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Science communication is lossy and people aren't using Harari's work as a reference textbook. I haven't read his material on AI but I can't imagine it's any mo
by TheFuzzball 3y ago
Science communication is lossy and people aren't using Harari's work as a reference textbook.
I haven't read his material on AI but I can't imagine it's any more sensationalised than what Sam Altman, Elon Musk, or Nick Bostrom have written.
- bluetomcat 3y agoI recently read Nick Bostrom's "Superintelligence" and it's the most speculative and abstract piece I've ever encountered. Seemingly intelligent people can be so shallow and disconnected from reality it's not even funny. He defines his own analytical models sitting on abstract, intangible terms and then carries on with wild speculations and extrapolations, picturing a sci-fi dystopia.
- TheFuzzball 3y agoThere's an AI cult who's apocalypse prophesy is the coming Singularity. My hope is that they'll get less annoying as their year 2012 comes and goes.