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You're confusing technology and the economic system that technology exists under. Your first three points are symptoms of Capitalism, not AI. Your fifth point

You're confusing technology and the economic system that technology exists under. Your first three points are symptoms of Capitalism, not AI. Your fifth point is largely moot, since there's already more information available to people than anyone could possibly obtain in their lifetime, and the amount is growing faster than anybody could consume it. The problem can't really get any worse. Your fourth point is more interesting, but I'd argue that the tech is already widely available for any type of crime you'd want to commit using AI. Banning it at this point just makes it so that only the criminals have access to it, and ceasing further progress on AI doesn't really make sense because from here, improvements will benefit legitimate users who want consistent, correct responses from their chatbots far moreso than the criminals who can afford to cast wide nets.

j16sdiz 3y ago
> You're confusing technology and the economic system that technology exists under. Your first three points are symptoms of Capitalism, not AI. You are confusing the reality with the theory. We are in a (broader sense of) capitalist society. The same applies to the self-procalimed communism China.There are exception.
- OkayPhysicist 3y ago
  I'm just pointing out that societal problems arising from the adoption of AI are completely self-inflicted by our steadfast belief in our economic system. How fucked is it that we can look at a technology that reduces the need for human toil, and claim that's a bad thing? The complete elimination of the necessity of human labor should be one of, if not the highest, good.
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margalabargala 3y ago
> Banning it at this point just makes it so that only the criminals have access to it I would argue that this isn't really the case; the number of people who have the ability to create something at the level of ChatGPT or to make use of what's out there right now properly, is really quite small. In that sense, if we were to utterly ban the tech, right now, it would probably be sufficient to prevent criminals from using it for most of the things it will be used for criminally, 5 years from now. It's too niche of a field, in its infancy, that if it were utterly and completely shut down, the cartels would not pick up the tab to single-handedly do it themselves. Obviously that won't happen though, nor am I advocating for it. Personally I think the good done will outtweigh the bad many, many times over.

j16sdiz 3y ago

> You're confusing technology and the economic system that technology exists under. Your first three points are symptoms of Capitalism, not AI. You are confusing the reality with the theory. We are in a (broader sense of) capitalist society. The same applies to the self-procalimed communism China.There are exception.

OkayPhysicist 3y ago
I'm just pointing out that societal problems arising from the adoption of AI are completely self-inflicted by our steadfast belief in our economic system. How fucked is it that we can look at a technology that reduces the need for human toil, and claim that's a bad thing? The complete elimination of the necessity of human labor should be one of, if not the highest, good.

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margalabargala 3y ago

> Banning it at this point just makes it so that only the criminals have access to it I would argue that this isn't really the case; the number of people who have the ability to create something at the level of ChatGPT or to make use of what's out there right now properly, is really quite small. In that sense, if we were to utterly ban the tech, right now, it would probably be sufficient to prevent criminals from using it for most of the things it will be used for criminally, 5 years from now. It's too niche of a field, in its infancy, that if it were utterly and completely shut down, the cartels would not pick up the tab to single-handedly do it themselves. Obviously that won't happen though, nor am I advocating for it. Personally I think the good done will outtweigh the bad many, many times over.