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This. Very accurate. At the end of they day this is a battle between academics and capitalists and what they stand for. We generally know how this typically goe
by quietthrow 3y ago
This. Very accurate. At the end of they day this is a battle between academics and capitalists and what they stand for. We generally know how this typically goes…
- irrational 3y agoThe capitalists run it into the ground while the academics stand around confused asking each other what happened?
- simseye 3y agoI don't see many academics indulge in sensationalist doomsaying. That's the real difference here. SETI wouldn't and couldn't seek grants by proposing to contact murderous aliens. I think academics have a general faith in goodwill of intelligence.Benevolence may be a convergent phenomenon. Maybe the mechanisms of reason themselves require empathy and goodness
- sudosysgen 3y agoHuh? There's plenty of AI doomerism amongst academics, see Bengio, Hinton, etc...
- simseye 3y agoHinton makes cliched statements as if he's not given much thought to safety but feels obliged for whatever reason