    You mean they are not currently employed by the well-known companies. Did they declare they divested their shares in their former employer and/or acquirer?
    • concordDance 3y ago
      The big AI X-risk names never have been.
      • sangnoir 3y ago
        Bigger names than Andrew Ng (from TFA),Geoffrey Hinton, or Mustafa Suleyman?
        • justrealist 3y ago
          Yud bows to no FAANG.
          • heavyset_go 3y ago
            MIRI has entered the chat.
            • justrealist 3y ago
              Compared to FAANG AI capacity funding, MIRI's budget is like bus fare and a box of donuts.
          • TeMPOraL 3y ago
            Yeah, funny how all the current noise about AI x-risk started by begrudgingly acknowledging Eliezer's pivotal role in the topic (and being formative to beliefs of like half of the big names involved), but quickly dropped him from the conversation. I guess now it's the Big Boys with Money and Credentials are discussing how to handle this Totally New Problem.
        • concordDance 3y ago
  • AnthonyMouse 3y ago
    The traditional method of regulatory capture is not to purport to solve a problem that doesn't really exist, it's to go look around for whatever people are actually worried about, over-hype it if necessary, and then propose a solution which shuts out competitors whether or not it does anything about the problem. It may even reduce that specific problem while still being intentionally crafted to shut down competition. This is not incompatible with honest people having legitimate concerns about the original problem, because the dispute is not existence of the problem, it's the net benefit of the proposed solution.